• Fiction: tips on writing fiction (under construction)

This page is currently under construction.  Most links won't work yet. You can find information on description and other useful points in the Multi-Genre section.   The Essay section (also under construction) will later have some helpful points as well.

Characters:

• make people care about them.
• make them real with flaws and motivations.
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Develop ideas:

• character sketches. do backgrounds.

Tension:

• what's gonna happen. set it up. make them want to know. don't give it away too quick. give subtle clues that could go either way.

Threads:

• find things to repeat, tie the story together. set things up for the important parts.
• link this to essays and other papers, too.

Action:

• show not tell.

Plot:

• choose a purpose: entertain, teach, etc.
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