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How to Come Up With Story Ideas

By Sean Glatch | January 1, 2024 | 20
How to Come Up With Story Ideas

How do writers develop good story ideas? Sometimes, coming up with a story idea is the hardest part about writing fiction. Figuring out what to write about can be frustrating,…

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How to Set SMART Writing Goals for 2024

By Frederick Meyer | December 26, 2023 | 5
smart writing goals

Happy 2024! We hope this year will be full of writing for you—and if you’re like us, you’ve even got writing goals among your New Year’s Resolutions. One thing to…

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Cinquain Poetry: How to Write a Cinquain Poem

By Sean Glatch | December 11, 2023 | 21
how to write a cinquain poem

A cinquain is a stanza composed of five lines, which makes a cinquain poem a poem composed of five-line stanzas. These short poems are the perfect length to find insight…

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What is Theme? A Look at 20 Common Themes in Literature

By Sean Glatch | August 28, 2023 | 21
common themes in literature

When someone asks you “What is this book about?”, there are a few ways you can answer. There’s “plot,” which refers to the literal events in the book, and there’s…

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Flat Character vs. Round Character: Definitions and Examples

By Sean Glatch | July 16, 2023 | 7
flat vs rounded character

Every fictional person that populates books, movies, and plays falls into one of two categories: flat characters and round characters. Flat and round characters each fill important roles in works…

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Irony Definition: Different Types of Irony in Literature

By Sean Glatch | June 6, 2023 | 2
irony definition

What is irony? Well, it’s like rain on your wedding day. It’s a free ride, when you’ve already paid. ’90s radio is helpful here. Okay; but what is irony? It…

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Persona Poetry: How to Write a Persona Poem

By Sean Glatch | March 20, 2023 | 1
persona poetry: how to write a persona poem

Persona poems allow poets to inhabit the minds of other people and write from their perspectives. If you’ve ever wanted to get inside someone’s brain, crawl around in it for…

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What is Form in Poetry? 15 Poetic Forms to Try

By Sean Glatch | January 24, 2023 | 19
trellis forms of poetry

The relationship between poetry forms and language cannot be overstated: with different forms of poetry, poets encounter new ways to grapple with complex poetic topics. Indeed, poets have played with…

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What is Purple Prose? The Case Against Overly Ornate Writing

By Sean Glatch | January 2, 2023 | 3
writing purple prose

Ah, purple prose: that ornate room of language: that jeweled scabbard with which the writer unsheaths their mightiest thoughts, decorated and aglitter in the light of passing eyes; so wrought…

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Creative Writing Feedback: How to Workshop Creative Writing

By Sean Glatch | December 19, 2022 | 2
how to workshop creative writing

Writing workshops are a wonderful way to grow and expand your writing skills—provided you know how to workshop creative writing. There are different writing workshop models, both online and in…

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