Core Concepts

Jul 294 min read

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Writer's Workout