Trouble Finding Inspiration for Your Novel?
Finding Inspiration for Writers
Tricking the Muse: The Creativity “Two-Step”
One Way to Beat Writers Block!
Writing from Your Passionate Self
10 Essential Tips for Beginning Writers
Be a Story Weaver – NOT a Story Mechanic!
Writing from a Character’s Point of View
The First Step in Writing ANY Novel
How Art Is Made (The Battle Between Art and Mind)
Write Your Novel by Pulling Threads
Creating Characters from Scratch
Throughlines – And How to Use Them
Is Your Story Coming Apart at the Themes?
Characters: The Attributes of Age
Maximizing Your Creative Process
Grow Your Story from a Log Line
Creating Characters in 7 Steps
Get Into Your Characters’ Heads
How to Grow a Sentence Into a Story
Novels Don’t Have To Be Stories
Have Your Characters Write Their Own Stories
Characters: Cogs in the Machine?
Your Influence Character is the Heart of your Story
Be Your Own Critic Without Being Critical
The Four Throughlines in To Kill A Mockingbird
How To Create Archetypal Characters
How to Create a Powerful Thematic Message
What Is Truth? (The Character’s Dilemma)
Your Story’s Ending: Success or Failure?
Do You Write Like an Actor or a Director?
Have You Lost Your Tale (and become one of the “Drudge People?”)
Why Characters Misunderstand Each Other
Is Your Antagonist Also Your Influence Character?
Introducing Characters – First Impressions
Developing Your Characters’ Points of View
Don’t Try To Be Shakespeare – He didn’t!
Are You Writing a Tale or a Story?
Novel Writing Tip – Keep a Daily Log
Be Your Own Critic Without Being Critical
Have Your Characters Write Their Own Life Stories
What Drives Your Main Character?
Writing Stories with “Collective” Goals
Forget Your Protagonist – Who’s Your Main Character?
Is Story Structure Your Enemy?
In Search of Your Writer’s Identity
A Brief Introduction to Archetypes – Part 1
A Brief Introduction to Archetypes – Part 2
A Brief Introduction to Archetypes – Part 3
Character Change vs. Character Growth
Plot Points – Static vs. Sequential
Story Structure for Passionate Writers
Jurassic Park: Building A Better Dinosaur
Protagonist and Antagonist – Who ARE These Guys?
Five Steps to a Believable Character
Dramatica Explained in Plain Language
Writing with Globular Clusters
Should Your Main Character Change or Remain Steadfast?
Stories with Characters who Change
Should Your Main Character Start or Stop?
A Screenwriter’s Bag of Tricks
The 12 Essential Questions Every Writer Should Answer
Story Structure is Based on Fours, Not Twos
How Dramatica Story Theory Maps to the I Ching
Dramatica Story Theory – Scenes & Elements
Let Your Plot Make Sense and Your Characters Ring True
Characters Don’t Have To Change To Grow
Is Your Story a Time Lock or an Option Lock?
Is Your Story Driven By Action or Decision?
Conflict Can Limit Your Characters
