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Escalating the drama

Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.

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What we talk about when we talk about dialogue

Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.

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Katy | Bryan Washington

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.

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Building compelling characters in modern fiction

Learn the secret to how great, compelling characters are created in modern fiction.

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Character motivations

Get to grips with the role that character motivation plays in great fiction.

Shiloh | Bobbie Ann Mason

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.

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Chekhov’s Gun

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.

Character transformations in fiction

Understand the basics behind powerful character transformations in fiction

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Interpreter of maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri

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.

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Second-person POV

Let’s find out about the lesser-known POV narrative style, and how it’s used

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