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Back to Basics: Sense & Description
For this Back to Basics mini-course, we’re talking about the five senses and their role in description. Each Back to Basics course...
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Lindsey Odorizzi
Apr 45 min read
Pacing: How to Take Your Readers on a Wild Ride
Imagine your story as a roller coaster (I’m partial to the Rock ‘n’ Roller Coaster at Disney World). From the moment your readers strap...
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Lindsey Odorizzi
Mar 75 min read
Telling the Story: Point of View vs. Perspective
Who's telling your story and how? This month, we’re dissecting two story elements that often get confused with each other: point of view...
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Izhan Arif
Oct 10, 20233 min read
Back to Basics: Hearing the Story
A note before we begin: This course is designed to help hearing writers achieve stronger flow and pacing. In our experience, deaf writers...
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Laura Romig
Sep 22, 20224 min read
Unpacking Show, Don't Tell
“Show, don’t tell” is a well-worn anecdote that any aspiring writer has probably heard dozens of times—from well-meaning English...
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Grace Midha
Jul 28, 20223 min read
Reimagining Tropes
What is a Trope? A trope is a symbol or theme in literature that becomes so common that its use is easily recognized across different...
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Kaitlyn Connors
Jul 21, 20224 min read
How Jane Austen Uses Perspective
It is “a truth universally acknowledged” that no one writes quite like Jane Austen. Her mix of wit,levity, and sharp social observation...
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