Fiction

Backstory is what happened to your protagonist and the world (if you are writing a science-fiction or a fantasy story), before the beginning of the novel. Backstory can be told in many different ways. The easiest way is to tell a part of the backstory through a prologue. Then, you can give a lot of information at the beginning of chapter one. You can also dump a lot of … [Read more...] about 4 Common Backstory Blunders and How to Avoid Them

With it being Valentine's Day tomorrow, we thought you may find the following infographic useful, which includes 5 tips for creating strong heroes and heroines in a romance novel. If you found this infographic useful, please retweet it, repin it or share it on Facebook. Alteratively, feel free to share it on your blog or website using the code below: … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Creating Strong Heroes and Heroines in a Romance Novel [Infographic]

Your story depends on the narrative, the plot and good characterization. However, writing that story in a captivating way will enchant your readers. Writing sentences that seem magically constructed will complete your story, and will make the readers sigh in pleasure when they read it. It will also ensure that your readers will read your next story, simply to enjoy more of your … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing Captivating Sentences in Your Stories

Creating characters for your stories is much more difficult than it seems. Of course, the protagonist will be the character that is fleshed out the most, but often, we create the secondary characters using stereotypes without realizing. This happens because we absorb the way characters are created in movies, other books, and stories. Then, when you create stereotypical … [Read more...] about 5 Male Character Stereotypes to Avoid In Your Stories Like The Plague

Describing the setting comes easy to some writers, while others struggle with it. Writing a good description of a place is in no way an easy task. You have to be able to transport the readers into the place that your characters occupy, and make the readers see through the eyes of your characters. However, your task doesn’t end there. In order to write descriptions that will … [Read more...] about How to Write Mesmerizing Setting Descriptions