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scene study
Feb 15, 2025
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6 min read
A guided tour through a scene in The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
opening
Feb 6, 2025
10 min read
How the table of contents shapes our experience of the opening of God of the Woods by Liz Moore
story structure
Oct 28, 2023
Learn how Mick Herron uses cliff-hangers, surprise endings, and scene breaks to keep readers turning the pages of The Secret Hours.
Oct 21, 2023
See how Mick Herron splits a quiet premise into four plot strands to keep The Secret Hours tense from start to finish.
Oct 14, 2023
Learn how Mick Herron slows down a pub fight in The Secret Hours to deepen character and theme.
Oct 7, 2023
11 min read
See how Mick Herron uses part breaks to open The Secret Hours three times and introduce its interwoven plot strands.
Mar 25, 2023
4 min read
Learn how Maggie O'Farrell gets maximum value from historical details in her novel The Marriage Portrait.
book review
Jan 28, 2023
5 min read
Learn how music producer Rick Rubin’s insights about the creative process can help writers.
Oct 15, 2022
8 min read
Learn how to use focalization to show the thoughts and feelings of multiple characters in a single scene with examples from Maggie O'Farrell's The Marriage Portrait.
Oct 9, 2022
See how Maggie O'Farrell uses inventive writing to lure readers into a story whose ending we think we already know.
