Are you missing some of your best plot ideas? Some writers tell me they find it easy to create characters and story worlds, but struggle to create enough plot. What they often don’t realize is they already have significant and rather good plot material–if only they knew where to look. Here are four places where […]

February 13, 2015 by 28 Comments Plotting Your Novel
4 Reasons You Might Be Missing Out on Your Best Plot Ideas

May 17, 2013 by 20 Comments Characters
A Powerful Storytelling Tool: Getting Readers to Fill In Your Character’s Blanks
You know that moment when you’re reading a story and you know what a character is thinking? You’re so in touch with him that you feel it yourself? Wonderful, isn’t it? But this has to be handled with care. There are times when readers are eager to fill the blanks; just as many times, though, they are not. […]