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How To Mine Your Life For Art (Without Being Disowned) - An author is confronted by an angry reader who has been depicted as a caricature.
Writing
Paige Duke

How To Mine Your Life For Art (Without Being Disowned)

When it comes to mining your life for artistic inspiration, proverbs abound: Art imitates life. Truth is stranger than fiction. Write what you know. It can be immensely helpful and inspiring to draw from your own life experience to inform your writing. It can also be a minefield. Authors who have attempted to put real-life

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The Author’s Guide To Melodrama (And What It Can Do For You) - Screaming, a character rips off their shirt.
Writing
Fred Johnson

The Author’s Guide To Melodrama (And What It Can Do For You)

Melodrama tends to get a bad rep these days, and not without good reason. Certainly, melodrama – that is, sensational drama; exaggerated, flat characters; farcically exciting events; and extreme responses and actions – can often come at the expense of those other aspects of fiction that make your book worth reading: deep characters, subtext, complex

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How To Use Foreshadowing With Confidence – Part 2 - A young boy holds a stick, his shadow that of a possibly evil, sword-wielding warrior.
Writing
Robert Wood

How To Use Foreshadowing With Confidence – Part 2

This is the second in a two-part article on foreshadowing. For the first installment, click here. In Part 1 of this article, we looked at the versatility of foreshadowing and how you can use it to improve your story. In this, the concluding part of the article, we’re going to turn our attention to the

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How To Use Foreshadowing With Confidence – Part 1 - A young boy holds a stick, his shadow that of a possibly evil, sword-wielding warrior.
Writing
Robert Wood

How To Use Foreshadowing With Confidence – Part 1

At its best, foreshadowing can drastically deepen a story, lending new weight to structure and character. That’s why, in this article, I’ll be looking at how authors can get to grips with foreshadowing and employ it practically in their own writing. In this, Part 1, I’ll be looking at the various things foreshadowing can do

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