MONTHLY BLOG POSTS

Visual Storytelling: How Watching Movies Can Help With Your Writing

How can watching movies help with your writing? In this post, we dive into how elements that work well in movies can not only work in your writing, but also take it to the next level.

Madigan Thompson

4 days ago6 min read

Twilight VS How to Train Your Dragon: How to Write Romance in Fantasy

What can Stephenie Meyer's Twilight and Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon teach us about how to write romance?

Madigan Thompson

Jun 186 min read

How To Train Your Dragon: How To Write Humor

What can Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon book series teach us about how to write humor?

Madigan Thompson

May 125 min read

Fundamentals of World Building - The Joy and Power of Fiction Writers

World Building - Discover what is unique to fiction writing and what can be unique to your own story.

Madigan Thompson

Mar 255 min read

Not Impossible - Writing While Working Full Time

Improbable But Not Impossible - Writing while working full time is a rollercoaster of time management.

Madigan Thompson

Jan 205 min read

The Hunger Games - How to Deal with Darkness & Despair

The Hunger Games - How to Deal with Darkness & Despair: How to handle heavy elements in your stories

Madigan Thompson

Sep 26, 20246 min read

From Foul to Fowl - What Artemis Fowl Can Teach Us About Character Arcs

Why do we end up caring about this deplorable criminal mastermind?

Madigan Thompson

Aug 20, 20248 min read

Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter - A Lesson in Worldbuilding

Lord of the Rings vs Harry Potter - What two titans can teach us about worldbuilding

Madigan Thompson

May 10, 20245 min read

Dune Part 2 vs Maze Runner - Why Do We Care About Characters?

What makes you care about a character?

Madigan Thompson

Apr 5, 20244 min read