Writing Emotions

Discover how to authentically portray feelings and experiences in your writing, making your characters' emotions resonate with readers.

Being Funny

What makes humour work depends on knowing your audience and matching your jokes to who's reading, not just what makes you laugh.

Creating Authentic Emotions for your Characters: A Guide

How your characters' emotions drive their actions and shape your entire story's direction and tone.

Describing the 5 Senses: Part 1

Use sensory details in your writing to bring scenes to life and connect with readers on a deeper level.

Describing the 5 Senses: Part 2

Writing vivid descriptions of sight and sound brings your stories to life and keeps readers fully engaged in the world you're creating.

Finding Unusual Ways to Describe Emotions

Show readers how to describe emotions in fresh, specific ways that make characters feel real and relatable.

Picking the Perfect Word to Describe the Moment

Most writers struggle to find just the right word, here's how to get better at it through simple practise and building your own word collection.

Sentimental vs Schmaltzy

Sentimental writing can move readers, but overdoing it with flowery language and forced emotion turns it into schmaltzy, cloying prose that falls flat.

Tips For Using Language Effectively

Pick the right words instead of filling pages with empty prose, and your writing will be stronger.

Writing Horror Stories

Learn why simplicity and psychological tension matter more than gore when writing horror that actually frightens readers.