Plots
#WritingTip—Plots A plot doesn’t have to be brilliant for a story to work. It just needs to have some basic components: characters—in conflict and in
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Update on Rachel Ann Nunes Case
#DailyKick—Update on Rachel Ann Nunes Case A few months ago I began to track the case of Rachel Ann Nunes, whose clean romance novel was
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Resolutions
David Farland’s Kick in the Pants—Resolutions I hate the word “resolute.” Whenever I think of it, I think of soldiers circa 1800, marching resolutely into
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David Farland’s Daily Kick in the Pants—Taking Responsibility for Your Author Photo and Biography
As an author, your appearance matters far more than it should. If you look at people who are New York Times Bestselling Authors, you’ll note that the
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The 5 Parts to a Story
From the inciting incident to try/fail cycles, reversals the climax and denouement, there are certain critical elements to a modern work of literature that must be done well, and in order, to be publishable today.
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Writing the Perfect Story, Part 10
What do you think is perfect? For the past few days I’ve been talking about some of the virtues that I personally think need to
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Writing a Perfect Story, Part 9
I’ve been working on a series of articles on what constitutes a perfect story, and so far I’ve concentrated on some of the qualities that
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David Farland’s Writing Tips: Writing the Perfect Story Part 1
For more than 20 years now I’ve been studying various forms of stories with an eye toward understanding what makes a “perfect” story. There are
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