Incite. Instigate. Provoke. Spur. Trigger. Activate. Force. Does this describe your opening? Is there an event that propels your protagonist on his or her journey? This event is the key to starting off your story on a strong note. It’s called the inciting incident. It’s that moment that disrupts your protagonist’s status quo and sets
The cliché is a mercurial beast. At times a loyal and faithful steed and at others a vicious predator that can tear apart even the most carefully constructed sentence. Frequently invisible to the author, they lie in wait to chase off readers and claim a work as their own. That’s why in this article I’ll
You are in the business of creating art, and anyone who wants to create something is always on the lookout for the best tools. That’s why in this article I’ll be collecting together the many examples of practical advice that we’ve offered in our articles and on our site, as well as adding new exercises
‘Writing’ is a misnomer, used to group all the different types of behavior that go into a work. That’s a problem, because as a term it focuses on the ‘putting words on the page’ part of it all and leaves out the thinking, the editing and everything else that an author needs to do in
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