Motifs for Cohesion and Depth
Hard to believe we are now about to examine the twelfth and final pillar of construction—motifs. We’ve spent the whole…
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Fine-Tuning Your Writing Style to be Concise and Specific
In our first post exploring this eleventh pillar of novel construction—Writing Style . . . Concise and Specific—we looked briefly at what…
How Writers Develop a Unique Style All Their Own
Often, when learning to write a novel, a writer may spend countless hours focusing on getting all the basics in…
Important Considerations When Developing Your Writing Style
Our year-long look at the twelve key pillars of novel construction is winding down. We’ve already taken an in-depth look…
What Voice Really Is in a Novel
Last week we began looking at the topic of “voice” in a novel as the 10th pillar of novel construction,…
Creating a Strong Voice in Your Novel
We’re about to look at the last three pillars of novel construction in this year-long course. These last three—voice, writing…
Creating Engaging Dialog by Using Subtext
We’ve been looking at the basic components to constructing great dialog in our fiction. As one of the twelve key pillars…
Dialog: Compressed and Essential
Dialog is the element that brings stories alive. Imagine reading an entire novel void of dialog. Trying to sustain a…
Infusing Microtension in Your Novel
Last week we started looking into tension in novels, and we’ll wrap up this topic in this post so we…
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