Story loops are a powerful technique for improving your storytelling. A loop is created when a new story emerges, and is tied off when the story is concluded. These internal loops can be mysteries, anecdotes, character arcs, themes, try/fail cycles, or any other narrative phase that you wish to track…
A story problem is a simple way to envision your character’s plot arc. Choose your main problem, break it down into smaller challenges, allow the main solution to appear as the character tries to deal with these tasks.
If you could do just one exercise a day in order to improve your writing skills, what would it be? That was the question I wanted to answer for our final journal worksheet this year. After all, practice and improvement are the reason we keep writing journals, right? The most exciting answer for me was… Read More
Not everything needs to be a matter of life and death, but death is such an enormous part of life that we can’t long avoid it in our writing. You might want to use this worksheet as part of your shadow work, for worldbuilding, or for personal reflection. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THIS WORKSHEET (PDF)… Read More
Writing Journal Worksheet – Uncovering Assumptions (PDF) At first glance, assumptions might seem a strange choice for a writing worksheet – but you know the assaying… Here are a few ways that uncovering hidden assumptions can help you in your writing, and in your life… In your writing Use reader assumptions to generate suspense. For… Read More
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