Writing Romance Tropes That Sizzle
Writing romance tropes that sizzle is a surefire way to grab an audience whether you’re specifically for the romance genre or any other genre. Get tips now!
Six Romance Tropes You Can’t Ignore
Romance is such a popular genre, so it’s essential to understand trending romance tropes. Check out the first three Six Romance Tropes You Can’t Ignore Part 1.
Looking Through Your Characters’ Eyes
Your challenge is to get your characters to reflect your style of writing, the genre, and the setting plus emerge as unique and interesting personalities.
Collecting Real Life Quirks for Character Creation
Real people can be the perfect inspiration for character creation. Which quirks can you use and which ones should you lose? Let’s find out!
Bringing a Cast of Characters to Life
Your cast of characters fills certain roles in the plot to bring forth an engaging story. Let’s talk about your protagonist, antagonist, sidekicks, and more!
12 Writing Tips for Building Convincing Characters
Use any of these 12 writing tips and develop convincing characters readers will care about. No more two-dimensional characters in your stories!
Sneaky Writing Tip: Character-Building Characters
Characters populate our stories but what does it mean to write a character-building story? How do you help build character without preaching at your audience?
Block Out Writer’s Block: Write Your Book to The End
One of the biggest challenges to writing your book to the end is writer’s block. Jan Fields offers tips for getting past writer’s block and finishing your book.
Writing a Satisfying End for the Character’s Journey | IFW
Your ending needs something, but you can’t quite figure it out. Join Victoria Sherrow for tips on writing a satisfying ending to your character’s journey.
Using Complex Characters to Finish Your Book | IFW
Are your characters keeping you from finishing your book? Develop your characters, retool them if needed, and finish your book with these tips from Jan Fields.
Where Do You Get Your Inspiration for Writing ? | IFW
Writers are often asked where they get their inspiration. The key to getting inspiration for writing is less about finding it and more about recognizing it.
Series Books: The Trouble with Character Transformation
How do you handle character transformation in series books where readers fall in love with characters and expect to meet those same people, sometimes exactly the same people, book after book?
Planning a Book Series: The Premise
All series books have a basic premise, something that links the books through time. Today we talk about how a good premise is interesting but also has repeatability.
Planning a Book Series: Characters Who Can Go the Distance
When planning a book series, it’s important to create characters that can sustain a story and still be likable throughout many books. Let’s talk about characters that can go the distance.
Writing Great Middle Grade Dialogue
Because dialogue is an essential element of any book, it’s worthwhile to take a specific look at writing great middle grade dialogue.
236: 3 Ways to Find Character Voice
236: Finding Your Childlike Voice
March 12, 2021
Creating Science Fiction Characters: Don’t Let the Genre Upstage Them
Our goal in creating science fiction characters is to write characters that are deeper and more engaging than the fantastical world around them.
235: Quality Kid Dialogue
235: Authentic Kid Voices
March 5, 2021
234: Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Jamie Tan
234: Maggie Tokuda-Hall & Jamie Tan
February 26, 2021
218: Real Speech for Real People
218: Real Speech for Real People
September 18, 2020