World Studies (June) — Introductions

Welcome to the first installment of World Studies! Like Character Studies, this is a monthly interview, only instead of asking the questions about your characters, we’re asking it about your world! Get to know your world a little better. These questions can be asked of the author, or if you want to do a little …

Character Studies (June) — Quirks

Character studies is a monthly interview (often broken into several parts).  For more info, see here. Interested in participating?  Copy/paste the following questions, pick a character to answer them, and then share the link back here so we can go check it out! So…quirks. The interesting and the hardest part of the four character personality pillars, …

An Overview of June

Hey, readers!  Here's an overview of what to expect in June! First up, we're announcing a new post series! World Studies: We’re beginning a sequel companion to Character Studies, called World Studies! That’s right, just like character studies, but instead, every month we’ll ask questions about your world-building! For the most part, these questions will …

Character Studies (May) — Flaws

Character studies is a monthly interview (often broken into several parts). For more info, see here. Interested in participating? Copy/paste the following questions, pick a character to answer them, and then share the link back here so we can go check it out! We're continuing the theme of the four character pillars, and so next …

On Writers’ Block

There are a lot of ways to deal with writer’s block. Take a walk. Change up your location. Try some music. Try silence. Write a different scene. Talk it out with someone. Change the PoV in the scene. Outline instead of discovery write. Discovery write instead of outline. Do a writing exercise. Free-write. Brainstorm. Cluster. …

What I’m Working On (+ My Usual Workflow)

Actually, I don’t know how to answer this question. I’m not very good at committing to one project for longer than a few weeks. (If I’m lucky, I can make it a month and line it up with NaNoWriMo or Camp NaNo. I…am not usually lucky. Oops.) I’ll work on a novel or project for …

Character Studies (April 2019) — Secrets

Character studies is a monthly interview (often broken into several parts). For more info, see here. Interested in participating? Copy/paste the following questions, pick a character to answer them, and then share the link back here so we can go check it out! Hey, so last month, we talked about fears, which happens to be …

Character Studies (March) — Fear, Part 2

Character studies is a monthly interview (often broken into several parts).  For more info, see here. Interested in participating?  Copy/paste the following questions, pick a character to answer them, and then share the link back here so we can go check it out! Aaaand March, part 2! Part one focused on questions that you, the author, …

Thoughts on Promises in Fiction

Promises in fiction are when something in the narrative or dialogue guarantees to the reader that something will happen. What makes them interesting, though, is a lot of promises are subtle, unspoken, or just…sarcastic. Tiri: Sarcastic promises. Those are my favorite. Kalvias: Everything sarcastic is your favorite. Tiri: …this is true. For example, perhaps a …

Character Studies (March) — Fear

For this month's Character Studies, we're involving both you the author and your character. Today's questions should all be answered by the author about the character. Don't ask the character! Take your best guess.