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Sometimes authors, in the mistaken belief that they are creating a more exciting story, commit the error of reader cheating.This occurs when the reader has no reasonable opportunity to anticip…
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One way of rewarding the careful reader is by tuckerizing. This involves naming secondary characters or offstage icons after people or objects many readers would recognize as a sort of in-joke.For …
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Among the most important events in our lives are various rites of passage – confirmation, high school graduation, drinking for the first time, obtaining a driver’s license, marriage, firstborn…
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What genre do you most like to write in? What are some of the stereotypes of writers in those genres (For example, science fiction writers are nerdy, wear thick glasses, and take great umbrage…
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Among the biggest distractions are social media and the Internet. When unable to come up with the next line, the urge is strong to answer the latest email or to troll through our friends’ posts. Du…
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When a character doesn’t change and is fairly uncomplicated, it is said to be a flat character. Its opposite is a round character, which has dimension and develops over the course of the story.Typi…
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“I wonder why murder is considered less immoral than fornication in literature.” – George Moore“Sex almost always disappoints me in novels. Everything can be said or done now, and that’s what…
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Ever read story before bed and find it so gripping that you stay up far later than you should just to find out what is going to happen? If so, you’ve been a “victim” of narrative drive.Narrative dr…