by Hyacinthe Miller | Aug 18, 2021 | Resources for Writers
I’ve been writing short and long fiction for decades, but I never was much of a planner. My go-to software was Microsoft Word. However, the longer my documents got, the more unruly Word behaved. My default was to pound out a few thousand...
by Hyacinthe Miller | Jun 10, 2021 | Resources for Writers
Robert McKee is the genius behind the go-to writer’s guide, Story. His focus is the screenwriting world, but the concepts apply to every genre and form of writing. He’s been teaching his methods around the world for decades. McKee doesn’t pull any...
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by Hyacinthe Miller | Feb 26, 2021 | Resources for Writers
From: Graham’s Magazine, vol. XXVIII, no. 4, April 1846, 28:163-167 CHARLES DICKENS, in a note now lying before me, alluding to an examination I once made of the mechanism of “Barnaby Rudge,” says — “By the way, are you aware that Godwin wrote his ‘Caleb Williams’...
by Hyacinthe Miller | Jul 7, 2020 | Resources for Writers
New York Times, Washington Post & USA Today bestseller Sarah MacLean is the author of historical romance novels that have been translated into more than twenty languages. Sarah is a leading advocate for the romance genre, speaking widely on its place at the nexus...
by Hyacinthe Miller | Jun 12, 2020 | Resources for Writers
Through its flaw-centric exploration of character arc, motivation, emotional wounds, and basic needs, writers will learn which flaws make the most sense for their heroes, villains, and other members of the story’s cast.
by Hyacinthe Miller | Jun 11, 2020 | Resources for Writers
If you find character creation difficult or worry that your cast members all seem the same, The Positive Trait Thesaurus is brimming with ideas to help you develop one-of-a-kind, dynamic characters that readers will love. Extensively indexed, with entries written in a...
