Writing Right

6 Ways to make characters more interesting

Haley Rylander Dec 7, 2020 9 min read
6 Ways to make characters more interesting

Characters are the most important part of a story. You can have a great plot with great world building, but if your characters are flat,…

Book Review: Six of Crows

Haley Rylander Nov 23, 2020 3 min read
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Six of Crows is the first half of an awesome duology (two book ‘series’) written by Leigh Bardugo. The first book was published in 2015,…

6 Ways to keep the middle of your book interesting

Haley Rylander Nov 9, 2020 7 min read
6 Ways to keep the middle of your book interesting

The middle. It gets such a bad rap, sandwiched there between the beginning and the end. The middle chapters of a book, the middle installment…

Book Review: The Night Circus

Haley Rylander Oct 26, 2020 4 min read
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Fantasy comes in many forms. Though I tend to gravitate toward high/epic fantasy, it would be an injustice to ignore the other beautiful forms of…

6 Things you should do before starting your first novel

Haley Rylander Oct 12, 2020 8 min read
6 Things you should do before starting your first novel

Starting your first novel is a huge undertaking, and can be discouraging from many points of view. First of all is the incredible concept of…

Book Review: City of Lies

Haley Rylander Sep 28, 2020 3 min read
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This book review is of another gem I found randomly browsing the New Fantasy section at the library. I was caught by the beautiful cover,…