Fiction

‘Retcon’: How To Rewrite Details In An Ongoing Series - An author yanks a magic sword from her barbarian hero's hands.
Writing
Robert Wood

‘Retcon’: How To Rewrite Details In An Ongoing Series

Sometimes, you’re midway through a story and you suddenly realize what you need to change to make it work. A later development requires some earlier foreshadowing, or you need to remove a detail so your new path makes sense. It’s a lightbulb moment, and often the point where a story really comes together for many

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What Authors Need To Know About Carnivalesque Literature - A donkey-headed carnival dancer celebrates.
Writing
Robert Wood

What Authors Need To Know About Carnivalesque Literature

Like a lot of literary theory, the concept of carnivalesque literature works on a number of levels. The first of these is pure inspiration; it’s a source of striking narratives and imagery that can spark ideas and add to your narrative. The second is as an observation of societal behavior – the carnivalesque describes a

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8 Radical Writing Opportunities (That Pay) - The Cheshire Cat sits in a tree, texting.
Publishing
Robert Wood

8 Radical Writing Opportunities (That Pay)

If you’re a young person in the modern workforce (or you know one) you’re likely familiar with job listings that target their salaries and responsibilities at recent graduates while asking for a decade or more of experience in the field. ‘How can I get experience if you won’t give me any experience?’ goes the job-hunter’s

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What You Need To Know About Literary Fiction - A woman reads a book with a cup of coffee.
Writing
Fred Johnson

What You Need To Know About Literary Fiction

If genre fiction is Die Hard, The Notebook, and The Hangover – stuff you watch to relax and eat popcorn to – literary fiction is the opposite. It’s the Citizen Kane, The Pianist, the There Will Be Blood of the literary world – books you wouldn’t necessarily call a ‘good time’ but that are artistic,

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