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Insight about Writing a Short Story

Short stories are the shorter version of novels and fall between thousand to five thousand words. These word restraints challenge the writer's creativity. Crafting a story with a theme, well-developed characters, a plot, and an ending is complex. The limited number of words also limits...

How to Write Fight Scenes

Fight scenes can be daunting to write. In simple terms, the conflict in your story manifests as physical violence in an all-out fight. Here are some essential tips for writing good fight scenes that hold your reader's attention:  Plan your fight scenes in advance:  Fights don't happen randomly....

Plot, the Rise and the Fall

The plot is not just a device we use to move a story forward. A plot must have a purpose and a meaning to both the character and the reader. The plot is driven by the character and the character is driven by the plot. One...

How To Write A Negative Review

As a reviewer, coming across a book that one did not like is frequent. The negative review written without consideration might deter a writer from the art. Therefore, one needs to be careful while crafting such reviews.  Writing a positive review is much easier, in my...

How Colors are Incorporated in Writing to Depict Different Moods

To write effectively is to make your readers be present in your story and feel the mood of the story’s setting. Color symbolism is one such element that has been used in literature over many years, either to describe the spirit of the environment or...

Creative Journal Keeping

Keeping a creative writing journal is something that most people in the writing world keep. It is not a journal of your everyday thoughts, that is something of a different nature. A creative journal is where you spend your time creating stories, ideas and building...

How to Start Writing

Writing may seem and sound like an easy thing to do, especially when you have never tried it. Many people have had plans or ambitions to write, but they have not written not a single word to date. You must be wondering how so? I...

9 Reasons Reading Makes You A Better Fiction Writer

Most writers have received this advice: To be a better writer, you need to read a lot. But you think it is better to spend more time writing. Writing more seems so more efficient, right? Let's look at this suggestion and discover if and how reading...

Make Sure You and Your Editor are on the Same Page

Two of my writing axioms are “every writer needs an editor” and “every editor needs an editor.” The meaning of the first axiom is obvious, the second one less so. I mean that editors make mistakes, too. One mistake they may make is not to be...

Nonfiction Writers: Use Approaches to Create an Outline

If you write nonfiction, you may want to create an outline before you begin to write. There are several advantages to doing so. It will help you to write quickly. You'll have a blueprint so you'll know where you're going. You’ll break the big job of writing your...