SECOND PERSON POINT OF VIEW | definition, examples, & your story weapon
You probably haven’t read many books written in the second person perspective, maybe since your last “choose your own adventure” novel. Most […]
RESOLUTION | definition, examples, & your story weapon
All stories must eventually come to a conclusion, or “resolution.” As an author, your job is to ensure that the plot threads […]
EXPOSITION | definition, examples, & your story weapon
For some writers, just getting the story started is the toughest part. There’s so much you want to say, but you have […]
FIRST PERSON POINT OF VIEW | definition, reasons to use it, & your story weapon
The first time you experienced the magic of storytelling, odds are it was a personal story you heard in first person. A […]
STATIC CHARACTER | definition, examples, & your story weapon
The characters we write in our stories play a central part in the audience’s engagement. Understanding your characters and why they do […]
PATHOS | definition, examples, how to, & your story weapon
Pathos is a key aspect of any rhetorician’s approach to their oratory. If you are writing a speech in your novel or […]
THIRD PERSON LIMITED POINT OF VIEW | definition, examples, & your story weapon
Picking a perspective is like choosing your weapon before a gladiator match; it limits and defines your style of approach. In this […]
THIRD PERSON OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW | definition, examples, & your story weapon
Given our lack of omniscience in the land of the living, writing can offer us a liberating chance to experience such insight. […]
THEME | definition, examples, & your story weapon
Theme is a way of making a series of events which are personal to the protagonist universally relatable to a wide audience. […]
RISING ACTION | definition, examples, & your story weapon
Rising action refers to the series of events that lead from a story’s inciting incident to the climax. In this article, we […]
INCITING INCIDENT | definition, examples, & your story weapon
With storytelling, if your reader isn’t engaged within the first few chapters, you run the risk of losing their attention. The inciting […]
FALLING ACTION | definition, examples, & your story weapon
What happens after a story’s climactic moment? What comes after the protagonist wins the girl, or defeats the bully, or triumphs over […]
