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Why is Setting Important?

By: dev-dorrance
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Jun. 5th, 2020

You feel a rare bout of confidence about a scene you wrote. There’s character development, a big reveal, emotional scene work, and you’re consistently showing not telling. You send it… Why is Setting Important?

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Writing For Your Audience: Horror

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May. 14th, 2020

You’re running through the darkened halls of a long-since abandoned house. The unfamiliar walls are coated with the shredded remains of your friends’ internal organs and you’ll be next if… Writing For Your Audience: Horror

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Common Writing Mistakes

By: dev-dorrance
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Aug. 15th, 2019

When people think of ‘writing mistakes’ they typically break out into a cold sweat thinking about the time they wrote their instead of they’re. However, though there are a myriad… Common Writing Mistakes

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Genre Focus: Teen and Young Adult

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Mar. 28th, 2019

A young boy, aged 11, is told by a half-giant that he’s been accepted at the finest wizarding institution in the world. A young girl struggles with extreme anxiety as… Genre Focus: Teen and Young Adult

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Writing Exercise: Point of View

By: dev-dorrance
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Dec. 13th, 2018

Every person you come across in the world is utterly unique. They each have their own upbringings, experiences, public thoughts, private thoughts, fears, dreams, loves, and losses that work together… Writing Exercise: Point of View

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Writing Exercises: Objects

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Nov. 8th, 2018

As writers, our number one goal at all times is to further character development in our stories. This focus is fantastic, but it can cause us to overlook other aspects… Writing Exercises: Objects

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Psychic Distance: What is it?

By: dev-dorrance
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Jun. 7th, 2018

Psychic Distance. Is it some kind of kinetic power from a dystopian YA novel? Is it something that a tarot card reader would charge you an extra $10 to read?… Psychic Distance: What is it?

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