Writing Villains 3 — The Doosh
Ben's back this week with part 3 of his series on Writing Villains, 'The Doosh'. Just what is a doosh and do you know any? Here's what Ben has to…
Writing Villains 2 – Sympathetic Villains and Monsters
Writing sympathetic villains and monsters. Benjamin Collier takes us through the steps to write fantastic scenes with these fictional characters. Monsters "Monsters are a different kind of character than simply…
The From-To Writing Method Launch!
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to the first in our From-To Writing Method series of workbooks for writers. The workbooks show you how to write a short story,…
The From-To Writing Method Intro
Introducing our new series of workbooks called The From-To Writing Method. This series of workbooks has been in the creative stage for over two years and we've finally finished all…
Writing Villains 1 – Personal Villains and Obstacle Villains
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…
Writing Heroes 3 – Symbolic Heroes
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…
Writing Heroes part 2 – Reluctant Heroes and Anti-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…
Writing Heroes part 1 – Unlikely 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…
Cause and Effect In Your Story
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…
Writing Tension 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…