When it comes to musicals, most people tend to either love them or hate them. Regardless of your thoughts on musicals, you’ve probably heard at least one or two songs from them that get stuck in your head. (I’ll note here that I’ve been bopping along to Rewrite the Stars from The Greatest Showman for… Continue reading Exercise: Make it Musical
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Editing Worksheets
Editing is probably one of the hardest parts of the entire writing process. Once you're through the effort of writing a rough draft, you then have to pick it apart to find the parts that aren't working and to make them better. It might be hard to do that, especially when you're still in the… Continue reading Editing Worksheets
Scene Unsticking Questions
It happens to the best writers. Even in the middle of a draft that’s going well and with a well-detailed outline, sometimes we get stuck on a scene. It might be that we’ve opened a huge plot hole we don’t know how to close. Or, we’ve written our characters into an impossible situation and were… Continue reading Scene Unsticking Questions
Using Negative Traits for Arcs
Like real people, characters should have flaws. After all, Nobody is perfect and your characters need to be Somebody. Hence, they need to have flaws and negative traits to help balance out their strengths. Having a negative trait in their character also helps provide conflict and gives you as the writer a place to build… Continue reading Using Negative Traits for Arcs
Thematic Elements
If you’ve ever heard that there’s no new stories, you might feel a little disheartened, especially if you’re wondering why you should be writing. The bad news is that for the most part, it’s true: there’s no new elements in storytelling. The good news however, is that the elements themselves are only minorly important, what… Continue reading Thematic Elements
The Written Vixen 