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“What’s My Motivation?”
“What’s My Motivations?” It’s a silly and now clichéd question that actors have been pestering their directions with for years. Even people who aren’t familiar with the craft of acting or the process...
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My Kind of Character
My Kind of Character Deciding with whom to populate your stories- who you write about- is one of the most crucial decisions you make. So where do you start? In general, I gravitate towards people who...
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Characterization vs. Character Development, by Belinda Nicoll
I’m so happy to welcome our second guest blogger to 5writers.com! Belinda Nicoll is originally from South Africa. She expatriated to the United States in 2001 and became a citizen in 2010. She holds a...
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What a Character!
Hey, writer-person! Yoohoo! Yeah, that’s right. It’s me. Your character! Okay, I know I annoyed you at dinner last night and everyone was whining about how distracted you were. True, “She twirls her...
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Developing Characters Takes Good Jeans
Remember those Calvin Klein jeans we wore in the early 80s? (A pox on your house to anyone who wants to remind me they weren’t alive in the early 80s.) The jeans were tight enough to be interesting...
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Subtlety in Fiction – Trust Your Audience by Brad Windhauser
Subtlety in Fiction – Trust Your Audience (Anne Tyler’s Breathing Lessons) by Brad Windhauser Understandably, writers want (and need) to develop their world for their readers. To do this, the writer...
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Crafting The Character Arc: Publication Announcement (News)
5writers.com is delighted to formally announce the publication of Crafting The Character Arc: A Practical Guide to Character Creation and Development. This craft book, written by 5writers.com...
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Writing For Young Audiences
by Jennie Jarvis Last month, I had the privilege of moderating a panel at the Florida Writers Conference on writing for young audiences. Speaking on the panel were the following dynamic writers: New...
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Writer as Actor
By Darlene Cah One of the most important lessons I learned as an improv actor was to always enter a scene with an emotion. As improvisers we had no idea what the scene was about, or where it would go,...
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Using Pinterest As a Research Tool
by Jennie Jarvis As a fiction writer, most of my job entails making crap up. Yes, my stories are based in realities, and it’s important for those realties to ring true in the hearts and minds of my...
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