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7 Tips on How to Write A Great Antagonist
7 Tips on How to Write A Great Antagonist
We’re talking great stories, not good ones.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 18, 2020
The 5 Best Tips for Writing Better Settings
The 5 Best Tips for Writing Better Settings
Start simple, add details, personify, create movement, strike the senses!
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 18, 2020
The 10 Worst Writing Tropes You Need to Avoid
The 10 Worst Writing Tropes You Need to Avoid
We’re sick of stories about the evil seductress and the orphan!
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 17, 2020
How Your Worst Work is Your Best
How Your Worst Work is Your Best
We can always learn from our mistakes.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 17, 2020
My 5 Favorite Writing Warmups
My 5 Favorite Writing Warmups
Stretching your brain and making the words flow.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 16, 2020
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An Argument Against Typing
An Argument Against Typing
Stepping away from a left-brain world.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jun 22, 2020
Quit Looking for Your Voice, You’ll Never Find It
Quit Looking for Your Voice, You’ll Never Find It
How to re-imagine the age-old advice and hone your craft.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jun 24, 2020
The Ultimate Editing Checklist
The Ultimate Editing Checklist
My Unconventional Wisdom on Writing
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jun 25, 2020
20 Tips to Improve Your Grammar NOW!
20 Tips to Improve Your Grammar NOW!
We all know the rules, yet we choose not to use them.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jun 26, 2020
Kill the Plot, Bring Life to the Story
Kill the Plot, Bring Life to the Story
How outlining can keep you from writing a great story
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jun 27, 2020
Writer’s Block Pt. 1: Why You Have It
Writer’s Block Pt. 1: Why You Have It
We All Hate It, But Why Do We Have It?
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jun 28, 2020
Trash These 5 Words and Phrases for Stronger Writing
Trash These 5 Words and Phrases for Stronger Writing
They’re Amateur, Distracting, and a Waste of Real Estate
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jun 30, 2020
What Does It Mean to be a Professional Writer?
What Does It Mean to be a Professional Writer?
It’s not as hard as you think.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 1, 2020
An Argument Against the Thesaurus
An Argument Against the Thesaurus
They will ruin you.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 3, 2020
Poetry Crash Course for Beginners
Poetry Crash Course for Beginners
Types, forms, and styles — this covers it all.
Nicolas Alan Kerkau
Jul 11, 2020
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