I Lost My Damn Theme How Do I Find It

Here’s a really simple writing tip to make you a better writer. I (Carrie) talk a lot to my writers about distancing words, which...

A quick ramble about setting. Writers, you need it. You might not want it. You might not be good at it, but setting is...

Without knowing the backstory, we wouldn’t know the emotional goals of the character, the why for their tangible goals. Instead we’d be reading and...