A story isn't just a bunch of words slapped onto a page. It's a living, breathing manifestation of your imagination. This guide explores aspects most guides don't touch on such as memorable protagonists, world building, character psychology, and backstory, and many more. It will help you flesh out your ideas and make them fascinating and memorable.

After that I only wore black. Black like the charred remains of everything I had once loved, black like the smoke billowing into the sky as my tears cut tracks through the black soot coating my face, and black like the little puppy that was squirming in my arms afterward, the only piece of my old life I had left. ~¤~ Four years ago, Nico's life was perfect. He had two loving parents, a caring older sister, and a beautiful house in Italy. Then a fire started in their house and everything Nico loved crumbled along with the walls and family photos. Now, Nico and his dad live in America with Nico's step mom and sister, but Hades is almost never home and Nico has hardly smiled since the fire. Maybe the boy who just moved in across the street can help him bring a stop to the relentless bullying Nico has been dealing with for two years, and maybe he can teach him to smile again in the process. - the playlist for this is linked in my bio -

Max Martin is more famous than you are and he knows it. A former TV star, his current re-invention in music has found him selling more albums than any living pop artist. His every move is followed by #Martinis, who fill arenas around the world. At sixteen, he is content to ride high on a wave of vapid hits, living the only like he knows - happily sheltered behind a wall of manipulative handlers and hangers-on. Until it happens. The thing that changes his whole life. The thing that challenges him to become the kind of person that he never thought he would want to be. The Spotlight is a story about what happens when the wall of fame comes crashing down; when a pop star must become a real, living human being who walks among us. How does a self-involved, former-megastar fit into a small town with a new family? And just how is he going to get that girl to see that he’s more than what she thinks he is – an obnoxious, annoying, poseur puppet. (The Spotlight is a novel work-in-progress, rolled out chapter by chapter on Wattpad. The author reserves his right to change things as they move along, but promises not to do anything too dastardly.)

Four names on an assassin's list. Three days before the New Year. Two complicated lovers. One solid lead. No Safe Haven. As William "Bishop" Dawkins consults on a series of homicides that seem to be connected only by the killer, he comes to realize that there is not only a connection between the victims, but between the killer and himself. As bodies pile up, Bishop does his best to stem the slaughter and get his revenge. Will Bishop put an end to this dark chapter arisen from his past? Or will he find that when chasing an assassin there truly is No Safe Haven? Cover art by my good friend Amy Fischlin

** A 2015 Wattpad-Featured Novel ** Parker Jennings moved to Los Angeles with only one goal: fulfilling his dream of becoming a director. When he finds his junior year of college unexpectedly derailed, Parker takes an internship at a talent agency, hoping to get his foot in the door with the industry's elite. It isn't until he meets Sophie Winters, once the biggest up-and-coming star in Hollywood, that he realizes how little he knows about the world he's trying to enter. The two need each other more than they know, but is what they have real, or an illusion created by the city of make believe?

When the lives of five different guys are intertwined leading them down a path where their wildest dreams come true they find that fame and fortune is not all they thought it'd be. There's as much bad as there is good. And when each of them have secrets and pasts that won't leave them alone they'll realize it's not all for one but rather one for all when it comes to being a band.

Sherlock Holmes and John Watson come across a rather dangerous case involving an army of flesh-eating humans. Whether they've been created by a dark enchantment or a mysterious chemical, Sherlock must find the source before London is literally eaten alive...