Reading like a writer is one of the best (and cheapest) ways to strengthen your skills. In this article, we look at three ways to start reading critically: analyzing characters, examining techniques, and evaluating impact.

One of the primary rules of telling a story is that the story must move. In this post, we’ll be chatting about two techniques from Shawn Coyne’s work The Story Grid: What Good Editors Know that you can use to get a new perspective on your manuscript and ensure that each scene shows a clear change.