Dialogue That Isn’t Small Talk
Main Street Writes Group Discussion – Originally presented 4/27/26 Good dialogue does more than fill the silence between characters. It advances the plot, reveals personality, and creates tension. But the most memorable exchanges often depend less on...
The Lie The Character Believes
The Lie the Character Believes Main Street Writes Group Discussion — Originally presented May 18, 2026 Why do characters make decisions that seem so obviously wrong to everyone around them? Why do they push away the people who love them, refuse help when they...
Flaws That Drive Plot: Creating Conflict Through Character
Flaws That Drive Plot Main Street Writes Group Discussion — Originally presented May 11, 2026 Every interesting character has flaws. They’re stubborn, impatient, arrogant, insecure, impulsive, overly trusting, or perhaps unwilling to trust anyone at all. But...
Start Late, Leave Early
Main Street Writes Group Discussion — Originally presented April 13, 2026 This was the very first craft discussion I shared with my writers’ group, and it addresses something that almost every writer struggles with at one time or another: knowing exactly where a...
Every Scene Needs a Turn
Main Street Writes Group Discussion — Originally presented April 20, 2026 One of the things we’ve been exploring in our writers’ group is what makes a scene worth reading. We spend a lot of time thinking about dialogue, descriptions, characters, and...About Me
Scott Boyer grew up in Santa Monica, CA and still resides in the Los Angeles area. Graduating from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley in 1996, he started writing Bobby Ether And The Academy with the goal of blending YA fantasy with spiritual fiction. Nowadays, Scott splits his time between helping his father manage an insurance brokerage, playing with his Shepherd-mix rescue dog Patch, and writing other adventures in the Bobby Ether series.
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