The Picky Pen
How to Edit Your Character
We’re heading into a New Year. Perhaps you’ve finished a novel during Nanowrimo. Maybe you’re plotting a new story…
December 22, 2018-
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History in the MakingNaming Characters in Your Historical Novels
Have you ever read a fictional novel set in the 1700s where the main character is named Harper (22…
July 30, 2018 -
Child's CraftCrafting Characters Readers Will Love Part 1 by Jean Hall
According to Elaine Marie Alphin (Creating Characters Kids Will Love p. 2) “Kids read because a magical closeness springs…
March 21, 2018 -
Talking CharacterWhich Comes First, Plot Or Character?
Plot and character. Two halves of any great story. Both are critical, whether you are telling a character-driven literary…
January 20, 2018 -
Dear Young ScribesJournaling Prompt Questions to Ask Your Protagonist
Sometimes, we writers can become so focused on writing an enticing, hard-to-put-down plot that we neglect one of the…
November 8, 2016
