Fiction

An arc is something that is arced or curved. Similarly, in a writer’s parlance, a character arc refers to the idea that a character must undergo some kind of a change in his/her journey of life; characters must grow, learn, evolve and change as the plot progresses. In other words, readers expect their characters to be in a better position than where they started. For example, … [Read more...] about 3 Different Types of Character Arcs and How You Can Use Them in Your Stories

Endings have the power to make or break a novel. They can turn an otherwise slow book into a masterpiece, or destroy a good one. A good ending needs to be fresh, new, surprising and has to make sense. It is very difficult to create, especially since if an ending was fresh twenty years ago, it’s become a cliché these days – the reader has encountered that type of ending in way … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing the Perfect Ending of a Novel

Pacing your writing is, in essence, an issue about content. It’s about how many words you use to describe people, events and everything else in your novel. If the pace in your novel is too fast, the reader will get tired and confused. On the other hand, if the pace is too slow, it will bore the reader. Either way, you’ve lost them. It’s really hard to achieve the perfect … [Read more...] about 5 Pacing Tips for Your Fiction Writing

A good story needs characters, scenes and ideas that hook the readers from page one till the end. However, it is a gripping plot that makes a good novel great. If your plot is not written right, your story has failed. Writers get lost easily into the worlds they create, and spawn stories that are flat, or impossible to follow. Creating a gripping, page-turning plot is not that … [Read more...] about How to Craft a Gripping Plot in Your Novel

The art of raising goose bumps is not so easy as you need to elicit fear in your readers through your writing. It takes more than tortured souls and terrifying groans to write a ghost story. Read these tips if you are all set to inspire nightmares. 1. Fear of the unknown Anything that remains unknown can instil fear in us. People are scared of death because they do not know … [Read more...] about 5 Tips For Writing A Ghost Story