Five Ways for Pantsers to Plan Their Stories
For some writers, the idea of plotting out a story is a nightmare. To them, it just takes all the fun out of the writing. For these...
Five Old Writer’s Tricks that Never Fail to keep Readers Reading
The greatest criticism you can say about a story is that it’s boring. But have you ever wondering why that’s such a criticism? Why is it that...
March 29, 2021
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How to Write a Romantic Comedy Light Novel (from Novenaro)
Since actual Japanese sources on writing light novels aren’t easy to find in English, I am sharing translations of some of the more interesting articles I have...
Do All Light Novels Share the Same Plot?
Last week, I did a series of posts trying to come up with a new definition of what a light novel is. And among the definitions translated...
Designing the Second CTC Cover
When it was time to design the cover for the second book of my Crazy Tricks Club series, I already knew a few things. First, I was...
The Onion Method: Building Better Stories by Talking to Yourself
Reimena Yee’s Onion Method For Outlining Graphic Novels is one of the more interesting approaches I’ve seen to planning a story in a while. At first I...
September 7, 2020
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How M.I.C.E. can help writers.
A while ago on the Writing Excuses podcast I heard science fiction author Mary Robinette-Kowal discuss one of her personal favorite ways to structure stories, which is...
The REAL Writing Masterclass – Brandon Sanderson’s Lecture Series
So, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m currently working my way through the Masterclass courses on writing. I’ve gone through most of the writers of both books and...
The 7 Minute Solution
Today, I was going through David Mamet’s Masterclass, and he came to a part I found fascinating during his discussion of his play American Buffalo. He talked...
The Three Mysteries of Arthur Conan Doyle
While making my way through Stephen Fry’s astoundingly good Sherlock Holmes: The Definitive Collection on Audible, I began to notice a pattern in Arthur Conan Doyle’s stories....
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