“We’ve been telling each other tales of otherness, of life beyond the grave for a long time. Stories that prickle the flesh and make the shadows deeper, and most importantly remind us that we live, and that there is something special, something unique and remarkable…
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Mundane details ground a story, making it feel real and vivid. Food is one of the most versatile and fun of these mundane details to include. Here are a few things that descriptions of food can accomplish in your story: Pleasure: Just reading about good…
In this article on poynter.org, Roy Peter Clark discusses 9/11/2001 as the inciting incident in the story America is currently acting out.
A story, to be a story, must have some sort of tension, conflict, and ultimately fear. Beauty fears the Beast. We fear Cinderella will live out her life in servitude. Juliet and Romeo fear their families’ reactions, but also fear being torn apart. In The…
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Feeling uninspired, or unable to find a form for your inspiration? Try divining your next story. Whether or not you believe in the supernatural, divining methods like tarot cards and runes are a powerful tool for figuring out – and bringing depth to – your…
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the students confront a boggart – a fearsome creature that manifests itself as whatever you fear most. The only way to defeat a boggart is to cast the spell “Ridiculous!” and laugh at your fear: to imagine…