Humans are complex creatures who, while generally consistent, have days where emotions swing more in one direction or another. This goes both for the characters – even if

Stories can have multiple major characters, but one should stand out as a clear-cut protagonist. One way too identify them is based on their narrative opposite – the antagonist.

If you’ve never heard of NaNoWriMo it stands for National Novel Writing Month, which is an event that takes place in November and spans the globe, challenging every

These days the mention of prologues often sparks debate in writer’s circles. Should they be avoided. How does a prologue earn its place. What elements should never be

There’s a fair sized list of questions that all writers dread being asked. (Have I heard of you? Is your book out yet?) All of them – or

A quick personal note before the blog post begins: Update about Writing On Point – There’s been a lack of regular posts since the end of April. Life

There are three crucial stages of editing. Each phase might require one draft, or it may require several. It’s important to go through each stage in order because

At the beginning of a story, the protagonist enters from a place of normal – the world as they know it. There’s a level of familiarity to all of

I briefly entertained the idea of doing an April Fool’s Day post, but decided against it (mostly since I had trouble settling on a single idea). So today’s

I hadn’t planned on seeing the new Batman v Superman movie in the theaters, but we had a free night and were plain old curious about the bad