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By Donna Schlachter – Boy finds girl. Boy falls in love with girl. Boy marries girl. The end. Boring! Anybody […]

Determining the Perfect Number of Characters By: Donna Schlachter Now that you have your cast of characters, you’ll want to […]

Craft a Convincing Villain By: Donna Schlachter So far we’ve talked about the importance of building believable characters and why […]

Strong Secondary Characters Last month we looked at why it’s important to create believable characters for our stories. You can […]

By: Donna Schlachter As writers, we understand the importance of plot—the action of the story. Without it, nothing happens. With […]

By: Donna Schlachter I used to think writing shorter would make the process easier. I started out penning greeting cards, […]

By: Donna Schlachter Sometimes it seems as though we are inundated with writing help, encouragement to write, conferences to attend, […]

By: Donna Schlachter (previously published in Writing Nuggets of Gold) In a recent conversation with my agent, she mentioned she […]

By; Donna Schlachter (previously published in Writing Nuggets of Gold) There are two kinds of deadlines. In the writing world, […]

By Donna Schlachter It seems there is never enough time to do all the things I want to do. With […]