Do your characters know what your story is about?
When you know all about your characters, you can focus your writing on one main thread. It helps you wrangle the various pieces of your writing into one cohesive vision. Themes. Narrative. Arc. Character. Scenes. Structure. This hack helps keep the different pieces...
How to build a character your readers won’t forget
What inspires you to create a new character? Ideas, images, conversations we hear bring new characters of all genres to life Tayari Jones overheard an intimate moment between a man and a woman at Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall. The woman asked the man if he’d have waited...
9 Character Writing Prompts to Move Your Story Forward
You know when you meet someone and think, “What a character!” Because they’re inspirational. Or funny. Or have lived a life of adventure. Or have had so many bizarre things happen in their lives, you can’t possibly believe them. Or because they annoy you so badly you...
Writing Prompt: Writing Strong Male Characters
I’ve been sitting on this prompt for a little while, but I got distracted by the news. It’s been so damn awful lately. Not that the news is any better, but I figure it can’t hurt to have a distraction. A couple weeks ago, I was sitting there, minding...About Leigh
I'm a writer and mentor currently living in Argentina. Want to know how I created my ideal writing life?
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