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How To Avoid Passive Voice

Passive voice is to be avoided unless an author has a very specific effect in mind. Active voice should be used as much as possible. Distinguishing the two voices can sometimes be confusing, hence a little explanation is in order. By using active voice, a writer...

Specificity: The Key to Descriptive Writing

Painting a picture in readers’ minds is one of the most powerful techniques that an author can use to tell his story. Any author who masters this technique can have readers wrapped around his little finger as he takes them on an extraordinary journey that...

Understanding External Conflict And Internal Conflict

In popular fiction, external conflict used to be the norm. However, as literary works matured, heroes began to change, grow, and question themselves more. Traditionally, heroes of fiction knew they were better people than the villains, hence they had no reason to question themselves. Tension...

How To Write An Outline For Your Novel

Writing an outline for a novel is the final stage of preparation before an author starts to write a novel. It is notoriously difficult to write a decent first draft unless you have thought about every possible aspect of the novel. An outline can help...

10 Quick Ways to Improve Writing Skills

There are many people who call themselves writers but not many of them take writing seriously enough that they strive to improve their skills daily. It takes more than reading journals, magazines, books, newspapers, etc. to improve your writing. You have to become completely immersed...

How To Choose A Theme For Your Novel

The theme is one of the most discussed topics in the literary world. The reason why themes are very important is that they deal with the wisdom, the lessons, and the moral of stories. Surprisingly, some writers don’t believe in themes and they don’t like...

How Do You Choose Your Novel’s Setting?

Setting is one of the most important things in a novel. Writers, especially fiction writers, must choose a setting carefully. First, you have to define what setting is in order to figure out how to use it in your story. Setting vs. structure Many theories about stories...

How To Choose The Main Character And His/Her Counterpart

There are two very important characters in every novel: the main character and his/her essential counterpart. During the course of the novel, the relationship between these two characters inevitably changes. It is therefore important to choose the two characters very wisely. It is important for...

Are Archetypal Characters Important To Create Drama In A Story?

This is one of the most confusing parts of characterization. All major characters should have dramatic roles, but some authors are unwilling to use their archetypes because using them might seem unoriginal. This fear has no basis because the dramatic functions of characters that authors...

How To Give Your Plot A Satisfying Climax And Resolution

Some authors don’t like to think about the endings of their stories until they are almost through with their novels. These authors prefer to write the endings that come naturally as a result of the preceding events. Other authors might plan for the ending but...