Altering the Quality of Time in Your Novel
I don’t think I’ve said all there is to say about plot (no indeed), but I want to take a…
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Plots ~ Bigger Is Better
If you’ve been following this blog all year, you may have noticed I haven’t gone into plot at all except…
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Create Key Moments with Secondary Characters
Before we move away from characters for a while, I’d like to get you thinking a bit more about those…
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Secondary Characters Have a Life of Their Own
We all need a supporting cast in our novels. Secondary characters have to be in there, unless your book is…
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Bad Guys Have a Story to Tell
Last week I dove into bad guys in your fiction. Before you say you don’t have a clear antagonist in…
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Bad Guys Aren’t All That Bad (or at least they shouldn’t be)
We’ve been exploring characters in novels these past week. Today, I want to take a little bit of time talking…
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History as Mystery
We’ve gone over some nifty things about character in the last few weeks. Hopefully by now you have gotten a…
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Character Arcs?
Okay, I confess. I’ve never quite understood the use of the word arc when talking about plot and character. I keep…
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The Clash of Characters
In last weeks’ posts I talked about how you can take an ordinary character and make him fascinating by developing…
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