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How to Create Mood in a Story: 7 Essential Tips
Learn what mood is and how it’s created through helpful exercises and examples from classic and contemporary literature.
June 26th, 2025
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Rising action that grips readers: 10 epic climax tips
What is rising action in a story? How do you make the build-up to the climax gripping, saturated with tension? Rising action is core to impactful dramatic structure. Learn all about it and read ten ideas and examples to make your story gripping: What is rising action? 'Rising action' refe...
June 26th, 2025
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How to Write a Flashback: Tips, Examples, and Mistakes to Avoid
Are you ready to take your readers on a walk down memory lane? Here are four things to think about when writing a flashback.
June 26th, 2025
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How to Create a Fantasy World in 7 Steps
Discover how to create a fantasy world with step-by-step instructions, tips, and fantasy world examples from literature.
June 24th, 2025
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Best Writing Apps for Authors (2025) — 26 Tools Compared
Are you looking for the best app to write a novel? We've compared 26 apps. Discover the best writing apps for authors to help you plot, write, edit, and format your book.
June 24th, 2025
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55 Positive Character Traits - And How to Use Them
Think of your favorite fictional character, and try to describe why you like them in just a few words. Maybe they’re strong, friendly, and wise; or perhaps they’re honest, resourceful, and passionate — no matter what combination of characteristics it is, odds are you've identified something fundamental that makes their personality compelling.
June 23rd, 2025
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Suspense writing: Examples and devices for tenser stories
Suspense refers to both genre and a storytelling device that creates tension and builds your reader's desire to find out. Read suspense writing examples, learn suspense-adding story devices you can use, and what experts at creating suspense say. What is suspense? Suspense (defined by Oxfor...
June 23rd, 2025
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7 Proven Tips to Improve Your Writing Skills
Learn how to improve your writing skills with practical tips on planning, style, editing, and storytelling.
June 20th, 2025
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8 Setting Examples From Bestselling Fiction
Explore 8 setting examples from recent fiction – from magical libraries to Martian deserts – and learn how to craft immersive, powerful settings in your own stories.
June 13th, 2025
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Person vs society: 6 types of story conflict
External conflicts in fiction - conflicts between characters and outside sources rather than inner battles - are an important part of storytelling. 'Man vs society' (or, rather, person vs society) is a conflict authors often use to explore society and culture. This conflict in literature ex...
June 11th, 2025
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Point of view: Complete guide to POV in stories
Perspective writing is an aspect of narration many writers struggle with. Yet point of view is an important element of storytelling. Read a complete guide to point of view including first person, second and third, plus objective point of view, with definitions and examples: Contents of this P...
June 11th, 2025
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