Category: Educational
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Casting Your Multi-POV Story: How to do this right.
One of the most fun and challenging things you can do in your novel is create the cast for your book. You can spend hours on Pinterest find the perfect model and add it to your mood board, or your character may come from someone in real life. In some cases, your character might be…
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Create a believable history for your fantasy worlds
When you think of incredible world building, some of the top authors that might come to mind would be Brandon Sanderson with his sprawling mythical worlds and magic systems, or J.R.R Tolkien’s Middle Earth with its lore and history. Some others have come across recently have been Stephanie Garber‘s Caraval (see my review) series where…
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Book Review: Stories that Stick
I don’t know about you, but when I get into a project, I really enjoy listening to an audiobook. Since I found out that Spotify does audiobooks, I have been listening to even more. The book I am sharing today came from one that I found off of Spotify by Kindra Hall, called Stories that…
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What Your Story May Be Missing: A deep-dive into story milestones
Do you ever wonder why some stories just work, while others do not? It may have something to do with what is called the “Story Milestones.” If you haven’t heard this term, don’t worry, because you’ve likely heard of some of its other names such as “story acts”, “story beats,” or “plot rise and fall.”…
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Your Hook Sucks. Here’s How to Fix it.
Hooks are the driving force behind a reader either canceling all their plans so they can read the entire book or setting it down and not picking it up again. Without an interesting hook, your story could be sunk before it starts. First off, let’s define what a hook is. https://www.nownovel.com/blog/story-hook-examples So in essence, your…
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9 Reasons why you should give them a book.
Christmas is coming soon, and I don’t know if you are like me, but I often feel overwhelmed by all the “stuff” of Christmas. There’s the parties, the sweets, the community events, and the worst part for me: the presents. I really struggle with buying things for Christmas because half the time I don’t know…