Improve Your Storytelling in 5 Minutes

What are writers chronically short on? Time.

There never seems to be enough of it as we try to get the next book written, research our publishing options, keep up with marketing, work on our platform, etc., and that doesn’t even factor in what’s happening in other areas of our life. And as we juggle, the one thing that can help us succeed more than anything else is often neglected: education to help us improve our storytelling skills.

Introducing Mini-Lessons

You guys know Becca and I have a lot to say about description and how showing the right things in the right way means readers are pulled in and will care deeply about characters and what’s happening in their lives. We’ve written books on many description elements, and have even more of these in our THESAURUS database at One Stop for Writers.

This summer, Becca and I have recorded a mini lesson for each of our thesauruses, helping you better understand that story element, what its superpower is in your story, and how to activate that detail through description.

Each video takes you through a thesaurus in the One Stop for Writers database, but you don’t need to be a subscriber benefit from these lessons, or use our thesauruses (although they are very helpful for brainstorming). But if you are someone who uses them, this will broaden your understanding so you get even more value from each brainstorming list.

Summer is the perfect time for bite-sized learning

Summer tends to be slower paced, as it should be. So, if you have 5 (ish) minutes, give a video a try. Whether you want to learn how to describe a character’s emotions, activate the power of your scene’s setting, or understand character motivation better so plotting becomes easier, a helpful mini lesson is waiting for you.

Here’s the playlist, or choose the topic you’d like to know more about below.

Happy writing, and learning!

Grow Your Skills with Becca & Angela How to Describe a Character’s Appearance How Emotional Trauma Affects Characters & Their Arc How to Use a Character’s Fears in Storytelling How to Create a Character Readers Will Love How to Give a Character Flaws that Will Hold Them Back How the Right Setting Details Make a Scene More Powerful How to Create a Memorable Character Using a Talent or Skill How to Show What Your Character Is Feeling How to Use Conflict to Power up Your Story How to Write Your Theme and Use Effective Symbolism in Fiction How to Use the Weather to Build Mood and Generate Conflict How to Find the Right Job for a Character How to Bring Readers Into a Story Using Textures How to Create Vivid Description Using Colors and Patterns How Describing an Object’s Shape the Right Way Strengthens the Story How to Build Strong Characters & Arcs How to Amplify Your Character’s Emotional StateNeed more help as you plan, write, and revise? Join us at One Stop!

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