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How To Make A Story Feel EPIC! - In a scene reminiscent of Moana, a young woman spreads her arms, standing on the prow of a boat.
Writing
Fred Johnson

How To Make A Story Feel EPIC!

The term ‘epic’ is thrown around a lot these days but, before it was used to describe YouTube videos, skateboarding tricks, and sandwiches, the term originally applied to a particular form of oral poetry. Since then, ‘epic’ has come to be applied to other forms of art: theatre, film, novels, music, television… even video games.

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How To Write About Video Games In Fiction - An image reminiscent of Super Mario, in which the character is reading a book.
Writing
Fred Johnson

How To Write About Video Games In Fiction

No creative medium can boast as explosive a conception as video games. While the earliest video game was created in 1947, the industry didn’t really get started until Pong burst onto the scene in the 1970s. Since then, it’s been one monumental success after another and, today, video games are a multi-billion-dollar industry, are popular

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Want To Disturb Your Readers? Mastering The Uncanny Is The Answer - A horrific ghost emerges from a book, terrifying the reader.
Writing
Robert Wood

Want To Disturb Your Readers? Mastering The Uncanny Is The Answer

Half the battle of writing a great book is getting the reader to emotionally invest in your story. The most successful form of this sees the reader caught up in the moment, and it’s an experience that we’ve tried to catch again and again in the language of clichés. A great tale leaves you on

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NaNoWriMo Week 2: How To Flesh Out Your Characters And Structure - A teen holds up a number of completed pages.
Writing
Robert Wood

NaNoWriMo Week 2: How To Flesh Out Your Characters and Structure

Hello authors, and welcome to the second article of our month-long National Novel Writing Month coverage (you can find our NaNoWriMo Week 1 primer here). This week, we’ll be looking at the basics of character development, world building, and structure, providing a basic skeleton for this early draft of your narrative. As before, keep in

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