Writers’s Online Substack

Writers’s Online Substack

Home
Podcast
Notes
Writers Online Store
Live Masterclasses
Creative writing courses
Writers Online News Membership
Archive
About

The building block of character: Part FIVE

Give your stories more depth and resonance by creating rounded antagonists, advises author and tutor Ian Ayris
READ THE LATEST
Creative writing: Top tips for writing romantasy with K.A. Linde
To celebrate the publication of Book 3 in The Oak & Holly Cycle, the best-selling dark romantasy author offers her best advice on writing the hugely…
 • Writers Online
Going green with Adrian Tchaikovsky
Leading science fiction writer Adrian Tchaikovsky talks to Tina Jackson about climate change, eco-fiction, worldbuilding and speculative mean streets…
 • Writers Online
Life Lessons from the Writing Workshop with Julia Bell
Why the psychological skills required to write a great story are exactly the same as learning to live well.
 • Writers Online
35:23
Creative writing: Creating characters in fantasy
Award-winning fantasy author RJ Barker explains why he believes worldbuilding is less important than character creation as you bring a fantasy world to…
 • Writers Online
Using family history in fiction
Ben Robinson writes about blending real family history with fiction to create his debut novel, Finding Charlotte
 • Writers Online
The building block of character: Part FOUR
Everyone in your stories needs a reason for being there, says author and tutor Ian Ayris, as he shines a light on the role played by secondary…
 • Writers Online
Creative writing: How to be a co-author
Irish writing duo Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen describe the process of writing their bestselling novels
 • Writers Online
Writers’s Online Substack
Writers’s Online Substack
Helping you become a better writer
Recommendations
View all 10
Writers' Hour Magazine
Writers' Hour Magazine
London Writers' Salon
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
The Shit No One Tells You About Writing
The Shit About Writing Team
The Business of Writing with Simon Whaley
The Business of Writing with Simon Whaley
Simon Whaley
Fahrenheit Press
Fahrenheit Press
Fahrenheit Press
Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay
Substack Writers at Work with Sarah Fay
Sarah Fay, PhD
Writers Online
Writers Online Website
Membership
Self Publishing Guide
Writing Courses
Live Masterclasses

Writers’s Online Substack

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2026 Writers Online · Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start your SubstackGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture