Characters

Why Your Story Desperately Needs... A Revelation! - A character pulls the head off a chicken costume only to find an acquaintance underneath.
Writing
Hannah Collins

Why Your Story Desperately Needs… A Revelation!

Whether you think of it as an epiphany, a sudden realization or a shocking revelation, the instances in which an undiscovered truth dawns on your character are important. Revelations don’t necessarily have to change the outcome of your story, but they should impact on your reader’s investment in the story, and therefore color how much

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How To Write Better Food (And Why You Should) - A character tucks into a huge meal.
Writing
Fred Johnson

How To Write Better Food (And Why You Should)

Food is one of those little things writers tend to forget about. After all, you want to focus on the aspects of your novel that push the plot forward – the seething contest of wits in the drawing room, the raging battle on Raynar VI, the primeval old one stirring beneath the waves – not

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Avoid A Boring Thriller With This One Simple Trick - A character stares out from between the bars of a cage.
Writing
Robert Wood

Avoid A Boring Thriller With This One Simple Trick

Writing a thriller is a dangerous game. Why? Because success is a binary process. Other genres allow for compelling ideas to stand out against lackluster writing, or for amazing characters to charm readers through the boring bits of the plot, but a thriller reader is either thrilled or they aren’t, and that’s the ball game.

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7 Ways William Faulkner Can Help You Improve Your Writing - Faulkner holds a pipe and dispenses advice.
Writing
Fred Johnson

7 Ways William Faulkner Can Help You Improve Your Writing

Few American writers command the same level of respect and awe as Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winner William Faulkner. Born in 1897 and best-known for his novels As I Lay Dying; Absalom, Absalom!; Light in August; and The Sound and the Fury, Faulkner is a giant of American literature and a defining figure in the

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