If ever an art form was suited to its time, flash fiction fits the hyper-busy, bite-sized culture of the 21st century like a touchscreen-sensitive glove. Though the genre’s been around for at least a century, flash fiction has finally come into its own. So what’s that got to do with you? If you’re like a
One of the hardest parts of creating a character – let alone enough of them to tell a story – is knowing where to begin. Their function within the story is paramount (that’s what they’re ‘for’ after all), but after that, how do you start putting together complex, consistent, and engaging people? There are many
Romeo and Juliet. Scarlett and Rhett. Allie and Noah. Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy. Ron and Hermione. Jane Eyre and Rochester. Just a handful of the many memorable couples in literature. I bet you could add a few of your favorites to this list. What do these couples have in common? What is it about their
One of the most common issues in longer prose is a lack of variety in sentence structure. It can strike anyone, because it’s not a lack of sophistication, but rather the pull of (otherwise admirable) efficiency of language. Unfortunately, when an author’s tendency towards efficiency collides with a reader’s desire for novelty, there’s a breakdown
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