Your characters have secrets. How they keep them (or not), how they protect them, and how they are affected by them can be rich sources to mine for character development. Follow this link to see more, because that’s what I’m writing about on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog this month: “Let’s Talk About Secrets.”
Writing Craft
Why Interviewing Real People Can Enhance Your Fiction – On the RMFW Blog
Can your fiction benefit from the real-world experience of someone who’s experienced, learned, or is passionate about something in your scenes? If so, interviewing that someone can be the best thing you can do to elevate your story! On the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers blog, I talk about the reasons why interviewing an actual human […]
Character Development: Turning Strengths into Weaknesses (and Vice Versa) – On the RMFW Blog
We know we’re supposed to give our characters both strengths and weaknesses to make them more three-dimensional and realistic. But have you thought about how a character’s strength can become a weakness in certain situations? And how a weakness could become a strength? That’s what I’m talking about over on the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers […]
Sharing Experiences with Your Characters – On the RMFW Blog
In our writing, we often make our characters go through experiences we haven’t gone through ourselves, such as breaking a horse, picking a lock, riding in an ambulance, or frosting a wedding cake. It’s so easy to fall back on the internet and watch videos or read blog posts about how those experiences might feel. […]
Spooky Season Writing Prompts – on the RMFW Blog
October is the perfect time to curl up with a scary story. It’s even better if you’re writing that story! Whether you lean towards the funny sides of Halloween or the darker sides of the haunting season, I’ve got 10 writing prompts to get you started. Bounce over to the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer’s blog […]
Break Your Characters Out of Your Writing Ruts – On the RMFW Blog
As a writer, have you fallen into “location” ruts? Do you find your characters in the same settings in scene after scene, like sitting in cars, chatting at the kitchen table, pounding their heads against their cubicle walls? Find out how ditching run-of-the-mill settings can punch up your scenes in my article on the RMFW […]
