Tag Archives: Characters

5 Quick Fixes to Make Readers Love Your Villains

Posted on September 5, 2012 by writersinthestorm

Writers In The Storm welcomes back award-winning author and RWA RITA-nominee, Shannon Donnelly. Today she’s talking to us about villains we love to hate and how to keep them from becoming a cardboard stereotype whose every action is predictable and … Continue reading →

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Dialogue is King

Posted on May 25, 2012 by writersinthestorm

By Tiffany Lawson Inman In theatre, dialogue is king. It is the lifeline of the story.  Character’s lines bouncing back and forth between each other.  Confiding, conspiring, commiserating, coercing, or caring.  Dialogue works to create emotion, conflict, show character, and … Continue reading →

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The Hero’s Journey: A Thumbnail Sketch of Real Life

Posted on July 1, 2011 by writersinthestorm

Writers In The Storm is thrilled to welcome this week’s Sensational Summer guest blogger, Connie Flynn! Connie has published ten novels and several short stories. Her werewolf series was recently reissued by Back In Print and is available on Amazon.com. Two of … Continue reading →

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Writing The Big Picture – Don’t Trash The Roadmap

Posted on June 27, 2011 by writersinthestorm

By Sharla Rae In our WITS crit group, we all have our individual critiquing talents: grammar, tight writing, action scenes, male point of view, description  etc. And when one of us starts a new project, we verbalize or write an outline of … Continue reading →

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