Using the Tools of Actors to Be a Better Writer

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...

Dwight Swain has a book, The Techniques of a Selling Writer, and there’s a chapter (well many) that talk about story structure, but one...

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...