So I realize most of my Tumblr followers just follow me on Tumblr, which Iâm cool with, but since Iâve been working really hard on updating my website, I still wanted to share it with everyone. If you have visited it recently, youâve probably noticed quite a few changes. You can check it out here.
One of the new features is that Iâve compiled an almost complete list of my writing tips by topic. Iâll be updating it regularly here.
Below is the list as of my posting this. There are also a couple of articles that arenât mine (noted) that I refer other writers to.
Coming up with a Good First Sentence
How to Start Writing When You Have No Idea Where to Start
The REAL Key to Brainstorming: Restrictions
Stacking Your Brainstorming Ideas
Coming up with a Plot (from scratch)
Breaking Writing Rules Right: âShow, donât Tellâ
Breaking Writing Rules Right: âDonât Use âWasââ
Breaking Writing Rules Right: âDonât Use Adverbs, Adjectivesâ
Breaking Writing Rules Right: âOnly Use âSaidââ
Complex Characters and the Power of Contradiction
Making Unlikeable People into Likeable Characters
Character Traits that Hike Up Tension
Creating Stunning Side Characters (and Why They Matter)
Relationship as a Character: Crafting Duos, Trios, Groups that Readers canât Resist
Pairing Behaviors with Odd Demeanors for Originality
âThe Emotional Range of a Teaspoonâ: Your Charactersâ Spectrum of Emotions
Considering the Irrationality of Your Characters
How to Pick the Right Character Names
The âTwins as Clonesâ Writing Epidemic
What You Need to Know Most About Character Voice
Coming up with a Plot (from scratch)
Are Your Conflicts Significant?
Keeping Conflicts Unresolved
The Oft Forgotten Conflict and How to Make it Work: Man Vs. God
Context vs. Subtext (Context Should Not Become Subtext)
Making Strengths into Weaknesses (and Vice Versa) through Context
Picking the RIGHT Details
Three Tweaks that Keep Details Interesting
Breaking Writing Rules Right: âDonât Use Adverbs, Adjectivesâ
Writing Realistic and Complex Dialogue
Kicking âGreatâ Dialogue up to âKillerâ Dialogue
Breaking Writing Rules Right: âOnly Use âSaidââ
Generic DialogueâStaaaahp
(Donât) Tell Me How You Really Feel
Writing Empathetically vs. Sympathetically and Sentimentally
Let Your Reader do the Work
Raw vs. Subdued Emotions: Getting them Right in Your Story
âThe Emotional Range of a Teaspoonâ: Your Charactersâ Spectrum of Emotions
Gaining Incredible Emotional Power by Crossing Opposites
Choosing Relatable Descriptions to Power up Empathy
Selecting the Right Sentence Structure for the Right Emotion
Dealing with Melodrama: What it is, How it Works, and How to Get Rid of it
The Emotion Thesaurus by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi
The Real Reason You NEED to Give Positive Feedback!
Dangling Modifiers and How to Correct Them (Purdue OWL)
Punctuation in Dialogue (The Editorâs Blog)
15+ Tactics for Writing Humor
Guardians of the Galaxy and the Art of Constructing Jokes (Film Cit Hulk Smash)
The Mechanics of Rendering Mysteries and UndercurrentsâHow to Withhold Info Right
