Stop Describing Characters in One Word The Rewrite The Advice That Might Be Hurting Your Novel Here’s a piece of writing advice you’ve probably heard before: “Sum up your character in one word.” Lazy. Kind. Evil. Funny. It sounds useful. Clean. Efficient. And it might be quietly weakening your entire novel. Because the…
The Spielberg–King Effect: Why Some Stories Don’t Let You Go Why do some stories feel like you’re watching… while others feel like you’re inside them? It’s the difference between observing a story—and experiencing it. And two masters have built entire careers on that difference: Steven Spielberg and Stephen King. They work in different mediums. They…
Having an Object Represent the Arc What if you could show a character’s entire emotional journey… without them saying a word? As writers, we’re often told that characters need an arc—that they must change. A story where the character ends exactly as they began can feel flat, leaving the reader wondering: what was the point?…
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