In a perfect world, the perfect couple met and had the perfect life…except no one cared enough to read about them. Read about creating flawed characters people will actually bother reading.
I write about murder and mayhem so you don't have to!
Unless we're talking about baking, I've never been what you'd call a fan of perfect. When things sound perfect, I start looking for the catch. That's just how I'm wired. It's the same when I read...
Too many people get caught up in the “winning” and “losing” of National Novel Writing Month. My NaNoWriMo word count taught me a valuable lesson…and it has nothing to do with the word count.
As National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) winds to a close, I find myself spending more time thinking about the inherent problem of word count. Yes, I’m behind – more than 8,600 words in the hole – but that’s not my …
Determining your story’s perspective should be a simple matter of figuring out which character drives the story onward. Unfortunately, it’s more difficult when more than one character fits the bill.