What is chemistry? Chemistry between your characters, just like humans, involves an undeniable and uncontrollable connection. It’s what makes your readers want to keep reading. They want to see if your characters will end up together and the journey they face. Here’s the trend I’ve notice with romance novels: I love romance novels and I […]
Category: Writing Fiction
How to Capture Your Reader’s Attention With Chapter One
Post originally written on 4th of July Hi to you and happy Fourth of July! I thought I’d write a post before enjoying the festivities of the fourth. So, in this post we will talk about capturing your reader’s attention so they will want to read the rest of your book without stopping and thinking […]
Best Ways To Describe Your Main Character
What do I mean by how to do you describe a character? So you already have an idea of how your character looks like and the type of person they are, but how do you show this to your reader? One trap that’s easy to fall into is the urge to put a big block […]
Does Your Character’s Voice Stand Out?
As the writer/narrator you have your own personal voice but mastering your character’s voice is something that may take a little experimenting. Why is finding your character’s voice important? It gives your character’s their own way of standing out. Have you ever read a book and the characters sounds just alike? They don’t really stand […]
The #1 Tip For Better Dialogue
by Shaquanda Dalton | Leave a Comment Let’s face it. Writing dialogue is not the easiest task in the world. I felt like I had to practice for years with conversations in my head of people going back and forth just to feel the natural rhythm that good dialogue has. But there is one major […]
5 Traits and Skills You Should Build Before Starting Your Novel
Everyone should have a good mindset going on before starting a novel. It’s a tough world out there and once people, strangers, start looking at your work, not all of them are going to say nice things. Not to mention the hard work it takes just to write the novel in the first place. So […]
5 Steps to Creating a Great Antagonist Character
This week on the blog I started a character development theme aimed to help you improve on developing important characters in your novel. In this post I will be sharing my ways to create an antagonist that is believable, realistic, and a genuine threat to your protagonist. Why? Antagonists gives the story conflict and without […]
Find The Time to Research
Writing a novel is hard. A lot harder than it looks to the outside world of people who never tried to write before. There’s plotting, revising, rewriting, rereading, and everything in between. Not to mention making the time to get that first draft done in the first place. One debate about the writing process I […]
7 Tips to Boost Your Writing Career
Your Writing Career Matters If you’re thinking about being serious with your writing career, then check out my 7 tips for making your writing career awesome! 1. Think 3 Steps Ahead No matter what you do, always be ahead of the game. Whether it be your whole career or what you will put out in […]
Why You Should Kill Your Writing Perfectionism Today
Do you suffer from writing perfectionism? Do you stay on a chapter or a paragraph for days, weeks, or even months until that first draft is “perfect”? Well to be fair I think we all find ourselves doing this to some extent. In today’s post, I’ll teach you why it’s important to keep moving on […]