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How To Make the Ending of Your Romance Narrative Remarkable

Your romance needs to meet readers' ultimate expectations, the hero and heroine living happily ever after. This is why they decided to read your romance, an opportunity to see love prevail against all odds. And you have to give it to them in a believable and...

How To Maximize Emotional Conflict in Romance Narratives

It is essential to have the right idea and craft characters with emotional baggage that afford compelling conflict. But more importantly, you need to use that conflict to propel your story. To move your narrative forward, you need to work with your story idea and...

Creative Mindfulness: Doodle Inspiration

This exercise takes a look at art-based methodology with a focused activity that brings art to the emotional mind too and can be very useful for unlocking creative thoughts and allowing your ideas a little freedom. The Theory Do you remember those times in school where you...

Creative Mindfulness: Music Motivation

Many of us turn to music when we need an emotional boost. Whether it’s songs about a painful break-up, or a party mix to get us in the mood for going out, or even a slow, calming rhythm to fall asleep to, music has the...

Imagery

There’s always one book that comes into your mind every time you try to think about all the good books you’ve read. Chances are very high that you remember every detail about the story, whether it was fiction or nonfiction. Now, what makes that book...

Allusion

One of the good things about the English language is the fact that it is very equipped. As a writer, you have a variety of tools and devices at your exposal to help you manipulate your ideas and come up with great content. I know...

Creative Mindfulness: Playing With Monologues

This activity encourages you to take a bold step forward with your mindfulness practice. Borrowed from the world of drama education, this is one instant mood-shifter you don’t want to miss. The Theory A great many practices from creative mindfulness guidebooks are based on activities and practices...

Creative Mindfulness: Tactile Storytelling

Some people get a really good feeling from tidying up and seeing a super well-organized desk or room in front of them, with everything in its place. This mindfulness exercise looks at the sense of peace that comes from such organizational efforts, but with a...

Onomatopoeia

You have an amazing story. But then, when it gets to the point where you want to tell your reader about the distant barking of dogs in the neighborhood, the sound of the live engine of your truck in the garage, or the sound made...

Similes

Similes are very common in our daily conversations and the content we read. Similes are one of the most-used literary devices in the English language. But it won’t surprise me that you don’t know the definition of a simile. It’s common for most people to...