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Character reaction propels story from initial event to climax and resolution. Remember to include character responses as your plot progresses.
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Setting is the place and time of story. It can include physical locale and social milieu and the props that characters handle as they move through the story.
Writing advice tends to focus on the basics, but many writers are beyond simple basics. Encouragement for successful and published writers who nonetheless want to improve their writing skills.
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Stories can gain strength and meaning when the words we use suit characters and genre and story events. Create memorable stories by clothing characters with words that fit.
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Story passages have a rhythm, a pattern, a sound. Yet I don’t want to talk about rhythm so much as I do flow. Rhythm can affect flow, but it’s only one element that can. Let’s look at other story elements that can interfere with flow. Stories should flow, move along without impediment, and lead ever […]
Characters should use words specific to their backgrounds and histories, and not sound like the author who created them. Explore the importance of word choice for characters.
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Head-hopping—changing viewpoint characters or the point of view without warning or in mid-paragraph—can pull readers right out of your fictional world. Discover why head-hopping is a no-no.
Stories need action events. Something needs to happen, not only to keep characters moving forward, but to keep readers interested.
Continue reading You Got My Attention, But Where’s the Action? »
Unfamiliar situations and places can be disconcerting for any of us. But the unfamiliar and stressful can be great for creating character unease and increasing tension.
Continue reading New Experiences? Use Them in Your Writing »
Sub-plots can add great depth to story. But these secondary plots can detract from the main plot. A look at sub-plots and their limitations.
The reader will focus on what stands out. Turn the reader's attention where you want it to go.
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