Firstly, I need to state how incredibly perfect it was that this topic was assigned to me the same week Taylor Swift dropped RED (Taylor’s Version).…
There’s nothing better than a book where the chemistry between the characters simmers until it reaches a hot, sizzling boiling point. That build-up of tension is…
You may have heard of White Room Syndrome – you know, when the writer fails to describe the setting of a scene. But I bet you’ve…
In writing – and in life – we are often faced with countless choices. As an author, one of the biggest choices is whether or not…
Everyone who’s ever played a childhood game of telephone knows that a story is only as good as the person telling it. Books function similarly. The…
Think about your favorite books for a moment. No doubt you can gush about the exciting story you couldn’t put down. But would it be possible…
What is it that makes a scene swoon-worthy? That’s the eternal question at the crux of this week’s article all about romance. I would argue that…
Of all the famous first lines of fiction, there are few that ring as true as Tolstoy’s in Anna Karenina: “Happy families are all alike; every…
Is there anything more exhilarating as a reader than a book that keeps you turning pages long into the night? One more chapter turns into another…
When people feel helpless, hopeless, or lost, some turn to art to express their feelings, and, in some cases, to effect change. As storytellers, often we…