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Improve Your Exposition Immediately With This One Simple Tip - A character points to a flower, unnecessarily telling his friend what it is.
Writing
Robert Wood

Improve Your Exposition Immediately With This One Simple Tip

Exposition is one of those horrible parts of writing that you have to get exactly right. Too much or too little and the reader will notice straightaway, rolling their eyes at your inability to explain things directly. It’s an unfair reaction, especially when there are so many things to explain. ‘Exposition’ is the part of

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Is There Such A Thing As A Good MacGuffin? - In a scene reminiscent of Pulp Fiction, a character opens a glowing briefcase.
Writing
Robert Wood

Is There Such A Thing As A Good MacGuffin?

A MacGuffin (or McGuffin, or Maguffin) is a plot device common to some of the most successful stories ever written. Your characters will obsess over how to find it, search jungles and alien worlds to get their hands on it, and kill to keep it, and yet many people will tell you it has no

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6 Secrets To Writing A Thrilling Argument – Part 2 - Two characters scream at each other.
Writing
Robert Wood

6 Secrets To Writing A Thrilling Argument – Part 2

In part 1 of this guide to writing a thrilling argument, I touched on character motivation, reader interest, and the central truth that an argument follows almost all the same rules as a fight scene. We paused on the idea that your characters should want to win, and they may rush past lesser arguments to

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6 Secrets To Writing A Thrilling Argument – Part 1 - Two characters scream at each other.
Writing
Robert Wood

6 Secrets To Writing A Thrilling Argument – Part 1

Including an argument in your story can sound like a sure path to an easy win – two or more characters airing their dirty laundry, getting mad, and saying exactly how they feel. It’s drama in action, a moment around which you can build a whole story, and it’s also incredibly easy to get wrong.

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