The Best Part Of Telling A Story – Part I by Aurora J. Alexander
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Pacing within Scenes – by September Fawkes…
Pacing within Scenes – by September Fawkes… Previously, I talked about pacing according to narrative arc–the whole story. Today, we are going to talk about scene-level pacing. Pacing really happens at three levels: – in the overall story (the narrative arc) – in the scenes – in the lines (passages and paragraphs) We often think that […]
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Why Do People Kill? 15 Motives for Murder – by Bryn Donovan…
Why Do People Kill? 15 Motives for Murder – by Bryn Donovan… Read here …
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Anatomy of an email: Newsletter design tips (+ free resources) – by Megan de Graaf…
Anatomy of an email: Newsletter design tips (+ free resources) – by Megan de Graaf… Read here …
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Editing Tips: What To Check When It Feels Like Something Is Missing by K.M. Allan
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How to Reveal a Character’s Internal Conflict – by Becca Puglisi…
How to Reveal a Character’s Internal Conflict – by Becca Puglisi… If you’ve been on the writing trail long enough, you’ve heard plenty of talk about conflict and the role it plays in storytelling. Whatever form it takes, conflict creates tension while providing opportunities for characters to grow and evolve as they navigate their character arcs. […]
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Want Powerful Conflict? Don’t Forget the Stakes – by Angela Ackerman…
Want Powerful Conflict? Don’t Forget the Stakes – by Angela Ackerman… on Elizabeth Spann Craig site: A common writing misconception is that conflict automatically means reader engagement. After all, story experts are always ringing the conflict bell (me included), telling writers to include lots of it to make sure things aren’t easy for your characters. […] […]
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Archetypal Antagonists for the Mage Arc: Evil and the Weakness of Humankind – by K.M. Weiland…
Archetypal Antagonists for the Mage Arc: Evil and the Weakness of Humankind – by K.M. Weiland… Read more …
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Archetypal Antagonists for the Crone Arc: Death Blight and Tempter – by K.M. Weiland…
Archetypal Antagonists for the Crone Arc: Death Blight and Tempter – by K.M. Weiland… on Helping Writers become Authors: As the fifth of six archetypal character arcs in the life cycle, the Crone Arc offers the first great challenge of a character’s Elder years. Fundamentally, it is a story about a character coming to grips with […]
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