C.B. Lee's Blog, page 80
April 10, 2016
Writing: Creating Your Main Character
Ah, the main character. If your story were a ship, they’d be the pilot. It’s their job to incite, propel, and solve the plot, all while making the readers laugh and smile and cry and get frustrated, and oftentimes they carry with them the moral lesson. This is a pretty tall order for one character, and deciding what kind of main character you’re going to have can be very stressful. Hopefully this list will help you with this process.
The main character can determine the audien...
"Don’t expect results. Write, and accept that you don’t know if you’re going to succeed or fail."
- Roz Morris
April 9, 2016
"Your intuition knows what to write. So get out of the way."
- Ray Bradbury
Seven Ways to Build Up Your Writing Confidence
Seven Ways to Build Up Your Writing Confidence
By Ali Hale
Do you ever worry that your writing isn’t good enough?
Maybe you’re scared to let anyone read your latest short story. Or perhaps it’s worse than that – you find yourself agonising over every email that you write.
You’re not alone.
Most writers – even those who make a living from their craft – lack confidence at times. Writing is, after all, a daunting thing to do: you’re putting down your thoughts on the page and ho...
"A short story is the ultimate close-up magic trick – a couple of thousand words to take you around..."
- Neil Gaiman
