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Understanding the 3 Third Person Narration Style

Despite the unique abilities of the first-person narrator, there are still limitations to what they can reveal and how they can be used to advance a story. And some stories just need a third-person perspective to efficiently deliver the desired effect. Ironically, some third-person narration...

4 Types of the First-Person Narrator

Achieving first-person narration in fiction writing is not easy. For a character to evoke himself and other characters and at the same time give an engaging account of a series of events is no small feat. To use a first-person narrator for your story, you...

3 Simple Reasons Why Writers Should Write by Hand

With technology now readily available for most people, you would reckon many writers will write directly on their computers. But as a book blogger, I occasionally come across writers who proclaim that they still write their novels by hand. Although you may think this is...

The 4 Points of View Fully Explained

In storytelling, you have to make a lot of choices, and the success of your story depends greatly on making the right ones. And one of the choices you must make is deciding what perspective you intend to use to tell your story. This will...

The Golden Rules of Dialogue and Dialogue Tags in Storytelling

Dialogue is essential in narrative fiction because it gives readers the chance to hear what your character sounds like. And it also advances the plot with vivid, memorable, focused, and coherent speeches. To write interesting dialogues, you first need to understand the guidelines which they...

How to Create a Bond between the Main Character and the Reader

The main character can be fascinating without really connecting with readers on a deep level. You can have a superhero with incredible abilities, a worthy supervillain, intriguing fights and battles and a beautiful finish. Yet your superhero character doesn't feel real to your readers, and...

Where Do Compelling Characters Come From?

Every fiction narrative has a cast. A story has to be about someone in connection with someone else, living in a world filled with people, a lot of whom have at least a cameo in the story. So, your cast can consist of so many...

Five Killer Tips to Creating a Compelling Opening in Storytelling

A good story starts strong. You don't want to start yours on a weak note. From the opening, you need to get your readers hooked; that is one of its main jobs, and if not executed properly, your readers may not likely go on reading....

The Reader is King: How to Write Stories that Meet Readers' Expectations

When it comes to readers' expectations, there seem to be three kinds of writers: those who write the story they would love to read and hope the reader feels the same way; those who write according to the reader's expectation; and those who do a bit of...

How to Create a Compelling Villain That Gives the Hero a Run for His Money

Most times, writers spend much of their time and effort crafting a compelling main character and do a lazy job of presenting him with an equally fascinating antagonist. The aim of an adversary is never to steal the shine from your hero. Yet, a villain...