I'm not going to say there is a 'right' amount of planning, but it is fairly obvious when an author had no idea where the story was going to end...
I love rewriting an earlier chapter and going, 'Why on Earth did I have them react that way! They would never do that!' That's a fun part of...
There are lots of little activities you can use to flesh out a character. One I like to use that's fun to do is to answer a list of questions like...
Hello there. I've been a closet hobby writer for a few years now, but I've come to realize my writing is not as good as it should be. I'm a...
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