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The Key to the Antihero

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In a post on BookBaby, Jasmine Gayle examines the types and tropes of the antihero. "An antihero has more obvious flaws and their characteristics...

Anecdotes Do Not a Story Make

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In a post on Writer Unboxed, Kathryn Craft offers advice on incorporating real-life anecdotes into your fiction. "More often a writer finds herself in...

Are you Making the Most of Your MacGuffin?

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In a post on DIY MFA, Amber Royer offers advice for using your MacGuffin to its best advantage. In short, the MacGuffin is something...

Realistic Fiction: Raising Stakes Without Dragons

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In a post on BookBaby, Joe Yamulla offers advice on writing realistic literary and historical fiction. "Real-world issues are complicated, approachable, and relatable, all...

Tips for Building Suspense in Your Narrative

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In a post on BookBaby, Jasmine Gayle offers advice on creating suspense in your story. "The key to suspense is to leave the reader...

Start with a Setting

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In an interview with the DIY MFA podcast, Ginny Kubitz Moyer says she began writing her debut novel by focusing on setting. During the...

What Journalism and Fiction Share

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In a post on CrimeReads, Ellen Crosby says writers can learn a lot about fiction by studying journalism. "If journalism is the first rough...

The Power of Small Problems

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In a new post, Janice Hardy says that giving your protagonist small problems can elevate your story by creating more conflict and verisimilitude. "Think...

Are Your Scenes Plagued by DULL?

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In a post on Killzone, James Scott Bell offers advice for cutting the dull parts from your scenes. What are those dull parts? Description Dumps. Like...

Your Book Needs a Hook and a Heart

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In a post on DIY MFA, Karyn Fischer offers advice for finding the hook and the heart of your novel. "We need the hook...

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