Please turn JavaScript on

Helping Writers Become Authors

Subscribe to Helping Writers Become Authors’s news feed.

Click on “Follow” and decide if you want to get news from Helping Writers Become Authors via RSS, as email newsletter, via mobile or on your personal news page.

Subscription to Helping Writers Become Authors comes without risk as you can unsubscribe instantly at any time.

You can also filter the feed to your needs via topics and keywords so that you only receive the news from Helping Writers Become Authors which you are really interested in. Click on the blue “Filter” button below to get started.

Title: Helping Writers Become Authors

Is this your feed? Claim it!

Publisher:  Unclaimed!
Message frequency:  0.14 / day

Message History

Want to find a writing buddy? A critique partner? A beta reader? Here’s your stop!

If you’re looking to find a writing buddy, critique partner, or beta reader, this annual link-up is designed to help writers connect with each other and build meaningful creative relationships.

A writing buddy is another writer who offers feedback, accountability, and support thro...


Read full story

From KMW: One of the juiciest tension points in a character’s arc is the question: What is your character’s greatest fear?

This question isn’t (explicitly) about what characters say they want or what stands in their way externally. Rather, the answer we’re hunting for is the deeper fear lurking underneath. Very often, that fear is what finally...


Read full story

Conflict is often taught as the engine of plot, but what if it is really the engine of psychological transformation? When we look at story through a symbolic lens, antagonists can be understood not just as external obstacles, but as forces that reveal the deeper inner workings of the protagonist. This is what I’m exploring in my next Story School class


Read full story

One of the easiest mistakes in writing is assuming stories are about the external action of defeating the antagonistic force, when in reality they are about what the protagonist must become in order to face that conflict. Internal conflict vs. external conflict reveals how your story’s character arcs operate beneath the plot. The tension between these two forces is what moves...


Read full story