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Story Structure as a Map

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In their latest podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts continue exploring sub- and micro-structures. This week, they discuss how a story can be structured around...

Time to Unlearn What You Know About Sex Scenes

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In a post on Lit Hub excerpted from her book Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative, Melissa Febos offers advice for writing sex scenes. "When...

Some Basic Settings for Worldbuilding

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In a post on DIY MFA, Angela Yeh offers advice on worldbuilding that doesn't drive you nuts. As with research, worldbuilding can go on...

Your Setting is More Than a Place

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In a post on Writers Helping Writers, Angela Ackerman discusses the importance of describing your setting with evocative, emotional language. "The setting tied to each...

Runaway Plot? Try These Fixes

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In a post on the Killzone blog, James Scott Bell offers advice for wrangling a plot that's starting to get away from you. "What do...

Act Out Your Combat Scenes (Safely)

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In a post on DIY MFA, Kris Hill says a round of Dungeons and Dragons can help you create exciting combat scenes. "What makes Dungeons...

The Challenge of Using Art in Your Art

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In an essay for Lit Hub, Joe Mungo Reed offers advice for using real works of art in your fiction. "Often, a piece of...

Need an Opening Scene? Sow Doubt.

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In a post on Jane Friedman's blog, Susan DeFreitas offers suggestions for writing a compelling opening scene for your novel. While common writing advice says...

Guilt: Not so Useless in Fiction

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In an article for Writer's Digest, Veronica Gutierrez shares four tips for writing about guilt in fiction. Can guilt help you tell a good story?...

Writing Food You Can Taste

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In most stories and novels, food is an after (or never) thought. We assume characters eat, but other than the occasional reference to meals,...

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