Joshua Sword8 min10 Ways to Get Your Teen Hero into the Action (Without Using Clichés) Plotting a novel with a teenaged hero is tricky—so here are ten ways to introduce your hero to the plot, cliché-free.
Joshua Sword6 minWhy You Should Set Crazy Writing Goals (Without Sacrificing Your Sanity)There’s more to believing the impossible than meets the eye. Crazy is a gateway to something far more realistic.
Joshua Sword4 minWhy Writers Are the Most Influential People in the World You have power as an author that no other world leader will ever have. And you need to use it.
Joshua Sword7 minHow to Get Interested in Your Characters AgainThe reason you're tired of your main character is probably not what you think. Here's a guaranteed way to make them likable again. (Really!)
Joshua Sword5 minStop Trying to Be Someone Else Your weaknesses as a writer can't be solved by trying another writer's method. I tried, and it almost killed my work.
Joshua Sword5 minLearning to Cry Over Your CharactersWriting a story with emotional impact means feeling deeply for your characters. But what about the fact that YOU wrote their suffering?