We are enjoying holiday festivities and will be back next week! In the meantime, here are some of our favorite posts from 2022!

In Development: In this post, Jill talks about her newfound strategies for dealing with the abundance of story ideas she has.

Understanding What’s Behind Your Characters’ Decisions

In Defense of The Chosen One: Shannon talks about this archetype and why it can work

Six Ways I Take Care Of Myself As A Writer

Six Things I Learned While Writing A Novel in 2 Months: A wonderful guest post from community member Colin Cannici

How To Use Character Descriptions To Anchor A Large Cast

Seven Ideas To Help You Get Through A Hard Writing Season

How To Throw A Writing Retreat Without Going Anywhere

How To Write Great Descriptions

How To Pay Attention To Your Writing Season (And Why You Should)

How To Transform A Passive Main Character Into An Active One

The Five Elements of Fiction

What’s Your Story Problem: If You Don’t Have A Problem, You Don’t Have A Story!

Geography For Worldbuilding

Creative Alternatives For Said and Why You DON’T Need Them

It’s been an amazing year, fellow writers! See you back here in 2023!