Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.
Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.
Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.
Katy by Bryan Washington is a wonderfully compact, moving story, charting the coming together of two old friends after a lifetime apart. This analysis explores the craft employed by Washington in bringing the story together, including structure, tension and denouement.
Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.
Get to grips with the role that character motivation plays in great fiction.
Shiloh by Bobbie Ann Mason is a masterpiece in economy when it comes to creative writing. From start to finish, it follows the ambitions and dreams of the characters, as they head toward an inevitable conclusion.
Chekhov’s Gun is a literary device that states that everything in fiction needs to exist for a reason, whether it’s a prop, character or scene.
Understand the basics behind powerful character transformations in fiction
Interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri is elegant, beautifully written and there are plenty of literary tropes to discuss, including character arcs and the role of third-person narration.
Let’s find out about the lesser-known POV narrative style, and how it’s used