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Dangerous Writing
Dangerous Writing is a minimalist approach to writing taught by Tom Spanbauer. Chuck Palahniuk is probably Spanbauer's best-known student. Dangerous Writing is a brand of minimalism that utilizes many literary techniques pioneered by -
Lester Dent Master Plot Formula
This is a formula, a master plot, for any 6000 word pulp story. It has worked on adventure, detective, western and war-air. It tells exactly where to put everything. It shows definitely just what -
Fiction/Character
A fictional character is any person, persona, identity, or entity whose existence originates from a fictional work or performance. Such existence is presumed by those participating in the performance as audience, readers, or through other -
Fiction/Scene
A scene is considered the basic structure, or building block, of a narrative. In fiction, the writer uses a scene to show the action of an event. When he strings a series of scenes together -
David Mamet on Drama
David Mamet's memo on Drama to the writers of The Unit. Related Articles: Conflict, Scene by Scene, Creating Interesting Characters -
Fiction/Heroic Journey
Ordinary World – Limited Awareness[] Prologue: Disorientation leads to suggestibility, Should contrast sharply with, yet foreshadow, the special world, Set an inner and outer problem for the character, The hero enters, is introduced, audience identifies with -
Creating Interesting Characters
Creating interesting characters is key. Interesting characters have goals, are active in the story, and develop/learn along the way. With characters that have depth, readers will want to know more about them and, in -
Fiction/The Quest
A quest is a journey towards a goal used in mythology and literature as a plot. In literature, the objects of quests require great exertion on the part of the hero, and the overcoming of -
Voice
The narrative voice is the expression of the author on the page, delivered through story and characters. A strong voice is what makes an author unique and helps their writing stand out from the crowd -
Fiction/Fiction
Fiction (from the Latin fingere, "to form, create") is storytelling of imagined events and stands in contrast to non-fiction, which makes factual claims about reality. Fictional works – novels, short stories, fables, fairy tales, films -
Show, Don't Tell
Show, don't tell is advice to write in a way that allows the reader to experience the story through a character's actions, words, thoughts, senses, and feelings (showing) rather than through the narrator -
Fiction/Archetype
An archetype is a generic, idealized model of a person, object or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned or emulated. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality or -
KS3 Levels (English)
Pupils' writing communicates meaning through simple words and phrases. In their reading or their writing, pupils begin to show awareness of how full stops are used. Letters are usually clearly shaped and correctly orientated. Pupils -
Conflict
Conflict is the barrier(s) blocking a character's goals, in turn, creating drama. It can be internal or external. The most effective kind is between characters with opposing goals which can be countered or -
Scene by Scene
A story can be split into smaller chunks called scenes, or incidents. Each scene should advance the plot and stand alone dramatically. There can be one or more scenes per chapter. -
Coordinating Conjunctions
300px A coordinating conjunction is a word that joins two parts of a sentence. Coordinating conjunctions turn two sentences into one sentence with two independent clauses. -
Comma Splices
Comma splices occur when two independent clauses (sentences that can stand alone) are joined into one sentence with only a comma. This is usually considered grammatically incorrect, or at least an error in style. -
Fiction/Writing Fiction
There is no surefire method for producing a good work of fiction. Techniques and habits that work for some writers do not work for others, and the creative process can vary greatly from writer to -
Protagonist
The protagonist is the main character around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to share the most empathy. Protagonists generally suffer the most. In a -
Dashes
A dash is a punctuation mark. It is similar in appearance to a hyphen, but a dash is longer and it is used differently. The most common versions of the dash are the en dash -
Fiction/Show Don't Tell
Show, don't tell is the principle of creating scenes. It originates with Henry James who, in the preface to the New York edition of Daisy Miller, reports leaving a pencil-mark in the margins -
Introducing a Character
Introduction Bringing a character into your story and introducing him or her to your readers can be a daunting task to think about. Though rest assured it's not that difficult once you get the -
Suspense
Suspense is a feeling of apprehension and anxiety about the outcome of an event. Related Articles: Conflict -
Point of View
Narrative point of view describes from whose eyes the story is perceived. Related Articles: Voice, Tense -
Plants and Payoffs
Plants and Payoffs (also known as Setups and Payoffs) is a technique where information is given early on, then brought back later. "If, in the first chapter, you say there is a gun hanging on
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