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What Do MY Outlines Look Like? & How Often Do I Write?
If you're here to see an impressive storyboard, you've come to the wrong place. My "outlines" are just paragraphs describing scenes and...
Feb 8, 20243 min read


Describing Characters Beyond Physical Features
Spinning off from an earlier post on how to avoid hypersexualizing characters, what other ways can we describe a character other than...
Jan 27, 20242 min read


How Do I Write Women (Anyone) Without Hypersexualizing Them?
This isn’t something I’ve really thought about before, but I received a question about it, so I tried my best to organize my thoughts to...
Jan 20, 20243 min read


How I Structure Webnovel Chapters
The structure of chapters can play an important part in not only immersing your reader in the story and keeping them interested, but also...
Jan 13, 20243 min read


Don't Post Immediately! Let Your Chapter Breathe
I know all about that urge to post as soon as you finish writing a chapter. Maybe you also take time to run it through an editing...
Oct 28, 20212 min read


When You're Inspired - Don't Write the Details
Everyone always asks "how do you get over writer's block". And any writer who's been doing it for a while will say "you don't'. You just...
Oct 27, 20214 min read


Reading Out Loud & Readability
Your eyes are so used to reading your work that they will lie to you. From typos to misspellings, to strange sentences and questionable...
Oct 1, 20213 min read


Blurbs: How I Write Them & Why
Blurbs are small, quick summaries of your story that are meant to grab a prospective reader's attention and convince them to give your...
Oct 1, 20214 min read


Tracking Your Hero's Literal Journey With a Planner
I don't want to use the word "game changer" so loosely, but wow - did using an old planner help me on tracking my hero's literal journey....
Oct 1, 20213 min read
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