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Verbal Irony

The Art of Verbal Irony

Verbal irony is a wonderful rhetorical device you can use to sharpen your character’s tongues and refine their wit. In...

epilogue

“Does my story need an Epilogue?”

Just when you thought a story was done, sometimes there’s still room for an epilogue.  Stories often end with a...

Chekhov's Gun

Chekhov’s Gun: A Foreshadowing Tool

Are all endings inevitably set by their beginnings, or do things occur at random? This question is, in part, answered...

Personification

Personification as a Literary Tool

Personification is a literary device so commonplace that it shows up everywhere in our language. The dictionary definition of personification...

Imagery

Imagery – Writing with All 5 Senses

As writers and engineers of stories, imagery is our bread and butter. In some sense, all the literary devices at...

Irony

What is Irony?

A finely developed sense of irony is a wonderful tool for a writer. In this article, I will discuss different...

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Synopsis

How to Write a Synopsis

A synopsis might sound like just another item on your never-ending to-do list, but it’s actually one of the most...

The Value of an Outline

The Value of an Outline

What’s the point of an outline? Whether consciously or not, every writer is in search of a process. A lot...

Outlining The Dramatic Question

Outlining: The Dramatic Question

Your characters are a function of the plot, archetypes that constellate around the dramatic question. Story is essentially an argument...

what happens next

What Happens Next?

The first step in creating a fully alive story is imagining the world. This simply means envisioning your characters in...