Mastering Horror: Writing Tips for Creating Fear
How to write horror that frightens: build dread, create a threatening world, subvert expectations and revise for maximum fear.
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Crafting Compelling Subplots: Adding Depth to Your Story
How to write subplots that matter: echo your theme, give each B plot its own arc and weave subplots in to control tension and pacing.
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Crafting a Jaw-Dropping Plot Twist: Surprise Ending Ideas
How to write a plot twist that shocks yet feels fair: plant foreshadowing, make the payoff plausible and explore plot twist ideas and surprise endings.
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Crafting Compelling YA Fiction: Essential Writing Tips
Writing YA fiction that connects: authentic teen voices, market awareness, strong structure and pacing and YA writing tips for your young adult novel.
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Crafting Compelling Flash Fiction: Short Story Tips and How-To
How to write a short story or flash fiction that lands: essential craft techniques, tight structure and short story tips for drafting and revision.
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Unveiling Narrative Promises: Chekhov’s Gun, Setup, and Payoff
What is Chekhov’s gun? Learn the rule of setup and payoff, how to make and keep narrative promises and how it keeps your story coherent.
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Crafting a Satisfying Story Resolution
How to end a story well: define what satisfying means, work backwards from the ending, pace your resolution and leave readers with a lasting impression.
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Unseen Dangers: The Foreshadowing of a Tragic Event
Many tragedies are preceded by warning signs. Explore how latent threats build, how to read the precursors and why foresight and vigilance matter.
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The Hero’s Journey: Exploring Common Tropes in Fantasy Genre
Explore common fantasy tropes through the hero’s journey, how modern writers subvert them and where fantasy literary tropes are heading next.
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