If you’ve thought about using a flashback scene in your writing but haven’t been quite sure where to begin, you’re in the right place. We’ll demystify the purpose of this device in literature, show you how to write flashbacks in your writing, and give you some examples of flashbac...
You might be tempted to save up flashbacks and back story that you did not include in the beginning for the middle of the book. However, even though this is a better place for them, it is important to make sure they don’t take over the middle. The motion of the book should still ...
I plan to write my own thriller one day (although maybe I'll try a fantasy/thriller mashup, as fantasy is my first love). But after studying many thrillers, as well as advice from their authors, I feel ready
the more sensitive you become to the points at which your hearer begins to fidget with impatience because you’re going into too much detail — the more prepared you will be to sit down and write a synopsis that focuses upon that story, not the narrative tricks. ...
I love to read! I read all the time. I love the idea of writing. It’s just if I try to write, like a writer, I make myself miserable and will try to do anything to avoid it. I have PTSD flashbacks to high school English – which I failed!!!
When you have a personal story to tell and don’t want to write an entire book, a narrative essay may be the perfect fit. Unlike other types of essays, narrative essays don’t need to stick to certain requirements or include a bibliography. They have a looser structure, more creative lan...
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Speaking of getting set in one’s ways — or, at any rate, in one’s worldview — do you remember how at the beginning of this series, I mentioned that one reason that there’s so much conflicting advice out there about how to write a winning query letter is that to the people who...
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Is it told as a linear sequence, or are there flashbacks interspersed with the characters’ present day? These details are part of the novel’s narrative, which refers to the novel’s storytelling. Theme Last, a novel has at least one theme. A novel’s theme is the broad question it ...