How to create a good story

In part two of our One Year novel series, we tackle the beginning blocks of your story: the premise! Here's how you can construct a strong yet concise premise for your novel using JotterPad.

If you're a writer, you know that creating well-rounded characters is essential for any successful story. But where do you start? Check out my article on how to create a detailed character outline spreadsheet to learn how. This article is full of tips on how to organize your character details into categories like identifying details, basic personal info, physical traits, personality traits, and even relationships and inventory. Let me know what character details you think I missed!

Learn how to write a short story that you can submit to publishers confidently. Read about the short story writing process.

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This guide gives you some tips on dropping hints of romance without explicitly stating it, or having your characters shout it from the rooftops.

Conflict – the foundation of every novel bled onto the page. Without it, your book flatlines harder than the grim reaper. No self-respecting book doctor will even attempt to resuscitate it. And yet, you need to, because conflict is the god of novels. If you’ve been a good little girl, then conflict will dip its mighty hand into […]

Seven good reasons to kill a character in your story and three bad reasons.