Tag Archives: authors

Questions 3: Your Author Identity

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

To be an author, you need to have some understanding of yourself.  Even on the unconscious level, you need to be sure of who you are in order to put pen to paper and create.  This requires creating an author … Continue reading →

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‘This Advice is Gold’!

Posted on July 24, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

  While planning Do I Need to Use a Dragon?, I considered the different type of deliveries that advice can come in.  Specifically, the ways other people have tried to convince me to follow their writing advice.  I realized that there … Continue reading →

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Experience Needed to Write a ‘How To’?

Posted on July 17, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

While writing Do I Need to Use a Dragon?, I was wondering about the entire concept of ‘how to’ books.  I went over a lot of this already, but there’s one aspect that I didn’t really touch on.  That is the … Continue reading →

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Do I Need to Use a Dragon?- Importance of Villains

Posted on June 23, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

(Can’t write about characters without touching on villains.  We all love a good bad guy.  Even more than the heroes.  This was a fun one to think about. Going to take a chunk out of the middle too.) Due to … Continue reading →

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Do I Need to Use a Dragon?- Female Characters

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

( I couldn’t avoid this topic.  Hopefully, I handled it well, but you never know.) This is a question I get asked a lot and it always throws me. Personally, I put my heroes through the wringer regardless of gender. … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Teenage Protagonists

Posted on January 6, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This is going to be tougher than I expected.  After all, I haven’t been a teenager in decades, so I’m kind of out of touch.  Even at work, I realize that teenagers of today aren’t like the ones when I … Continue reading →

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The Four Horsemen of Writing: Negativity

Posted on December 27, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Not even sure I have to go into details with this one.  It’s a destroyer of egos and causes people to quit.  Not only with writing, but with most adventures.  This can birth doubt and keep it fed for as … Continue reading →

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Poetry Day: Cry for Some Attention

Posted on November 10, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

(This poem deals with how the Internet works.  I wrote it when I noticed posting anything positive or a simple update got very little attention.  Once I ranted, I got a flood of comments by people either trying to cheer … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Your Writing Space

Posted on July 8, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

I toss this topic out from time to time.  Mostly because authors can be very particular about where they work.  Some are homebodies and others function in public.  Some have designated space to work while others go wherever they can … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: The Plot is the Glue or Something

Posted on March 18, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Last of the elements is plot.  This is the ‘what’ is happening to the characters and in the setting.  Also, you may want to explain ‘why’, which can overlap with the other two.  The simplest explanation is that these are … Continue reading →

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