Can multiple antagonists work in a story? The answer depends on the author, but that shouldn’t be surprising when the term is so loosely defined. There are people who’ll tell you that a truly great story shouldn’t have any antagonists at all, and some who’ll tell you that you need at least three to create
The flashback is a great storytelling device, allowing you to send the reader back to witness first-hand the formative moments of a character or event. Comedy, action and even horror stories make frequent use of flashbacks, but while they’re common, they can be difficult to get right. We’ve talked before about the structure of a
Non-fiction might seem more straight-forward than fiction, but it actually involves a host of traditions and superstitions all its own. The focus of many of these is the non-fiction introduction: the reader’s first real experience of the work and one which often dictates if they’ll go any further. So how should non-fiction authors approach this seemingly all-important
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
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