Do you keep track of what your characters do offstage? In many of my stories, I follow multiple people, through multiple times. I love epic...

I was talking recently to Domey about one of his stories, and we were discussing the idea of character change. It occurred to me that, possi...

Knock, knock. Who's there? Boo Boo who? Why are you crying? The awkwardness of a crying character came up for me this weekend when...

If you write stories with multiple characters, chances are you've run into scenes like this: Rudy ran up the stairs. Then Claire ran u...

Here's an amusing (if you're me, which I'll grant that in all likelihood you are not) story: About three years ago, I got the id...

If you are basing your novel in any way on the traditional three-act structure, I think there are certain things you should think about when...

I have three things taped to my desk. A picture of my character from my current WIP that my friend Natalie was kind enough to draw for me,...