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Self-help literature, also known as ‘Therapeutic’ or ‘Philosophical’ literature, is a huge market that does a lot of good. Its writers tend to be experts in their field, either through educational or experiential pathways, who have distilled what they know into something that can offer help to their readers. These works can take the form of advice, courses or even fictional stories that relate the …
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It’s probably due to the nature of fairy tales that villains are often thought of as one of the key ingredients of a story. We learn from childhood that a good tale has a hero trying to resolve a situation despite the opposition of a villain. It makes for a great story, but as this recipe follows us into adulthood, it starts to become less useful. Villains have a firm place in writing, but that …
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Some stories involve us so deeply that they can no longer be enjoyed passively: a character or setting grabs a reader in a way that only creation can satisfy. For these readers, writing fan fiction stories featuring pre-existing aspects of other works is a fantastic outlet for their creativity and their love of a particular story. Fan fiction stories can be incredibly high quality, after all …
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The conventional wisdom about flashbacks goes something like this: use them sparingly, if at all. It’s good advice, because a mishandled flashback can stunt the flow of your narrative, lose a reader’s interest, harm suspension of disbelief, create confusion, or cause any number of other problems. But, don’t be discouraged, flashbacks can work, and they’re worth the risk; a well-constructed …
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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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Creating a worthy antagonist is just as important to an unput-downable story as the heroic protagonist. I know it’s easy, even as a writer, to fall victim to the charms of your protagonist and focus most of your attention on him or her. But imagine Sherlock Holmes without Moriarty, Mowgli without Shere Khan. These antagonists are as imperative to their respective stories as the main character. …
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