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Develop Your Characters

Posted on October 14, 2022October 28, 2022 by Jami Fairleigh

Stories are about characters. Who they are, what they did, and why they did it drives your story forward and keeps your readers hooked until the end. Even if you're writing plot-driven tales, your readers should care about, or at...Read More

Should You Write What You Know?

Posted on March 5, 2021July 1, 2022 by Jami Fairleigh

The adage of "Write What You Know" is something all fiction writers are told at some point. But... should you? Writers seem split on this advice. Here's an article which provides pro and con quotes from 31 famous novelists from...Read More

Developing a Fictional Character

Posted on February 19, 2021 by Jami Fairleigh

Have you ever watched a person running for a bus that is pulling away? Do you watch the story unfold? What happens if the bus doesn't stop? Will the runner give up and slump, sadly watching the bus pull away?...Read More