How to Write Surrealist Fiction
Most of us are familiar with surrealist images like Salvador Dali’s Three Sphinxes of Bikini, but even though surrealism was – and sti...
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6 Kinds of Apocalypse to Inspire Your Writing
Post-apocalyptic fiction follows the fortunes of characters as they try to cope in a post-apocalyptic world. Sounds deceptively simple...
Read moreHow to Write Dystopian Fiction
Dystopias have provided inspiration for generations of writers, and with good reason. When you become a writer of dystopian fiction, y...
Read moreHow to Write Alternative History & Alternative Reality
Do you spend large chunks of time wondering what the world would have been like if the Roman Empire had never ended or if you’d ...
Read moreHow to Write a Superhero Story
After a long, close association with comics, superhero fiction is enjoying a literary heyday. So if you’re planning to write a s...
Read moreWorld Building for Authors: 5 Practical Tips
One of the best things about fiction is the chance to dwell in other worlds, be they slightly or radically different from our own. For...
Read moreWhy I Hate ‘The War of Art’ by Steven Pressfield
I hate The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. The way the book is written is deeply, deeply flawed and insanely egotistical. The main id...
Read moreHow To Use ‘The Hero’s Journey’ To Structure Your Novel
The hero’s journey is a story structure identified by the American writer and scholar of mythology Joseph Campbell. And it can be a re...
Read moreThe Three-Act Structure: Obsolete or Essential?
The three-act structure has a distinguished history. It was first described in Aristotle’s Poetics well over 2,000 years ago, and the ...
Read moreMake Things Easier for Yourself: Develop Your Novel’s Premise!
‘Oh, you’re writing a novel? What’s it about?’ The answer to this question is essentially the premise of your ...
Read moreDoes My Novel Have Enough Conflict?
An author recently told me they were struggling to know whether they were creating enough conflict in their novel-in-progress. Did I h...
Read moreTell It Slant – An Alternative to ‘Show, Don’t Tell’
American poet Emily Dickinson once wrote: ‘Tell the truth, but tell it slant.’ Following this advice can bring vividness and originali...
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