Fiction University: Better Plotting: 7 Ways Your Characters Can Screw up Their Decisions

via Fiction University: Better Plotting: 7 Ways Your Characters Can Screw up Their Decisions. I highly recommend this read for people who have difficulty making things difficult for their characters. As much as we enjoy having things turn out nice and neat, life doesn’t work that way, and it’s interesting reading when it happens to

Promote your blog for Luna | Luna, the Little Chomper

via Promote your blog for Luna | Luna, the Little Chomper. I thought this was a cute idea for people to promote their blogs, as told through the eyes of a sweet little cat named Luna. Loads of people like cats, after all, and nothing quite gets a person who likes cats to click a

The Abject Fear of Writing? 8 Quotes That Will Change How You See Writer’s Block

via The Abject Fear of Writing? 8 Quotes That Will Change How You See Writer’s Block. I’m not usually one for those “motivational” posts, but I have to say, this set of graphics from Authors Publish is fantastic. This is for people who say they “don’t have a muse.” I call bullshit. Just admit that

Don’t Overthink It

I recently read: Don’t Overthink It, Less Is More When It Comes to Creativity – Scientific American, and I heartily agree with their findings. It’s nice to have some hard, scientific proof to back up what I’ve been saying. When you sit down to write, just write. Overthinking it makes it arduous and contributes to