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Zadie Smith is one of those writers whose success story is so staggering that you can’t help but resent her a little. Her first novel, the wildly successful and intimidatingly brilliant White Teeth, was published when Smith was just twenty-four, and it’s rumored she received a £250,000 advance based on only a synopsis and two chapters. She wrote the thing while studying at – you guessed it – the …
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For a while now, we’ve been putting overly rigid writing advice under the microscope with 3 Writing Myths You Should Feel Free To Ignore and 3 (More) Writing Myths You Should Feel Free To Ignore. Today, we’re back in the lab, examining more absolutes to see if they belong in your writing. Myth #7: Write what you know The reason for this advice is fairly obvious. Karen Blixen is far more …
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When it comes to writing a story that will stick with your reader, it can be hard to bring certain things to the fore. Characters and events happen in front of the reader, but story elements like theme or larger concepts are harder to define, and therefore harder to get right. Happily, the use of motif is a great way to do so. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be taking a look at motif and what it …
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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, but they all remain married to the most basic version of …
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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 of the political and …
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