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Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...

Well-crafted characters virtually write their own story. Once your character is fleshed out, your story virtually writes itself. As we...

Rather than go on about all the rules of grammar and spelling and punctuation and syntax and all the rest -there are plenty of other...

Let’s return to the concept of rhythm, mentioned earlier. Rhythm is one of the basic patterns which readers are seeking. Just as in your...

Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...

Part of the magic of writing is that you can re-write until you get it right: it’s not a live medium. Confidence is based on competence;...

Let’s assume you’ve grabbed sufficient attention by pulling the reader in, you’ve laid out what your theme or argument will be, and...

Let’s imagine that you have successfully written an opening sentence which at the very least doesn’t push the reader away. Perhaps...

Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...

You probably have about fifteen seconds to grab your reader’s attention, whether you’re writing an essay or a story. Poems have even less...