Writing Lessons & Advice: Myths on Writing
I recently learned the old show, Mythbusters , was one of my husband’s favorites. He was home more often over the summer for reasons I’ll...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Writing with AI
NANOWRIMO 2024 created waves last month by attempting to voice a neutral stance on the use of writing with artificial intelligence (AI). ...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Characters
KISS has an odd song from the eighties called “ A World Without Heroes ”. Society would be quite a lawless, hopeless place without them,...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Setting
Let’s say we’re writing a story with a character named Bob. Bob is going to experience great events as the story unfolds. This story...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Story Star Life Simulator
I’m a fan of simulation games. The sandbox, open-world, world-building, customizable, role-playing, and/or choice-driven elements this...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Theme
Many of the necessary story elements have tangible aspects that make them easy to identify or develop. Central characters are typically...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Story Titles
“What’s in a name, that which we call a rose by any other would smell as sweet?” In this well-known line from Romeo and Juliet , Juliet...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Basics of Plot
I feel a need to apologize...my pantsing ways have caught up with me. I recently realized that, in my previous lesson about plot and...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Word Count for Stories
A well-rounded story has characters, plot, setting, and theme. Without these, a story falls flat. Additionally, a story can be defined by...
Writing Lessons & Advice: Story Elements and Plot
In my writing experiences, my stories tend to start with a few ideas. For instance, I want to: set a story in a magical Christmas town. ...
