by lauralizbuckley | 13 Oct, 2020 | Writing
Part of the process of preparing for NaNoWriMo involves working out your characters for what you want to write. I’ve talked about character development before on here, and if you’re interested in character development in general, I’d recommend this post on getting to...
by lauralizbuckley | 8 Sep, 2020 | Writing
Sometimes characters are going to make bad decisions, but how to do that without annoying your readers? Nobody in real life makes perfect choices all the time, and we shouldn’t hold our fictional characters to that standard either! Today, let’s take a look at three...
by lauralizbuckley | 5 Sep, 2020 | Book Reviews
Genre: Post-apocalyptic fantasy Content warnings: Descriptions of torture, sexual assault Misericorde Plot Summary The angel Tzadkiel believes that mercy still exists in humankind. He’s been allowed 100 years to prove his theory, or else the final...
by lauralizbuckley | 1 Sep, 2020 | Writing
Writing compelling character descriptions can be tough. There’s a lot of pressure on the first description of a character! Here in the real world people often say that you don’t get a second chance at a first impression, and that’s true. However, you do get to keep...
by lauralizbuckley | 25 Aug, 2020 | Writing
When setting up an antagonist for your story, you can pull from various types of villain. There are a number of tried-and-tested tropes and archetypes to look to for inspiration. In this post I’m going to cover some of the most common ones! We’ll also look a little at...
