short story writing – Pro Home Writers

October 10, 2022

External conflict is everything that happens outside of the character or to the character. Writers use external conflict to place… Read More

August 30, 2022

Character voice is a hard topic to master and practice. A lot of it comes down to a couple of… Read More

August 17, 2022

Conflict can be anything that stands in the way of what a character wants. So, you can imagine there is… Read More

August 15, 2022

How do you write a satisfying ending? It’s such an important question to ask as a writer. When writing endings,… Read More

August 5, 2022

This month we’ll go over conflict and how to use it in our stories. Conflict in a story can be… Read More

July 28, 2022

Writers use macro tension to keep the large-scale elements of their story driving conflict and suspense. But you can also… Read More

July 23, 2022

Characters fill our stories, and many writing instructors or teachers will say that characters are what drive a story and… Read More

July 12, 2022

Tension is the sense that something is about to happen, whether that be good or bad. We often think bad… Read More

July 10, 2022

Thinking about the central idea or theme in our work will help us push our stories further and make our… Read More

July 5, 2022

When talking about tension, anticipation comes up. Many writers don’t know the difference, but it’s an important distinction to make… Read More