Rewind: How Much Backstory Does Your Reader Really Need to Know?
How much backstory does your story need? And how much backstory does your reader need? In this reprise episode from the deep in the vault, learn what backstory is important for you to know as the aut...
28 Touko 202415min
#189: 5 Ways To Create A More Captivating Antagonist
Often writers create antagonists who do bad, immoral, sometimes evil things. They might be abusive or neglectful parents. An enemy. Or an otherworldly foe. But when you're writing about your most t...
21 Touko 202421min
#188: How to Prioritize Writing When You Have A Career And Family
How do you make writing a priority when other commitments compete? When you have a full time career and family? We all know writing a book is a colossal commitment. And it's so easy to get off trac...
14 Touko 202423min
#187: 3 Ways To Write With More Confidence
Struggling with confidence when it comes to writing your story? Maybe you swing from excitement to self-doubt. Or you worry that no one will care to read it. Maybe you lack enough confidence to even ...
7 Touko 202414min
#186: Plotting The Character-Driven Story
What do you do when your novel or memoir doesn’t follow the typical plot structure? What if there’s no crime to be solved, tsunami to survive, or evil wizard to slay? What if your character’s only...
30 Huhti 202431min
#185: Your Opening Scenes: What To Reveal, What to Withhold
We can all agree that your opening scenes are your only chance to capture your reader's attention. It's what hooks them into the story. Your first scene and several scenes that follow are your story...
23 Huhti 202425min
#184: 5 Questions To Help Focus Your Story Idea
Our stories can become so overrun with ideas, they run away from us. Each idea leads to another and another until you’re lost in the vortex. There are stories within stories. Endless possibilities. S...
16 Huhti 202417min
#183: How To Link Your Character's Interior Story To The Plot
Most writers know how their characters need to change. They know what happens on the plot level. They know their character's struggles. Often, though, the main character doesn't seem to change, ev...
9 Huhti 202414min
