by Christa "Wojo" | Oct 3, 2025 | blog
What do your characters’ names say before they ever speak? At birth, we are given a name—the one thing we carry with us for the entirety of our life. We are told, “This is your name,” and we are taught to respond to it. Some of us grow to love our name....
by Christa "Wojo" | Jun 28, 2022 | blog, Uncategorized
Although there are many ways to name your characters, it’s more difficult than it seems. As writers, we must pick memorable names that define the personality of our characters. Each character’s name must be distinctive so our readers will not confuse them, yet we...
by Christa "Wojo" | Apr 14, 2022 | blog, Uncategorized
Barbara Weitzner is the grand prize winner of the Writers Mastermind 2021/2022 Short Story Contest with Away from the World and All the Horrific Things That Happen In It. Poignant and heartfelt, it explores the reflections of a remorseful man as he lives out the rest...
by Christa "Wojo" | Nov 3, 2021 | blog, Masterclasses, Uncategorized
How can you create characters your readers can’t stop thinking about? We are excited to have writing coach, editor, and author, Joseph Sale, back to teach us a groundbreaking method that will help you create deep and believable characters. Instead of having to...
by Christa "Wojo" | Jul 14, 2021 | blog, Uncategorized
By Joseph Sale The 2006 Christopher Nolan film The Prestige, based on the novel by Christopher Priest, has a lot to tell us about how to write magical stories. Though there are many things to learn from the way it presents us with a story of two rival magicians,...
