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Tips for Perfecting Writing Multiple Points of View in Your Novel

Readers these days seem to enjoy fast-paced novels with multi-faceted and well-developed characters. Novels that have multiple points of view have been seen as more successful than the others. Although this cannot be applied to each and every novel in the market, the general consensus is...

Writing Horror Fiction – Tips for Making Your Monster Scary

Writing horror fiction is not easy. There is a lot that goes into writing horror; authors have to consider what is horror and what is simply a bogus attempt at making something work that clearly doesn’t want to. Before any author starts writing horror, they...

The Need for Psychology Understanding

Almost all fiction writers need at least a basic understanding of psychology in order to write realistic content, dialogues, characters, and relationships. Without this basic understanding, readers are often left confused about characters and why the characters made the choices that they did. A lack...

Understanding Groupthink

Groupthink is a concept that many writers are unaware of which makes it harder for fiction writers to write realistic content. Especially if the writer is writing about any sort of group working together or problems solving. Janis (1972), defined groupthink as a "mode of thinking that...

Quick, Jolting Incidents

The writer should have a good sense of rhythm and pacing. He might find sluggish episodes that do not fall into place, dragging the story without adding anything to the development. In instances wherein an episode begins to slow, the writer may use a quick,...

Understanding Long-Term Relationships

Many romance writers struggle when it comes to creating a long-term mate for their main character. One of the best ways for writers to overcome this hurdle is to understand the psychology behind what people look for when looking for a long-term mate and not...

Freelancers And Writer's Block

You are a freelancer.  You usually do not know when your next pay is exactly going to be and sometimes do not even know how much. So, you have to put in the hours if you want to get a decent amount. But, then you get...

Understanding the Bystander Effect

One concept that writers need to understand when writing fictional works that involve an emergency situation is the bystander effect. Writers sometimes create unrealistic emergency situations because they lack an understanding of the bystander effect. In other cases, writers sometimes struggle to justify why their...

On the Devices of the Writing Craft

Literary devices are common in fiction. The classics have taught us poetic narratives using figurative effects. Modern fiction continues the tradition. Though the contemporary writer has an excellent grasp of wielding these devices, he must remain informed and continue learning how to effectively implement them....

Prolonged Death Scenes

George R.R. Martin is famous for killing his beloved fictional characters. When he feels the need for a secondary character to go in his epic Game of Thrones series, he creates a dramatic episode that will end that character. The death of his characters are often quick,...