When You Don’t Know What Happens Next in Your Story, Try This
Stuck in your draft and have no idea what happens next? Before you invent a new plot twist or force a scene that doesn't fit, try looking backward. The next moment in your story is almost always hiding in what just happened. Once you know how to find it, writer's block starts to lose its grip. Here's a simple framework to get your story moving again.
How to Figure Out What the Hell Your Character Wants: Goals vs. Desires v. Needs
If you’ve ever struggled to untangle what your character wants versus what they need—or to sort out all the talk about “external goals” and “internal objects of desire,” well then you’re not alone. It really comes down to goals and desires. In this article, I’m digging into what makes goals and desires different, why both matter, and how to use them to braid plot and character transformation together!