In the context of your own life, consider the decisions you’ve made and actions taken when you’ve faced a dilemma. You’ll be amazed at how useful it is to have these examples to hand when you face writing dilemmas in your own stories. #MondayMission

Practical Steps to Improve Your Craft @StoryGrid

In every stage of the writing process, understanding why we tell stories and what they are will help you solve problems and make decisions. I explore this topic in the #CaptainsBlog by looking at how other writers, critics, and editors have weighed in.

In this #StoryGridRT we look at #CloudAtlas!

#WritershipPodcast is great for studying scenes, but not so great for learning about entire stories. In 2019, the #CaptainsBlog will feature a weekly series focusing on the big picture. What do you want to see covered? Let me know at hello@writership.com.

#MondayMission: As you consume stories, and in the context of your own life, record resolutions that you experience. Your reactions to resolutions can inform what your characters think, say, and do. This is what’s really behind "write what you know." MORE:

Why do our stories and scenes need "progressive complications"? In this #Writership episode, I talk about the people, places, things, and events that stand between your characters and their goals.

We all have some idea of what a resolution is, but what are these scene and story-enders meant to do? In this #WritershipPodcast episode, I explore scene and story resolutions in the context of C. Gabriel Wright’s LBGTQ love story, “Someone.”

To keep the story moving, your scenes should turn on a conflict. #writingtips #lovewriting More on Episode 120 with valerie_francis!

Check out "Hero's Journey Archetypes - Part 2" from our friends at @StoryGrid.

What are progressive complications? Why do our stories and scenes need them? #WritershipPodcast.

#WritingExcuses podcast just started up again! And this season they're tackling Word Building. Go check it out! . 14.01: Worldbuilding Begins! Up Front, or On the Fly?

Although we want strive to be mindful and deliberate while editing, when it comes to drafting our stories, it’s more useful to write with abandon. Episode 130 with @grantfaulkner! #WritershipPodcast.

What are scene and story climaxes? Why do you need them? In this NEW episode, I talk about the decisions your characters make, as well as the actions they take, when faced with a dilemma. #WritershipPodcast

RT @AnneHawley: This was a fun blog post to write. And what @TheWritership and I learned writing it has benefited all my editing clients. h….

RT @Porter_Anderson: "Twitterific" from @elizabethscraig & @Hiveword : @TheWritership @StoryGrid @SignatureReads @u….

Need help getting your story off the ground? Work with Clark Chamberlain to create your Outstanding Outline.

In this episode, fellow Story Grid certified editor Jay Peters and I critique the beginning of “What Lives Beneath,” a short story by A.V. We discuss the piece's values and value shifts, which are important elements of change for any story! Herzberg.

#WizardofOz is one of the classics of the last century, so I pitched it to the #StoryGrid Roundtable editors for this episode! Join us as we explore metaphor and symbolism in the story.