The Chopping Blog

The beauty of Giovanni’s Room lies in its simplicity.

Understanding your world’s religion and belief systems is crucial—they affect your characters' values, motivations, and interactions.

Always exciting to share a new book release from one of our clients!

The Bundren family is on a quest to bury Addie in Jefferson, but they each have different approaches to the journey. The voyage gives the story a through-line plot, while the character goals add narrative depth at the level of characterization and theme.

For anyone still hoping to join us, we are now taking a shortlist.

Understanding the daily life and customs of your world is crucial. They affect characters' behaviors, traditions, and interactions.

Your story world’s economy and trade affect the wealth distribution, power dynamics, and daily lives of your characters.

"Make us care, and everything will follow."

"Editors and agents are VERY busy and swamped with submissions so we need to focus on the very best of the best."

High praise surrounds Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary. It has been called “perfect” by many great authors, a novel that approaches poetry, and “the best novel ever written.”

Your story world’s government and political systems affect the power dynamics, conflicts, and daily lives of your characters. 

(And how I also used Chatbot to create an itinerary-based mystery game—which more or less flopped…)