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What is a Prologue?: If You Need One & 6 Tips to Write One Well

What is a Prologue?: If You Need One & 6 Tips to Write One Well

by Hannah Lee Kidder | May 13, 2024 | Fiction, Writing

What is a prologue – and do you need one? Should you take the time to write a prologue, or should you throw your reader right into the story? Choosing whether a prologue is what you want can either serve your readers or take away from their experience if you...
How to Write a Short Story: The 12 Most Important Steps

How to Write a Short Story: The 12 Most Important Steps

by Bella Rose Emmorey | May 9, 2024 | Fiction, Writing

Learning how to write a short story can help tremendously in the process of becoming a successful author. Remember that becoming a successful author is a journey, many start with short stories, blogging, or even poetry before going on to writing a book. You probably...
42 Negative Character Traits: Tips To Compelling Heroes

42 Negative Character Traits: Tips To Compelling Heroes

by Sarah Rexford | Apr 24, 2024 | Fiction, Writing

Creating characters with negative character traits builds believability and relatability for your readers. As much as we like to think we’re full of positive character traits, every individual possesses traits we’d rather ignore.  Because of this, crafting your...
Pathetic Fallacy: How to Effectively Use It in Your Writing

Pathetic Fallacy: How to Effectively Use It in Your Writing

by Zara Choudhry | Apr 22, 2024 | Creative Writing, Fiction

Ever felt as if the sun was smiling down upon you on a beautiful occasion, or perhaps the clouds were weeping with you during a difficult day you were experiencing? This is what we call the world of pathetic fallacy.  It is when nature, inanimate objects, or even...
Direct Characterization: A Fantastic Way to Entice Readers

Direct Characterization: A Fantastic Way to Entice Readers

by Sarah Rexford | Apr 19, 2024 | Creative Writing, Fiction

Many of the authors behind the classics you know and love today used direct characterization to establish their characters. While readers don’t have the attention span for excessive description today, there is still a place for this type of characterization in your...
Dynamic Character or Static? Which to Use & How in 5 Steps

Dynamic Character or Static? Which to Use & How in 5 Steps

by Sarah Rexford | Apr 3, 2024 | Fiction, Writing

Most characters can be summed up into a couple categories. You either have a dynamic character, a static one, of a foil type. All of them are necessary for a good story, but you have to understand why that character is being used to determine the type. Dynamic...
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