how to write

How To Write Without Info Dumping

By chris on January 21, 2021

So, You need to get information across to your readers about a character, the world you are writing in and more but what you don’t want to do is use to much exposition (a comprehensive description and explanation of an idea) and just tell them everything. Otherwise known as an info dump. You want to […]

The Science Of Storytelling

By chris on January 1, 2021

So, how do stories actually work? What happens in that grey matter between our ears? This week lets discuss a few psychological phenomenon that occur when we read. That way we can keep this in mind as we write! As usual you can see the video essay here: Stories are incredibly powerful and have real […]

How To Write Dialogue – Formatting and Punctuation

By chris on December 10, 2020

“Do I use an ellipses or a em dash? Does the comma go inside the quotation marks or out? So many questions when writing, especially that pesky dialogue with all of its rules. Today we will demystify how to properly format your dialogue. As always you can watch the video version here: Here are 6 […]

How To Write: Bind Your Story Together With Foreshadowing!

By chris on November 30, 2020

So you are writing your book, or thinking about it. You feel like there may be something missing? Your outline not quite lining up? Not sure how to tie things together? How can you link point A to B? As always you can watch the video version of this article here: Think back to any […]

Honest Writing Advice For Beginners

By chris on November 19, 2020

Welcome back to #WritingWednesday’s where I give more writing tips and advice both here and in video form on the YouTube channel. Today lets dive into some honest, (and sometimes harsh) advice for those would be authors out there that are looking to write their first book. As usual here is the video version for […]