“When I’m writing with a pen, I find I often can’t remember how to write a character, though I feel I’m familiar with it.”“I’m not in the mood(情绪,心情) to write when faced with a pen and paper.” Many students don’t feel this is something to worry about. Now that...
Adding onomatopoeia to your writing engages the reader's imagination and forces them to mentally say that word, invoking the image or sound effect that you're trying to get across. When you're writing, you may want the reader to hear the sound of gravelcrunchingbeneath a character's feet. ...
What makes a good scary story? Here’s a few pointers on how to write a scary story to start you off in the right direction.
If you’ve ever watched a classic cartoon and heard an ascending or descending line to represent a character falling asleep or waking up, you’ve likely heard a whole tone scale in action. Chromatic Scales The chromatic scaleis another interesting musical tool to add to your repertoire. It in...
Isaac was mostly triggered by the fact that Annalise had lost a baby, and gave her a homework assignment: Write a letter to Sam. Later, Annalise and Connor tried to keep Claudia as a client, even as the city was threatening to seize her family’s home unless she dropped out of the ...
7 ways to write good story exposition Build a specific scenario Set up vivid place and time Reveal intriguing character details Introduce engaging voices Evoke precise tone and mood Create bold inciting incidents Introduce important conflict Let's explore some examples: ...
Both in Gatsby and in the Siddhartha example below, the act of kissing becomes something more: it becomes a kind of revelation, an epiphany. Don’t be afraid to have your kissing scene lead your character into a profound realization. Think about the experiences of both your characters. Is ...
Short stories can be a chapter of a novel, but if it’s a short story worth a damn, it will be the first chapter. The one that sets up the action. And ideas for a novel don’t fit into a short story. You try and…. well, you keep finding you have to write something else, ...
Singing accompanied by moonlight made me fall asleep quickly. Now, I am a primary school student who is about to graduate. Too much homework makes people "difficult to breathe". Sometimes I worry about not knowing how to write a composition, and sometimes I cry. Now I am not a spoiled ...
Learning to Write Free Verse Poetry. 116 WRITING SHORT FICTION.. 123 Writing Short Fiction: An Overview.. 124 Writing Short Fiction: Creating the Setting. 130 Writing Short Fiction: The Plot 134 Writing Short Fiction: Character and Characterization. 139 Writing Short Fiction: Dialogue. 144 Writing...