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3 Fiction Writing Exercises
Fiction writing exercises for story development. Fiction writing exercises can help you discover storytelling techniques and provide ideas and inspiration for your fiction writing projects. These...
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Storytelling: What is a Plot?
What is a plot? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter two: “Plot.” Enjoy! What is a Plot? A plot is a sequence of related events in a story....
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Fiction Writing: The Setting of a Story
How important is the setting of a story? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter three: “Setting.” Enjoy! Setting may not seem as critical to...
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Character-Driven Fiction Writing Prompts
Creative writing prompts for creating characters. Most authors agree that fiction is primarily driven by characters. Successful authors talk about characters who take over the story, who have their own...
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What is the Theme of a Story?
What is the theme of a story? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter four: “Theme.” Enjoy! What is the Theme of a Story? Theme is one of the...
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Literary Style in Storytelling
What’s your literary style? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter five: “Narrative Style, Voice, and Tone.” Enjoy! Literary style is the...
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Narrative Point of View in Storytelling
What’s your narrative point of view? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter six: “Narrative Point of View.” Enjoy! The terms story and...
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Action and Dialogue in Storytelling
Action and dialogue in storytelling. Today’s post is an excerpt from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter seven: “Action and Dialogue.” Enjoy! Action and dialogue are the...
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Fiction Writing Exercises: Becoming the Antagonist
Fiction writing exercises for crafting an antagonist. Today’s fiction writing exercises are designed to help fiction writers gain a better understanding of their characters, including antagonists, by...
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Writing Description in Fiction
Tips for writing description in fiction. Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter eight: “Description and Exposition.” Enjoy! Without...
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Storytelling: Writing Chapters and Scenes
Writing Chapters and Scenes. Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter nine: “Chapters, Scenes, and Sequences.” Enjoy! Chapters, scenes, and...
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Writing Resources: Wonderbook
Jeff VanderMeer’s Wonderbook. Jeff VanderMeer’s Wonderbook is not your average tome on the craft of writing. It’s more like a portal, and once you enter, writing becomes a strange and awesome...
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Narrative Techniques for Storytellers
Find out how narrative techniques can improve the stories you write! Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter ten: “Literary Devices and...
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Fiction Writing Exercises: The Power of Prose
Fiction writing exercises for crafting strong prose. When we writers discuss fiction, we usually focus on plot, setting, dialogue, and especially characters. These, of course, are the essential...
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What is a Story Concept?
How can you put story concept and premise to use? Today’s post includes excerpts from What’s the Story? Building Blocks for Fiction Writing, chapter eleven: “Concept, Premise, and Loglines.” Enjoy!...
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What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers
What If? Writing Exercises for Fiction Writers. Good fiction includes many different elements: believable characters, realistic dialogue, and compelling plots. Every decent story has a beginning,...
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How to Identify the Protagonist in a Story
Can you identify the protagonist? In most stories, the protagonist is obvious: Harry Potter, Lisbeth Salander, and Katniss Everdeen are unquestionably the protagonists of their respective stories. But...
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Fiction Writing Exercises for Stimulating Creativity
Stimulate your creativity with these fiction writing exercises. Do you ever feel like the story you’re writing is bland? Like it needs to be spiced up? Or maybe you want to write a story but you’re...
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Writing Resources: Wired for Story
Are you wired for storytelling? Are you a storyteller? Do you want to be? Then I suggest you pick up a copy of Wired for Story, ASAP. This is easily the best book on writing fiction that I’ve ever had...
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Plot vs. Character in Storytelling
Fiction writing: plot vs. character. Have you ever struggled with a story idea only to give up because it seems like every plot has already been done? Maybe you focus on character development to make...
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