The Writer's Workout

For this Back to Basics mini-course, we’re talking about flawed characters. Each Back to Basics course includes a challenge at the end to...

The Creator archetype can be one of the most fun to write. What's more fun to write about than an inventor, a creator, a character who...

Not gonna lie, this is a tough one for me. When I think about the Child or Innocent archetype, my mind goes blank.

As many great musings do, this think-piece all began with a Tumblr post. A few years ago, a rather irate user, “0l0x”, whose Tumblr header

Who doesn't love a villain? Or at least love to hate them? Writing villains might be the best part of storytelling

If you find William Shakespeare’s work a tad stuffy, or if you feel overburdened by the near inescapable crowd of theatre scholars who...

When you think of a villain, what do you imagine? The tyrannical dictator of a dystopian novel? The gruesome monster under the bed? The...