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Coming of age is never easy. You might have been the popular kid in school, armed with academic excellence, physical...
You’ve created a character. You’ve crafted their backstory, motivation, and physical features, but maybe they still feel wooden to you....
Before a story begins, you can include an epigraph to signal your protagonist’s dilemma, the tone, and even foreshadow the...
The desire to write is, at its core, the desire to evolve. To dig deeper into something you’ve experienced in...
In the modern world where the town square is a digital place and the zeitgeist is a worldwide phenomenon, we...
Literary devices are the various techniques writers employ to create stylistic effects, convey deeper meaning, evoke emotion, and enhance the...
The first time you experienced the magic of storytelling, odds are it was a personal story you heard in first...
“Prose is architecture, not interior design.” – Ernest Hemingway Our words are in service to our story. When we get...
Our idea of the story is never the whole story. The act of writing a novel, memoir, or screenplay is...
Picking a perspective is like choosing your weapon before a gladiator match; it limits and defines your style of approach....
Every writer struggles with getting the story from imagination to the page. The first-time novelist confronts the special challenge of...
Forward, he cried From the rear And the front ranks died. Pink Floyd (Us and Them) We can tell...
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Personification is a literary device so commonplace that it shows up everywhere in our language. The dictionary definition of personification...
As writers and engineers of stories, imagery is our bread and butter. In some sense, all the literary devices at...
A finely developed sense of irony is a wonderful tool for a writer. In this article, I will discuss different...
You probably haven’t read many books written in the second person perspective, maybe since your last “choose your own adventure”...
The first time you experienced the magic of storytelling, odds are it was a personal story you heard in first...
Pathos is a key aspect of any rhetorician’s approach to their oratory. If you are writing a speech in your...
Picking a perspective is like choosing your weapon before a gladiator match; it limits and defines your style of approach....
Given our lack of omniscience in the land of the living, writing can offer us a liberating chance to experience...
“How do I begin?” The process of story creation is mysterious. Where do your story ideas come from? From where...
Our idea of the story is never the whole story. The act of writing a novel, memoir, or screenplay is...
Humor connects us. It makes us care. I don’t mean one-liners. Humor is not about jokes, but it is about...
Every writer hears the old song: “Write what you know.” This can be misunderstood. The fact is, we don’t write...
