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The third person perspective, abandoning ‘I’ in favor of ‘him, her, it and them’, is the natural writing style for telling stories about other people. It’s no surprise then that the vast majority of stories are told in the third person. In this article, I’ll be exploring the advantages third person narration offers authors, as well as some drawbacks and how they can be overcome. I. The …
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Despite being a necessary and enjoyable part of most narratives, backstory is a bit of a storytelling anomaly. The more complex or involving a story the author is telling, the more time they’re forced to spend outside it. Readers want to know where fascinating characters came from, and that means exploring events you may never have imagined. In this article, I’ll be exploring how much backstory …
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How and when you choose to kill off a character can make or break a novel. It’s also incredibly difficult for authors, being a little like purposefully breaking one of your own toys. When done right, a character’s death can break a reader’s heart, but if done wrong it’ll just exhaust their patience. In this article, I’ll get to the bottom of what makes a character’s death resonant, and will …
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Science fiction is one of the most popular genres in literature, and certainly the one with the most cultural influence. So what is it about sci-fi stories that readers love so much, and how can authors use that knowledge to create their own sci-fi masterpieces? In this article I’ll be exploring why sci-fi is so influential, and identifying the 3 golden rules that lead to a great sci-fi story. Of …
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A plot hole is an absence in the narrative that spoils the story. Usually plot holes are the absence of a ‘how’: a character suddenly knows something with no explanation, or the cast makes a seemingly impossible journey between chapters. Of course the absence of a great deal of explanation is necessary in any story, it’s only when that absence of explanation negates the reader’s suspension of …
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A great plot twist guarantees your story will never really leave its readers. Decades after they finish your book they’ll still look back on that moment the truth was revealed and feel a shiver of satisfaction. Of course when they go wrong, twists can do exactly the opposite, leaving your reader feeling disappointed and betrayed. So what separates an amazing plot twist from a terrible one? In …
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