Tag Archives: narrative

To Pants or Not To Pants

Today on Twitter, a question came up about outlining: “What’s your favorite and most effective way to outline your work before you start writing?“ Good question. As an author, I don’t typically outline, but my current work in progress (“WIP”) … Continue reading

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Character Development and Voice

To develop fully rounded and unique characters, take time early on to develop a profile of them. Continue reading

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Choosing and Managing a Point of View in Narrative Fiction

Point of view (POV) is one of the most basic underlying features of story construction, as it determines what you can show the reader and how the content will be framed. While you may be able to change POV characters … Continue reading

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