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Purple And Beige Writing: What You Need To Know - A painter covers a canvas in beige and purple.
Writing
Rebecca Langley

Purple And Beige Writing: What You Need To Know

There are many ways to craft your prose, but when writing is over-decorated or as dry as sawdust, potential readers are easily dissuaded. Audience demand for embellished, overly descriptive prose, now commonly called ‘purple prose’, died sometime in the 20th century. Beige writing, stripped of all frills, can be similarly off-putting, though there are times

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The 6 Golden Rules Of Writing Legal Fiction - A judge yells, banging her gavel.
Writing
Fred Johnson

The 6 Golden Rules Of Writing Legal Fiction

John Grisham may be one of the wealthiest writers alive today. He’s spent almost every one of the past twenty-five years with a book in the bestseller charts, and for a long time his was the only voice garnering attention in the growing world of legal fiction. Those days, however, have come to an end.

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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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One Simple Tip To Improve Your Description - Two blindfolded people feel an elephant. The one holding the trunk thinks 'snake', the one at the back thinks 'couch'.
Writing
Robert Wood

One Simple Tip To Improve Your Description

When it comes to writing description, advice tends to be sparse. Where should you focus? What’s important? When has a descriptive passage outstayed its welcome? They’re difficult questions because they deal with subjective tastes, but there’s one piece of advice that you can use as your guiding light. It’s that piece of advice that we’ll

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