Choosing the right character to narrate this smaller story is critical to its success.

A good romance author will tell you that kissing and even sex are not markers of intimacy.

This is the second thing the writers did really well: the writers gave us a really, really powerful distraction.

Good fiction is made up of bad decisions.

Which all begs the question: Why are they selling themselves to this one specific lawyer so hard?

When adults read YA fiction, or watch YA shows, the teen behavior is suddenly seen as stupid, vapid, unrealistic, or even reprehensible.

Ted can’t tell a short version of a story to save his life, so this is the principle we’re learning: postponing a reveal.

Your characters’ false beliefs might affect their behavior like Barney’s.

7 steps to redeeming a villain or antagonist in your writing.

If you’ve gotten to the end of the story, and you don’t feel like you’ve earned it, you need to back up.

This week, we’re talking about closeness and how these storylines demonstrate that these characters are now closer than ever.

This episode isn’t really about the stuff and it isn’t really about the play. Both are just highlighting character conflicts.

They focused on the emotional impact, not the specifics. Barney loses money, the friend group holds their tradition a day late.

This week, we’ll be talking about an old writing adage: Show, don’t tell. A lot of writers get annoyed by this advice because all writing...