Every time you start a story, you want to quickly establish a problem for the main character to solve and their intention of solving it. Maybe a hacked up dead body is found, and a detective i…
• Trigger your creativity• Stories drive a civilization to its heights• Knead a troubled mind to peace by writing• Write yourself out of a nightmare• Writing: A journey tow…
Generally, stories can be classified as either character- or plot-driven. One is not necessarily better than the other, though readers usually respond more positively to the former.A character…
“All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.” – Neil Gaiman“You have to go where the book leads you.” – Stephen King“When you wri…
Even the most action-packed, blood-and-gore story has some message or point. A proposition that is argued or an aspect of human experience that is examined in your story is its theme. For exam…
Quick Tip: List rules to maintain internal consistency
What are the rules that ensure your story is internally consistent? Among them might be that a character will respond in the same way to the same stimuli each time the latter is encountered. T…
Writing is textual painting in which the elements of fiction – plot, characters, setting, point of view, theme, and style – are arranged to create a piece of art. Because of this, some work by hack…
• Walk for creativity • Every word I write is another stroke that takes me to the shore of a completed book• Ask key questions • What are your intentions?
“All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.” – Neil Gaiman“You have to go where the book leads you.” – Stephen King“When you wri…
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