This continues our seriesHow to Write a Story 101. See the earlier post aboutConflict. You are going to write a story. Yes, today is the day you are going to write a fiction story about someone. Your character and their development through the story is the heart of fiction. Make your ...
Today’s guest post is by Avery White. Avery writes short stories and spoken word, and is currently working on his first novel for middle grade readers. He runsthirdpersoncreative.com, a site dedicated to weaponizing stories against injustice, prejudice, and passivity in the world around us....
Breaking up or divorcing is never easy. It leaves you stuck in a tough period with full of sadness, and sorrow. And crying is seen as a natural response to these situations. But, when you understand your problems well, you can overcome your own feelings stop crying. Now, it is time fo...
But if you dream bigger, if you want to know how to write a successful, engaging blog post that cuts through the noise and wins youlegions of fans, you need something better than a run-of-the-mill tutorial. You need an ultimate guide. In this post — this ultimate, step-by-step beg...
I’m excited to have the book out in the world. Deciding to write a queer middle grade novel was an easy one for me—there are just too few out there and I really wanted to write a book that could be really meaningful for kids at this age. My second YA,How to Make a Wish, was...
If we want to write better stories, we need to read the best fiction and figure out what makes it so excellent. When I’m absorbed in a book, I always try to keep one corner of my mind focused on what the writer is doing so brilliantly to keep my full attention on the story. Som...
Check out my book,The Art of Fear: How to Write Scary Ghost Stories that Terrify Your Readers. It goes into greater detail on all the points discussed here, plus a lot more, including: More in-depth examples from short stories, novels, and films ...
up when looking for love and lays it all out in a simple-to-use guide. If you need a perspective shift, this is a book you'll want to keep on hand as you navigate the modern dating terrain -- Lori Gottlieb, New York Times bestselling author of MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE ...
knife into our heart, and a sharp pain surfaces in our chest area. In reality, we are thatsomeonedoing thestabbing, because we are trying to sever our innate connection to love and our Soul is nowbleeding. Our Soul is crying for help, asking us to stop the stabbing, to stop the pain...
and makes use of some of its stock devices—the ghost crying out for vengeance, the feigned madness, the play-within-a-play, and the ultimate carnage that results—but the Bard was not the first, or the last, to use this pattern. He simply wrote it in a way that made it undeniably...