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12 Character Writing Tips for Fiction Writers
Character writing tips. Characters are the heart and soul of every story. Almost every great story is about people. Plot, setting, theme, and every other element of fiction is secondary to realistic...
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Genres in Fiction Writing: Literary Fiction vs. Everything Else
How do you classify creative writing, or do you? In creative writing, we talk about form and genre. Form is what we write: fiction, poetry, or creative nonfiction. Genre is how we further classify each...
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20 Fun and Inspiring Character Writing Ideas
Where do you get your character writing ideas? One of the most difficult things to execute well in a piece of fiction is a realistic character. We’ve all read stories in which the characters were dull...
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Top Secret Fiction Writing Prompts
Fiction writing prompts filled with secrets. “Ssh, don’t tell anyone. Put it in the vault!” Most of us have had those very words whispered into our ears. In fact, most of us have probably whispered...
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Tips for Developing Story Writing Ideas
Tips for developing story writing ideas. Short stories, flash fiction, novels, and novellas: there are countless stories floating around out there — and those are just the fictional works. It’s no...
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23 Fiction Writing Ideas That Will Revitalize Your Story
Refresh your story with these fiction writing ideas. Sometimes our fiction writing projects dry up. The characters turn out to be flat, the plot becomes formulaic, and the story suddenly seems...
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Fiction Writing Exercises for Exploring and Developing Theme
Develop themes in your stories with these fiction writing exercises. Good fiction is comprised of many parts: plot, characters, setting, scenes, and dialogue. But we rarely talk about theme, even...
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Writing Resources: No Plot? No Problem!
Chris Baty: No Plot? No Problem! There are a million ways to approach writing a novel. You can outline your plot. You can create a series of scenes and use note cards to organize them. You can use a...
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The Power of Narrative Writing
What is narrative writing? Wikipedia defines narrative as “any report of connected events, actual or imaginary, presented in a sequence of written or spoken words, or still or moving images.” Put...
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Where to Find Ideas for Writing a Story
Ideas for writing a story It always seem like there are too many writing ideas or not enough. When you don’t have time to write, ideas come hurtling out of nowhere. Sometimes they come so fast, you...
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What Makes Iconic Characters Unforgettable?
Why are iconic characters so memorable? Luke Skywalker was the obvious hero of Star Wars: A New Hope so why did Han, Leia, and Darth Vader get all the attention? When I think about the characters from...
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Fiction Writing Prompts for Every Genre
Fiction writing prompts for every genre. Today I’d like to share a selection of fiction writing prompts from my book, 1200 Creative Writing Prompts, which includes 500 fiction prompts plus prompts for...
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42 Fiction Writing Tips for Novelists
Writing tips for fiction writers. The more I explore fiction writing, the more complex and multi-layered it becomes. Through the processes of brainstorming, outlining, researching, writing, and...
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Fiction Writing Exercises: A Story for a Song
Fiction writing exercises: story and song. Art Begets Art A compelling story speaks to us much the same way music does, communicating thoughts, feelings, and ideas in ways that go beyond concrete...
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Writing Tips for Creating a Complex Villain
Create a villain with today’s writing tips. When it comes to writing fiction, we each have our own unique challenges. For some of us, it’s a struggle to come up with names for characters. For others,...
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Writing Tips: Kill Your Darlings
Writing tips: kill your darlings. Some writing tips are cryptic. When I first came across writing advice that said, “kill your darlings,” I thought it meant we should kill off our favorite characters....
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Fiction Writing Exercises for Developing Setting
Develop setting with these fiction writing exercises. Setting is one of the most important elements in fiction writing. If your readers don’t know where the story is taking place, they’ll get lost and...
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Story Starters: Ten Fiction Writing Prompts
Give these fiction writing prompts a try. Fiction writing prompts are a great way to stimulate creativity when you’re in the mood to do a little writing but need some fresh story ideas. Prompts and...
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From 101 Creative Writing Exercises: Symbols and Symbolism
Symbolism and symbolism in fiction writing. Today’s post comes from my book 101 Creative Writing Exercises. This is from “Chapter 5: Fiction.” Let’s take a look at symbolism in fiction. Symbols and...
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Creating Characters That Resonate
Creating characters for compelling stories. Today’s post is an excerpt from the book What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing. This is from chapter one, “Characters.” Enjoy! Creating...
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