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7 Ways Kazuo Ishiguro Can Help You Improve Your Writing - Kazuo Ishiguro waves, a pier-side scene behind him.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

7 Ways Kazuo Ishiguro Can Help You Improve Your Writing

Author of Never Let Me Go, The Remains of the Day, and The Buried Giant, the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature marked a pinnacle in Kazuo Ishiguro’s inspiring and prolific career. There’s much we can learn from his writing methods and philosophy, so let’s jump right in. 1. Write your story first, then your style Ishiguro has

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Writing
Fred Johnson

What Is A Crucible, And Why Should You Include One In Your Writing?

First things first: no, I’m not talking about the Arthur Miller play The Crucible or the film starring Daniel Day-Lewis. There will be no witches or men getting crushed to death by stones here, I’m afraid. Instead, a literary crucible is a narrative mechanism coined by writer James Frey designed to help out writers whose

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What Is ‘Fridging’, And How Can You Avoid It? - A man opens the fridge to discover a woman, who says 'spoiler alert'.
Writing
Robert Wood

What Is ‘Fridging’, And How Can You Avoid It?

What set your character on their path through the story? Yes, they should have a goal, but why is that goal so important to them? What kind of event is enough to justify telling a whole story about the reaction? A talented author can turn pretty much any event into a justifiable reason to follow

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The Unexpected Benefits Of Working With A Tiny Cast - A protagonist looks down on a range of tiny characters.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

The Unexpected Benefits Of Working With A Tiny Cast

Characters, and the relationships between them, are essential to a good story. Sometimes, stories require, or at least tolerate, a large cast. Other times, medium is a better fit – lots of variety and options for location and activity, but more intimate than the A Song of Ice and Fire cast. Then there are the occasional stories

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