Fiction

Below, we are presenting five plot mistakes that might sneak up in your writing and have you pulling at your hair trying to fix them. Well, any writing mistake has the potential to do that, because one aspect of writing, for example, characterization, plotting, or worldbuilding, is not isolated from the others. In other words, a characterization mistake can easily become a … [Read more...] about 5 Plot Mistakes You Must Avoid

Any aspiring writer knows the rule of “show, don’t tell.” In essence, the rule advises writers not to tell in their stories, but to show. What the rule does not dwell upon is how to show instead of tell in a story. The rule does not elaborate on how the writer can know that he has started showing and stopped telling in his story. Below, we have elaborated a bit on the … [Read more...] about How to Start Showing and Stop Telling in Your Stories

Subtext has many different forms of appearance in a single story. Subtext can appear between conversations of two or more characters as each unspoken word. Subtext reveals everything that the characters are not saying, but what they are feeling. It reveals motivation, emotion, and perspective to the reader, but rarely to the other characters. Moreover, subtext often appears as … [Read more...] about How to Write Perfect Subtext in Your Stories

Every writer writes differently, just as every reader likes to read different novels. Writing from multiple points of view is more challenging than writing from a single perspective, but it is doable, and when done right, a multiple perspective novel can be very enjoyable to read. Many writers get discouraged and decide to write from a singular perspective, believing they might … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Writing from Multiple Points of View

Readers love foreshadowing in a novel. It is an undisputable fact. However, your readers will not love your foreshadowing or your novel if you have used foreshadowing in a wrong way. You should use foreshadowing to increase story suspense in a subliminal way, to deepen a character’s personalization, and to foretell major events of your novel, of course. There are two elements … [Read more...] about How Not to Use Foreshadowing in Your Novels