If you are anything like me, at any point in time, you have a million and one ideas for your work-in-progress floating around in your head. The first challenge is flushing out the best ones and the second is combining them into a story that captivates readers. Do you sometimes…

If sometimes you find it difficult to have the motivation or discipline to dedicate time to your craft, writing contests are a great way to push yourself to write. …

Characters are the best part of our stories, but they are also the hardest elements to outline. How many times have you known what a character was supposed to do only to have them surprise you when they do the opposite? It’s almost impossible to outline a character entirely before…

To tell a story that a reader loves, you have to weave complex characters, arcs and themes together in a way that the reader experiences something that feels real. If either the structure or its execution is off, the reader can be left feeling confused or unengaged. As a result…