Michelle Renee Miller
I’m Michelle. I’m a short story writer who holds a Bachelor’s degree in creative writing. I teach the foundations of creative fiction writing to writers just starting out, looking to get published, or somewhere in between. I’m bringing my teaching practice online so I can reach more writers just like you, and we can all grow our craft together. Plus, you won’t need to sit through four years of school and go into student debt just to be able to write a decent story if you stick around here.
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Two Ways to Outline Short Stories (Without Story Structures)
How do you outline a short story? You might assume that you’d want to use a story structure, but sometimes they can feel quite overwhelming for short stories. So, today we’ll talk about two other ways I’ve outlined short stories:…
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Writing Character Appearance
Writing character appearance can be really tricky. How much do you show us? What’s important to discuss, and what can we leave out? What does your reader really care about? We’re going to answer these questions using my five point…
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How to Write Better Stories: 8 Tips You Can Apply to Your Work Today
Let's talk about the eight tips any writer can implement into their work today to write better stories. With these small changes, you'll start to build up your writerly toolbelt and gain that story-writing confidence. I've gathered these tips from…
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The 5 Best Books on Writing, Change My Mind
Everyone has such strong opinions on what books are the best books on writing, and I'm here to share my even stronger opinions. These are the next five books that need to be added to the top of your reading…
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How to Start a Writing Routine: Using the Habit Loop to Our Advantage
You’re here because you want to learn how to consistently write throughout the week with a writing routine. You might be looking for some magical answer that will whip you into self-discipline shape and get you to crank out 10,000…
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February Writing Prompts 2024
Happy February, writers! It's time for some new writing prompts. I've got new prompts, one for every day of the month, so check out these 29 writing prompts. You all know how much I love to focus on character development,…
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Story Structure: 4 Frameworks and How to Use Them
How do you know when to add a plot twist? How do you know if you’ve created enough tension before the climax of a story? And how long does a story go on after the conflict is resolved? Luckily, story…
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4 Types of Tension and How to Make Sure They Hit
We’ve all heard the term ‘build tension in your story’, right? It’s a pretty common piece of writing advice, and for good reason. Without tension in your story, your reader isn’t going to care about too much. There are no…
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How to Write Characters in a Short Story
A lot of people treat short stories like mini-novels, but I will argue until the day I die that they are their own genre of writing and we should treat them as such. If you’re writing short stories the same…
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Different Types of Characters in Literature and How to Use Them
Creating characters that follow the three R’s of characterization is the most important skill a writer can master. If your characters aren’t round, relatable, and realistic, your story is likely to fall flat. You can strategically plan out your characters,…
