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The Artistic and Medical Implications of the Black Death
In many zombie apocalypse movies, the outbreak usually begins with an infection. They describe it as a fast-acting pathogen or parasite that can render a human undead within minutes. This fear has been, at times, replayed over and over throughout the medical community. The Center...
Romantic Inspirations: The Troubadours
In the Middle Ages, there was a group of individuals who would go around to various courts and perform poetry. They would verbally paint beautiful images of chivalry and love, with perhaps even a bit of humor every now and then, to the point where...
Dragons in Literature
Dragons have always had a romanticized relationship with humanity. Whether it be through their portrayal in major religions, or even the friendly reptiles in kids' movies and TV shows, dragons have been a staple of the fantasy genre for many years. For instance, in Eragon...
Horrific Inspirations: The Vampire of Sacramento
While the legends surrounding the Bloody Countess might be more than just a little over exaggerated, and the aspects of the real life Dracula rather mundane for the first vampire in Europe, there is one man that managed to properly claim the title of ‘vampire’....
Romantic Inspirations: Dante and Beatrice
More than once has Dante mentioned a woman named Beatrice through his beloved works, such as The Divine Comedy andVita Nuova. It’s abundantly clear that she made a rather huge impact on Dante, and could even be considered the love of his life. She served as...
How To Write Unique Dialogue
A vital part of the creative process is developing unique characters with recognisable and differing personalities. You can achieve this either by quirky behavioral traits and/or through their speech and dialogue. In other words, the reader would instantly recognise which character is speaking just by their...
Adding Personality to Your Writing
This article is predominantly for all writers of non-fiction who want to add some zest and personality to their content. There is a fallacy that non-fiction books must just be informative and full of fact and figures, but this isn’t going to create a book...
Confusing Punctuation
The most difficult and confusing aspect of writing has to be using the correct punctuation. There are always applications such as Grammarly but you cannot always rely on these to be 100% grammatically correct. Do you use an apostrophe after names ending in S? So...
Proofreading on a Budget
Proof reading has often been considered the bane of writers as it is near impossible to write a masterpiece without first going through several stages of proofreaders, editors, and copywriters. However, while professional writers often have the time and money to pay people to double...
Judging a Book by its Cover
The plot of every book starts with its cover. Before a reader picks your book, they are first enticed by the cover. It gives them a hint of what to expect between the pages. There are tons of books released daily and that means that...