“Not Like the Other Girls”
As this month is Women's History Month, it's a great opportunity to take on one of the most common tropes in fiction for tweens and teens. The "Not Like the…
As this month is Women's History Month, it's a great opportunity to take on one of the most common tropes in fiction for tweens and teens. The "Not Like the…
A discussion of villains, their role in the story, and what makes a villain worthy and worth reading about.
What the TV series A French Village can teach us about character development and the cliffhanger.
A discussion of a generic rejection phrase that marginalized fiction writers often receive and what it may mean.
How does a writer deal with conflicting advice about the process or content of a work-in-progress? Mine had to do with fear.
A discussion of stories in which the villains win, and what they can offer readers, young and old.
The first part of my report on presenting at New Voices School in Brooklyn as part of the new VCFA Young Writers Network.
As part of a character blog hop, I introduce Tina Aguilar, the protagonist of my forthcoming YA novel, Surviving Santiago.
In contrast to linear, chronological narrative, a layered narrative plays with time sequence to reveal character bit by bit and to build curiosity and suspense.
By keeping the expressions and clothing of my minifigs consistent, I give them identity and personality. Writers must do the same with characters.