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Building Your Scenes with Beats

Building Your Scenes with Beats

April 26, 2025May 18, 2025

If you’re writing fiction, and particularly novels or novellas, you need to master scene structure. There is a whole lot…

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Cinematic Technique for Fiction Writers

Cinematic Technique for Fiction Writers

April 14, 2025May 18, 2025

Writing fiction these days is all about using cinematic style. What that means is rather than explain and summarize the…

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The Best Way to “Show, Don’t Tell” –Scene Segmenting

The Best Way to “Show, Don’t Tell” –Scene Segmenting

April 3, 2025May 18, 2025

One of the key maxims in fiction writing is “Show, don’t tell.” But just telling a writer to “show” is…

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Continuity in the Passage of Time

Continuity in the Passage of Time

March 20, 2025March 16, 2025

We’ve been going over the element of time in many recent posts (start with this one). Time is a matter…

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How to Master the Passage of Time in Fiction

How to Master the Passage of Time in Fiction

March 17, 2025March 16, 2025

We’re continuing our look at manipulating time in fiction. Be sure to read the other posts on the topic, beginning…

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5 Lessons I Learned from My 30-Day Writing Challenge

5 Lessons I Learned from My 30-Day Writing Challenge

March 12, 2025March 9, 2025

Guest post by Grace Ekause. Embarking on a 30-day writing challenge seemed exciting at first—it was a chance to improve…

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The Power of Perspective in Creating Characters

The Power of Perspective in Creating Characters

March 7, 2025March 9, 2025

Post by Marie Barry. As writers, we are constantly thinking about the lens through which our characters view the world….

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How Fiction Writers Can Create “Skewed Time”

How Fiction Writers Can Create “Skewed Time”

February 17, 2025February 16, 2025

Time sometimes seems choppy, erratic, confusing. It may feel as if it’s going backwards or in circles. It all depends on…

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How Fiction Writers Can “Speed Up” Time

How Fiction Writers Can “Speed Up” Time

February 12, 2025February 11, 2025

Last post I discussed ways fiction writers can manipulate time. Meaning, give the illusion that, for the POV character (and…

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