Myth writing is an age-old practice of artistry, involving the composition of tales featuring deities, beasts, champions and other fabled beings. It involves creating stories with gods, goddesses, monsters, heroes and other mythical creatures. To write mythology, it’s important to have a clear ...
You desperately want to write a story. You carry a pad of paper with you in case you get an idea. You can't decide if your main character should have short hair or long hair. But for now, put aside what your character looks like and think about what theywant. In this post, we'r...
character development, point of view, story structure, theme—but are delivered in fewer words. For many writers, short stories are a less daunting way to dive into creative writing than attempting towrite a novel. This doesn
If you haven’t read a lot ofbooks or understand the tropesthat readers expect, you can’t expect them to like what you write. Yes, it’s possible to bend the rules now and then, but you can’t bend them unless you know them thoroughly, enough to really understand where and when it...
Paranoia takes hold as the boys begin to believe in a mythical monster they dub 'the beast' that lives on the island. Increasingly divisive group dynamics lead to violence. The setting of the story is thus a source of dangers - real and imaginary - as well as a testing ground that trans...
However, the heroes’ quest can have a deadline as long as it feels like they have ample time to meet it during the early phases of the story. You can tighten the deadline later, raising tension toward the end. If you’d like a higher-tension story with more urgency, that can work...
How to write magical realism What is Magical Realism? Magical realism is a genre that incorporates fantastical or mythical elements into an otherwise realistic setting. The magical elements are treated as though they are perfectly normal by both the narrator and the characters. ...
In the poem “Written in Pencil in a Sealed Freightcar” by Dan Pagis, there is much information that is left unsaid. Pagis writes that “I am Eve, With my son Abel.” I know that references the bible, since Pagis often refers to biblical or mythical stories. He also writes “If...
(This is where you might choose to write an unreliable narrator.) The most important thing is to make readers care, whether about your character or the outcome of a situation they announce. Besides making the reader care, there are other ways to make your first-person story opening enticing...
These works in turn inspired an Irishman named Bram Stoker to write his vampire novel, "Dracula." The Count Counts! In eastern European folklore, you could ward off a vampire by scattering seeds on the ground, either on top of the vampire's grave or outside your house. Vampires were ...