This is something I’ve been asked quite a lot. Many writers really enjoy the world building process, and maybe the character creation process, but...
How Much Backstory is too Much Backstory in a Book?
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What Happens When You Don’t Know Your Characters’ Backstories?
Backstories are an integral part of your character creation. They inform everything from how your character speaks, to how they think, to how they...
How to Create a Large, Diverse Cast Your Readers Will Love
This week on The Writer's Mindset we share tips on how you can create a large, diverse cast of characters your readers will love just as much as you...
Plotting Made Simple (with Shane Millar)
Shane Millar is a Fictionary Certified Story Coach and the author of the Write Better Fiction craft guides. He is also the author of the Myth &...
Writing and Publishing Short Stories (with Matty Dalrymple)
Matty Dalrymple podcasts, writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage as The Indy Author. She is the host of THE...
Writing Dialogue-Centric First Drafts (with Jeff Elkins)
Jeff Elkins writes stories about outsiders who fight for outcasts, rejects, and the oppressed. He is the author of more than ten novels, a...
First Book Lessons: What Authors Wish They’d Known Before Hitting Publish
In our first episode of season six, we bring back past guests Elizabeth Spann Craig, Alexa Whitewolf, Matty Dalrymple, and Daniel Willcocks to ask...
How to Write and Publish a Series (with Helen Scheuerer)
Helen Scheuerer is the YA fantasy author of the bestselling trilogy, The Oremere Chronicles and the Curse of the Cyren Queen quartet. Her work has...
How to Write Brilliant Beginnings (with Shane Millar)
Shane Millar is a Fictionary Certified Story Coach and the author of the Write Better Fiction craft guides. He is also the author of the Myth &...
The Heroine’s Journey (with Gail Carriger)
Gail Carriger has multiple NYT bestsellers and over a million books in print in dozens of different languages. She writes comedies of manners mixed...