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.

"My old man he, he is just that. Mine. Mine. Mine. And I know that might be childish and that might be because I am a child but that doesn't matter. Not to him and not to me. Because we love each other and that's all there is to it, really. At least to us, the others might think different. So I keep it a secret, us a secret, and I don't regret it a second. Well, at the beginning I didn't. " ___ Lola loves James and James loves Lola but it's hard to keep being head over heels for a 37 year old English teacher a secret, especially when your mom is trying to marry him, your best guy friend is in love with you and you're just a thirteen year old girl trying to find out who you really are. [ A modern day Lolita.]

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This witch lives a charmed life. . . Hadley is the envy of every girl-and the desire of every guy. Her key to magically having it all? She's an actual witch. As a descendant of the first woman executed in the Salem witch trials, Hadley understands the consequences if her secret gets out. The only ones who know about her powers are members of her coven, who, like Hadley's family, have magic in their blood. But there's no spell that can undo a fatal attack on the coven. All the evidence points to an age-old rival coven as the culprit, and now it's up to Hadley to lead the fight against them. At the same time, she's caught up in her feelings for a mysterious guy named Asher, who has plenty of secrets of his own. With everything at stake, can Hadley trust her magic-and her heart?