Welcome to Crystal Crawford's official author blog!

Announcing my new "crash course in fiction writing" guide!

Hello, and welcome to another exclusive interview from Swoonworthy Battle Heroes magazine... Warrior Women edition!

Hello, and welcome to an exclusive interview from Swoonworthy Battle Heroes magazine! 

Welcome to Arameth, the world it took me 12 years to build Arameth is my fantasy universe, the place where The Lex Chronicles takes place.

If you’ve followed any of my series on Plotting, you know that I like plotting.But here’s my secret: I didn’t use to plot my stories at all.

Hi, everyone, and welcome to the final post in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #7: The Perfect Ending!

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #6 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #6: Detailed Outlines!

Hi, everyone, and welcome to post #5 in my “Plotting Your Story” series: Plotting Your Story, Step #5: Revelations!

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #4: Thematic Threads!

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #3: External Story (Plot)!

Today’s post is the next in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #2: Internal Story (Characters)!

Today’s post is the first in the Plotting Your Story series: Plotting Your Story, Step #1: Premise!

Hi, everyone, and welcome to my blog post series… Plotting Your Story: How to Craft a Complex, Compelling Story Plot!

A question I'm asked repeatedly: What about “Show, Don’t Tell”? How do I do it? What are the rules?

What to do when it suddenly feels like writing sucks and you wonder why you ever decided to do this in the first place.

A quick bullet-point list of tips for choosing a title and writing a blurb--these are essentially the notes from a live Writers Chat I did..

Vibrant, memorable characters are the heart of storytelling and the window through which you are able to access your readers’ emotions.

Welcome to the first of a series of “How To” guides I’m going to be writing over the next few weeks!

Writing is solitary, but I have learned how much stronger and better, my writing can be when I have the benefit of a writing community.

While my writing is no longer on Wattpad, I still stand by this post--Wattpad really did make me a better writer.