Another way to describe a character’s personality is to give an example of something they might do. Further on in the story, Munro describe pranking behavior that was typical of Rich to suggest a playful nature: He was of course not out on the half-scraped deck, ready to peer jokingly ...
Showing a person on the cusp of change is one of the suspense-building options among how to introduce characters. . Showing a character in a dilemma, about to make a life-changing decision,propels your story forwards. Take Zadie Smith’s introduction of the character Archie Jones in her nov...
The ways of narration (讲述) in novels are various. Wuthering Heights has a difficult narrative structure. The story begins in 1801. It is first narrated by Lockwood, a visitor staying in Thrushcross Grange, one of the two houses, where we can meet different characters in the novel. Lockwood...
In what ways are the characters in Wide Sargasso Sea flawed? Wide Sargasso Sea: Jean Rhys was a Welsh/Scots Creole author born on the island of Dominica in the West Indies. Rhys moved to England for school when she was a teenager. Rhys aimed for sexual liberation in her life, working...
Well-chosen props augment a story by sparking new twists or subplots. What excites you? Would it excite your characters? Perhaps something from this list would. B to G a book signing event, chocolate, a date with a famous person, finding out that [an ex, one’s mother, a significant ...
A variant of this expression,to be all the world (to someone), appears in a 1916 story inWatson’s Magazinewhere a desperate suitor tries to woo a young woman: “I love you, little maid. You are all the world to me!” The phraseall the world, for “the whole or earth or the un...
But just because you know to (properly) use a preposition and/or cite your sources, doesn’t mean your voice is clear and compelling. That’s because you’ve spent years finding every which way to take yourself OUT of the story. To soundprofessional. ...
Red herring: Unlike foreshadowing, which hints at something that will happen in the story, a red herring is designed to mislead and distract the reader. Red herrings are often used in mystery novels, with characters suspected of a crime turning out innocent. ...
This is really important for building attachment and investing readers in the story, so obviously you shouldn’t do it. Instead, describe the main character (and all other characters) exclusively from the outside. And no, I don’t mean employ aclever omniscient narratorto fill the reader in...
It’s easy to get caught up in the text itself, so try sitting down with a blank page and writing out what you feel is supposed to happen. Describe it as if you were telling a friend—no pressure, just casual conversation. Sometimes writing it down before you "write" it down helps ...