What Are Supporting Characters? (Mentors, Best Friends, Love Interests, and More)
What Are Supporting Characters? (Mentors, Best Friends, Love Interests, and More) Your novel needs a protagonist (main character) … but unless you’re writing something highly unusual and experimental, you’ll have a cast of more than just that one person. Some of the...
How to Turn Your Year Around: Getting Your Novel Plans Back on Track
How to Turn Your Year Around: Getting Your Novel Plans Back on Track How’s 2025 been going for you? Maybe you started the year feeling enthusiastic and motivated: this was going to be the year you finished your novel. But we’re close to halfway through the year now,...
Using Apostrophes Correctly: From the Easy to the Tricky Cases
Using Apostrophes Correctly: From the Easy to the Tricky Cases This post was first published in November 2016 and last updated in May 2025. I think it’s a safe bet that you’ve come across the apostrophe before. (If not … there are two in the previous sentence.)...