4 Essential Strategies Every Writing Coach Wants You to Know Before You Start Your Book
Discover 4 proven strategies writing coaches use to help authors finish their books—from time management to accountability and deadlines that actually work.
Want Readers to Care? Build Characters Who Bleed (Advice from a Writing Coach)
Want readers to care about your story? Don’t write perfect characters—write ones who bleed. Writing coach Kevin T. Johns shares how flawed, emotionally raw characters drive deeper reader engagement.
Setting the Stage for Suspense: How to Use Atmosphere to Raise the Stakes
Writing coach Kevin T. Johns shows how setting can do more than describe a scene—it can raise the stakes, deepen conflict, and drive suspense in fiction.
How to Escalate Conflict Without Losing Control: A Writing Coach’s Proven Method
Discover writing coach Kevin T. Johns’ proven method for escalating story conflict while keeping control of your narrative and structure. Perfect for thriller, mystery, fantasy, and more.
Kevin’s CTE Formula: A Writing Coach’s 3-Step Method for Raising Stakes (that Actually Works)
Discover Kevin T. Johns’ CTE Formula—Clarity, Tension, Escalation—and learn how to write gripping conflict that raises stakes and keeps readers turning the page.
Celebrating 100 Episodes of The Writing Coach Podcast — The Writing Coach 100
Welcome to episode #100 of The Writing Coach podcast. In this special milestone episode, Kevin answers questions from listeners and clients.
Julie Evelyn Joyce: 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize Winner — The Writing Coach 098
In episode #98 of The Writing Coach podcast, host Kevin T. Johns speaks with 2019 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize winner Julie Evelyn Joyce.
Jennifer Blanchard on How to Write Your Damn Story — The Writing Coach 097
In episode #97 of The Writing Coach podcast, host Kevin T. Johns speaks with screenwriter and story coach Jennifer Blanchard.
Rea Frey on the Benefits of Stepping Outside of the Rules — The Writing Coach 096
In episode #96 of The Writing Coach podcast, host Kevin T. Johns speaks with author Rea Frey about the benefits of stepping outside of the rules.
Don’t Let the Haters Stop you
Over the last two weeks, I have received many, many emails and Tweets accusing me of being a racist because The Writer’s Craft Summit was “too white.” I feel like anyone who watched the summit in even a cursory manner would know where I stand on diversity and inclusion. That said, after two weeks of truly painful personal…
