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Characterisation Traps: Don’t Make These Mistakes Writing Your Characters and Weapons

A weapon is a characterisation choice. Yet writers can spend hours deciding what their characters looks like, how they speak, what they wear, and how…

V.S Beals October 14, 2026

Fantasy Writing Tips Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them Writing Your First Book

12 Things I Had to Give Up to Become a Writer

Becoming a writer requires far more than learning how to write. It requires developing the discipline to keep writing when you are not inspired, learning…

V.S Beals October 1, 2026

Dialogues Fantasy Writing Tips Fight & Combat Scenes

How to Write Fight Scenes That Feel Real

Have you ever read a fight scene where the hero takes ten hits, cracks a joke, gets back up, and somehow walks away without so…

V.S Beals September 28, 2026

Dialogues Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them

11 Dark Plot Twists That Can Change Your Entire Story

Have you ever finished a book, closed it, and immediately flipped back to page one — not because you were confused, but because you had…

V.S Beals September 7, 2026

Character Building Dialogues Fantasy Writing Tips

Dialogue Punctuation Rules Every Writer Should Know | Part 1

If you're serious about writing a book, you need to understand dialogue punctuation. Not because your reader is sitting there with a red pen, waiting…

V.S Beals September 1, 2026

Character Building Fantasy Writing Tips Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them

Character Voice: Why Your Characters Shouldn’t Sound Like You

If you have ever finished a chapter and realized that your heroine, antagonist, mentor, best friend, and minor characters all seem to possess the same…

V.S Beals August 27, 2026

Character Building Dialogues Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them

The Introduction They’ll Give You Someday

Imagine this. Years from now, you’re sitting in an audience, listening to your name being called. You’ve spent years writing, rewriting, learning your craft, finding…

V.S Beals August 19, 2026

Character Building Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them Writing Your First Book

12 Things Writers Get Wrong About Building a Character’s Physical Presence

Have you ever read a book where the character felt so real that you caught yourself wanting to tell them about your day — before…

V.S Beals August 18, 2026

Character Building Dialogues Writing Your First Book

How to Describe Your Character’s Skin: A Skin Description Vault for Writers

When you create a character, every detail tells your reader something about who they are. Their clothing, their posture, their voice, and even their skin…

V.S Beals August 7, 2026

Dialogues Fight & Combat Scenes Writing Struggles & Overcoming Them

12 Things Writers Get Wrong About Combat Training (And What Actually Happens)

Most writers write training scenes like a movie montage. A quick sequence of sweating, grunting, and determined faces. A few weeks of fictional time compressed…

V.S Beals July 29, 2026