Did you realize there are many types of villains? Our guest blogger, Benjamin T. Collier, continues with his storytelling tips with this week’s post on Writing Villains 1 – Personal & Obstacle. “I’m gonna talk about a few different types of villains over the next few posts. But I wanted to start off by addressing… Read More Writing Villains 1 – Personal & Obstacle
Introducing our new series of workbooks called The From-To Method Of Writing. This series of workbooks has been in the creative stage for over two years and we’ve finally finished all the brainstorming and designing. So we’re very excited to introduce to you the first workbook in the series. All the workbooks are aimed at… Read More The From-To Method Of Writing
We all know jerks are selfish and obnoxious but what are they really thinking? We’re continuing our look at storytelling with fantasy and sci-fi author, Benjamin T Collier. Today Ben is talking about writing villains in your story, specifically Personal and Obstacle villains. “To be clear, when I say “villain” I do not exclusively mean… Read More Writing Villains 1 – Personal Villains and Obstacle Villains
We’re continuing our look at heroes in storytelling with author, Benjamin T Collier. Symbolic Heroes are a difficult bunch to portray, as Benjamin explains in part 3 of Writing Heroes from his book, ‘The Storyteller’s Handbook’. “Symbolic Heroes can be among the most difficult types of heroes to write, at least in a way that… Read More Writing Heroes 3 – Symbolic Heroes
Benjamin T. Collier is here with his next post on Storytelling. This week he’s giving us some insight into writing about reluctant heroes and anti-heroes in our stories. I don’t know about you but I had no idea there are so many different kinds of heroes! Have you given much thought to which type of… Read More Writing Heroes part 2 – Reluctant Heroes and Anti-Heroes
Benjamin T. Collier is back with us this week to talk about writing heroes into your story and he starts with Unlikely Heroes. Exactly what is an unlikely hero? “Unlikely heroes are among the most popular kinds of heroes because they tend to be the most relatable. Most of us don’t feel like we could… Read More Writing Heroes part 1 – Unlikely Heroes
Cause and Effect in Your Story We’re continuing our series on storytelling with author Benjamin T. Collier who’s talking about cause and effect in your story. What exactly is Cause and Effect and how does it affect your story? Ben explains it clearly in this example from his blog. “… You can determine the relevance… Read More Cause and Effect In Your Story
What exactly is tension in your story, how do you write it, how important is it to your story, and how do you keep it going? Benjamin T. Collier joins us again today to help us with these questions about great storytelling. “Simply put, tension is the only reason your reader will turn the page.… Read More Writing Tension In Your Story
Consistency We continue our series with Benjamin Collier as he discusses the art of storytelling, particularly the reasons for character consistency. Here is Ben’s post on The Message in your story – part 3. “Whatever your message, make sure the story you are creating (the world, the characters, the events) is actually compatible. I’ve seen writers completely… Read More The Message In Your Story – part 3
Have you ever watched a movie from the 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s? What gets your knickers in a knot when you watch them? Chances are it’s something about the way we used to view life and how we treated each other. Personally, I get huffy when women are referred to as ‘the little lady’ in… Read More The Message In Your Story – part 2