Why is all of your real-life romance exciting, while your kissing scenes read so lame? Whenever you were the protagonist of romance in real life:…
‘Show, Don’t Tell’: Your Frame-Worthy Mini-Guide (With Tons of Examples)
58 commentsLet’s say you had a stressful day. You tell it to your friend on the phone. You say: “I had a stressful day.” He says:…
Pssst… The 6 juicy, crafty secrets to writing a character description
18 commentsWhen were you at the movies last? Imagine this: You sit down in eighth row with a boatload of popcorn and your favorite beverage,…
Good Story Titles: 17 Fiction Writing Experts Reveal Their Secrets
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How to Add Details Like Cake Sprinkles to Dazzle Your Audience (Tarantino’s `Pulp Fiction´)
15 commentsThink of a story you found really exciting: Moby Dick? Breaking Bad? Cinderella? Now think of a story you found really boring: The Bold…
Money vs. Wood: Your Step-by-Step Guide to Enrich Your Story with Subtext (Chekhov’s “Cherry Orchard”)
32 commentsMaybe you feel like you have a central theme in your life: Always running late? Always getting hit on by the wrong guys? Toilet always…
Showing Powerful Motivation Through Your Dialogue (Ibsen’s “Ghosts”)
15 commentsThis is important. Tell me one thing: Do your characters pull along your plot or does your plot pull along your characters? In other…
How to Make Your Story Feel Really, Really Realistic (Kafka’s “Metamorphosis”)
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How to Create Drama and Plot Without a Single Facebook Entry (Shakespeare’s “Macbeth”)
27 commentsAs playwright of the 17th century, you had one crucial advantage over a contemporary playwright: No distraction by Twitter messages. Your disadvantage, on the other…
