One of the biggest hurdles when improving a story is moving past its original form. While authors instinctively set to work improving character, dialogue, description, action, and voice, most consider the first plot structure they set down on the page to be the definitive version. As a consequence, important elements of a story are improved,
Ever since Truman Capote popularized the genre in 1966 with In Cold Blood, America has been obsessed with true crime, and that obsession has since spread across the world. The term refers to a particular genre in film and literature in which a real-world crime is treated like the central plot device in a work
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Long before George Orwell’s name became synonymous with his terrifying 1948 novel 1984 and his children’s book about Stalinism, Animal Farm, he was known for his political and moral non-fiction. A staunch socialist, Orwell’s ever-present political preoccupations and his utilitarianism are reflected in his spartan, concise, and lucid prose style. Keenly aware of language and
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