HelloOoOo everybody! It's time for more moaning and groaning! I am breaking down the nine absolute worst tropes in contemporary fiction in my humble, completely correct opinion. If you're not familiar, contemporary fiction is pretty much anything that takes place in the present day. It usually involves real people in real-world, present-day situations. However, it can be connected with other genres like contemporary fantasy or contemporary romance. Because of this, I will be
HelloOoOo everybody! I'm here to answer the one question literally every writer has asked themselves at some point during the writing process: what if my writing sucks? A lot of people say, “Oh, stop it. That's just the imposter syndrome talking.” And sometimes it is! But sometimes it isn't. So to help ya out, I'm cutting the bullshit and telling you the top ten most blatant signs that your writing just ain't up to snuff. To be clear, I'm focusing on the most prominent indica
HelloOoOo everybody! Today we're talking about one of the easiest scenes to completely screw up in your writing: sex scenes! A bad sex scene will ingrain itself into the reader's mind. So, I felt it was necessary to tell you exactly what not to do when writing sex scenes in fiction, because I don't need any more trauma and I'm pretty sure other readers feel the same way! Before we get started, a couple disclaimers: I will obviously be talking about sex, so if you're not an ad
HelloOoOo everybody! If you've read my work, you already know dialogue is my bread and butter. I love it! So when I see shitty dialogue advice floating around the internet, I take notice...in a big way. I’ve made a million videos about how to properly write dialogue, and I plan to make a million more. But today, I’m talking about the absolute worst dialogue advice I've seen around the internet. And let me tell you...it's bad. A sneak peek: the eighth and ninth pieces of advic
HelloOoOo everybody! A while back, I started a video series all about dialogue. We covered voice, tags, and formatting and you guys have asked for more. So that's what we're doing today! In this article, I’m breaking down the 10 best tips for writing angry dialogue. I'm talking about arguments, insults, clap backs, fights, all that good stuff. Some of you guys really suck at writing vitriol. You try so hard, but you fall so short. I'm here to fix that! And just a forewarning:
HelloOoOo everybody! I'm finally talking about it, okay? You’ve been asking me forever about how to write a multi- perspective novel, and seeing as I'm in the thick of writing one, now seems like the perfect time to dive in. Multi-perspective novels are super popular in genre fiction, particularly fantasy and romance, so I'm not surprised you guys want to hear about it. This topic was requested by two of my patrons over on Patreon, Kody Ryan Munson and Karayah Whiseheart. The