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scene study
May 20, 2022
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7 min read
Learn the techniques Casey McQuiston uses to maximize the impact of dialogue in I Kissed Shara Wheeler.
opening
May 6, 2022
6 min read
How do you engage and disrupt genre tropes to hook your readers?
story structure
May 4, 2022
5 min read
See how Lauren Groff brings Matrix to a close by resolving the plot and ringing her central theme one last time.
May 1, 2022
9 min read
Is there a place for omniscient narration, associated closely with nineteenth-century novels, in a twenty-first-century literary landscape dominated by limited narration?
Apr 16, 2022
4 min read
Learn the techniques Lauren Groff uses to introduce readers to a distant historical setting in Matrix.
Apr 1, 2022
10 min read
Learn about plot structure and the interplay between internal and external plots through an analysis of Tana French's The Searcher.
Mar 26, 2022
Examples from Tana French's The Searcher show how to give your descriptions additional meaning and resonance.
Mar 12, 2022
8 min read
Learn how to use word choice, syntax, and dialect in dialogue to create realistic characters with examples from Tana French's The Searcher.
Mar 4, 2022
See how Tana French uses sentence style, summary, and suspense to pull readers into the first chapter of The Searcher.
Feb 18, 2022
13 min read
Why and how can you use multiple point-of-view narration in your novel? We’ll analyze NK Jemisin’s The City We Became to find out.
