No one likes reading an info dump, but we writers justify their existence because we’re sure the reader needs all this background information here, right now. Info dumps kill the pace and tension in your story and readers may just put down your book and walk away forever. What Is…
Author: Lisa Hall-Wilson
Freelance Writer. Fantasy Author. Call it as I see it truth-teller. Justice Seeker. Jesus Girl. Leave-Your-Mask-At-Home-Girl. Facebook is my happy place.
How To Write Fiction - Advanced Tips
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9 Tips For A Powerful Antagonist That Work For Any Genre
Your story needs a successful antagonist – one who wins a lot, who has odds overwhelmingly in their favor, moves the story ahead and directly challenges the protagonist’s story goal. Without a powerful antagonist, your protagonist has nothing substantial to fight against—there’s little reason to cheer for them. Ways to…
Deep Point Of View
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Top 10 Posts of 2018
Good-bye 2018!! Was 2018 a year that saw your writing become a priority or was it a year where maybe some things didn’t quite go as you’d planned them to? Either way, another year another blank chapter. Let this be the year you make the most of your writing dreams,…
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Create Emotional Connections With Readers Using Deep Point Of View
There are still many many fans of writers like Tolkien, Austen, and Dickens, but contemporary readers (particularly genre fiction readers) are looking for more than entertainment from a book — they want an emotional experience! “By some curious chance one morning long ago in the quiet of the world, when…
Deep Point Of View
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3 Red Flags For Author Intrusion In Deep Point Of View
Readers want an emotional experience or journey in addition to being entertained. Many writers are looking for ways to create a deeper connection between readers and their main character. They want to create an emotional experience and deep point of view definitely can do that, but not if you undermine…
Deep Point Of View
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How To Write Fear Authentically Even If You Don’t Write Thrillers
Want to scare your readers? SHOW them what your character is afraid of! Your story needs life or death stakes (and not necessarily the murderous, knife-wielding, gravestone kind of life or death stakes). Fear and the body language of fear, should be topics every novelist strives to know better. Fear…