ThursdayThrowback

Throwback Thursday: 5 Types of Story Ending

Don’t you just hate endings? For me, they’re one of the hardest bits of the story…
Throwback Thursday: Figuring Out Foil Characters

A foil is a character (or sometimes an object or idea) who highlights the traits of…
Throwback Thursday: Keeping a Writer’s Journal

However, even if you’re not the sort of person who normally bothers to keep a journal,…
Throwback Thursday: 50 Character Motives For Your Story

I’ve listed a few possible character motives in the image below and I would encourage you…
Throwback Thursday: Writing Non-Human Characters #4: Mythical Creatures

Well you’ll be relieved to hear that this will be the last week of my impromptu…
Throwback Thursday: Writing Non-Human Characters #3: Robots

Well, it’s week three on my impromptu series of posts on creating non-human characters for your…
Throwback Thursday: Writing Non-Human Characters #2: Aliens

Last week, I had planned to write a single post talking about how to write non-human…
Throwback Thursday: Writing Non-Human Characters #1: Animals

I’ll be spending most of this week dealing with how to write animals in particular (because…
Throwback Thursday: ‘Hills Like White Elephants’ – A Masterclass in Dialogue

There is an old and for the most part true adage among writers that a good…
5 Writing Rules I Like To Ignore

Sometimes, however, you just need to rebel and write according to your own darn rules. So…