Whether you’re a plotter or a pantser, for every writer there’s generally room to amplify acharacter arc in your novel once you’ve completed a full draft. But what does thatprocess look like, beyond...

Even if a story isn’t a mystery, there’s something about a great question that keeps usturning pages. We want to know: What’s the answer? But can a question draw out toolong? How many questions does...

Aside from interior monologue, are there other ways to clue a reader into a character’sthoughts and emotions? How might we keep a reader informed if we don’t want tosubmerge them in a sea of...

When does a character’s voice come to life for you? And if you’re struggling to find acharacter’s voice, what strategies might you use to illuminate it?We’re in season four of the podcast, Behind...

When you’re reading, do you prefer to look at a character from a distance? Do you prefer to be deep in their thoughts? Or somewhere in between? And when you’re writing, how do you craft the distance...

Welcome to season four of Creative Lift: Behind the Scenes of a Full-Novel Revision. We’re experimenting with an alternate format this season, not to replace what we do here at Creative Lift, but to...

What role does intuition play in your creative process? When you use design thinking tools, you bring intention to the way you approach your creative work. Sometimes, that mindfulness can feel like...

How do you move a project toward completion? How do you know a creative project is done? This season, we’ve been talking about Design Thinking, and today’s episode focuses on our penultimate topic:...

How do you feel about creative feedback? This is a tough question for me, because often my mind responds one way and my heart responds another. But even that either/or frame falls short of sorting...