Author: michalawoodruff
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A Lot Happens in 7 days
Got any plans for Easter? I usually wake up early and have a breakfast at church with a special service. But here’s my question: why? As a writer, “why?” is a question I ask my characters and plots many times. Why do this? Why not go there? Why be fearful? Why have joy? Why. .…
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Why Characters must Die Part 2
Many of you showed interest in this topic of why writers kill certain characters and I thank y’all so much that I made another post where we will dive even deeper into story structure, into what we call Kathersis, and a bonus example. Here’s a story structure from StudioBinder’s article “What is the Three Act…
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Why Characters Must Die
Have you ever read a book or seen a movie where one of your favorite characters die? It catches you by surprise. Or maybe you saw the tragedy coming this whole time. It might not be the main character who dies. In fact, you might like the supporting character a sliver more than the main…
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Something I’m Learning
Hey, There! Hope everything is going fantastic for you all. I just wanted to share something real quick. I’ve been going through a devotional about the texting world and prayer. I know, I literally just got off social media for the day 🙃. It’s everywhere. And thus, my prayer life has become a little choppy…
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Writer’s Conference Update 1
Hey there! Wanted to share a quick recap on the Writer’s Conference so far. Loving every moment! (: More coming soon! Escaping into Adventure
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Writing Hoops
Hey, Everyone! Hope you had a great holiday and are enjoying our first full week of 2025. Crazy, right!? 2025 sounds so old. Lol. (; Real quick, I wanted to share some of my writing goals and plans for this year. Guess what!? This weekend I’m going to the Seaside Scribe Writer’s conference. The conference…
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Old Slang
Being set in the late 1700s, the Captain She series is intense and action-packed but cannot lack Old English. One of my beta readers helped me cut out the modern phrases such as “dude” or “light at the end of the tunnel” or “10-4” into phrases that are easy to read, hold that Old English…
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Tongue Twister Day
Who knew there was a day to celebrate tongue twisters?! When I learned about this, I couldn’t help myself but make a post because I’m an author and . . . well, as you know, we authors like words. So, here are a few fun ones for you! Terrific Tongue Twisters to Tell Today GPT…
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Building Characters
A story is about a character changing through events, not changing events that pulls a character along. Think of it like this: you would still have character if you lived in 1812. Good character arcs can be dropped into any setting and still have character. Events do not lead the story; characters do. In the…
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Convinced in 1 Quote
Happy Read a Book Day! Just wanted to throw a few of my favorite books on here to see if I can convince you to read them by only using one quote. In the “Leave a Reply” on the bottom of the page, you can also try to convince me and others to read one…
Michala Woodruff 