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How to Research Like a Pro: Creative Nonfiction Writing Tips for Accurate Details New!
As a creative nonfiction writer, you balance the tightrope between telling a story and revealing facts. The goal is to weave real-world details into compelling narratives without getting tangled in inaccuracies. At first glance, research may seem like a mountain of facts to climb—every detail checked,...
Mastering Nature Writing: Techniques for Creating Vivid Creative Nonfiction New!
There’s something magical about sitting under an open sky, the sunlight filtering through the trees, or a breeze carrying the faint scent of rain. Nature has a way of tugging at our senses, demanding to be noticed. But for writers, it does more. It dares...
Mastering the Use of Time in Fiction New!
Time is one of the most unique aspects of storytelling that an author controls. Characters and settings are always going to be a little bit different in the mind and imagination of a reader, but time is the tool that nobody but its creator can...
The Debunking of Deus Ex Machina in Literature New!
Few things can make a reader throw their book at the wall as quickly as a too-tidy and convenient resolution. When a novel ends with a deus ex machina or an implausible coincidence, it often feels like a betrayal of trust between the author and...
Assault as a Driver for a Man’s Revenge Story New!
Storytelling in literature often reflects society’s evolving values. We've come a long way, particularly in how women are both depicted and received. Still, some tropes stubbornly linger despite their problematic implications. Among these is the use of a woman’s sexual assault as a plot device...
Six Ways to Ruin a Sex Scene in Fiction New!
Oh, baby! The sizzle factor in fiction has hit the mainstream and is currently at its all-time high. Gone are the days when readers were relegated to storage closets to jam in a chapter on their lunch break, and authors have even started to ditch...
Why Questions Are So Important for Middle Grade Novel Writers New!
Children are full of questions. From the time they speak their first words, children will persistently and constantly ask the annoying questions: why, what if, how come. Younger children ask the basic question of why, but middle graders are full of more in-depth questions, like what...
The Art of the First Line New!
The first line is a make-or-break moment. Most readers will hang in there for the whole first paragraph, or page, but like any first impression, you will not get a second chance. Over the weekend I binged on a Masterclass called James Patterson Teaches Writing,...
An Essential Guide to Lyric Essays: Merging Poetic Beauty with Prose New!
Imagine reading something that resonates like poetry yet defies the constraints of traditional stanzas. It possesses the openness of prose while sidestepping conventional storytelling rules. This is the beauty of the lyric essay—a form of writing that elegantly navigates the space between poetry and prose,...
How Much Should You Write in a Day? New!
How much should you write in a day? Perhaps the question should read more like: how much do you write in a day? Or, does it really matter? For me, it’s more a matter of writing every day, not how much, not when or where,...