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What’s So Great About Unreliable Narrators?

The Sixth Sense via Wikipedia Every narrator has a perspective.  Even with novels written in third person omniscient point of view (where you as the reader know everything that’s going on, even things...

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Who’s Driving Your Story?

Divergent via veronicarothbooks.blogspot.com Is your main character (MC) driving the action in your story?  What makes this particular story belong to this particular character?  Is this character just...

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What Do Your Fears Say About You?

Vincent Thomas Bridge via Wikimedia Commons What do your fears say about you?  About your characters?  How do your characters react when they’re afraid? This past week, I had to go to a restaurant in...

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Awesome Moms in YA Fiction

The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie poster via Google Images In honor of Mother’s Day, I’d like to pay tribute to 3 awesome moms in fiction.  Especially in YA fiction, moms with really deep...

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Character Tags in Fiction and Why They’re Fantastic

Sean Bean as Ned Stark via Google Images In most memorable books you read, the characters hold distinct places in your memory.  Why is this?  Outside of the overarching plot, what makes characters...

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Building Complex Characters

Cain and Abel by Titian via Wikimedia Commons One of the best things about good stories is great characters.  In a memorable story, the main character shares the stage with a cast of other similarly...

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Packing Emotional Punch: Connecting with Readers

Children’s Concert by George Iakovidis via Wikimedia Commons The stories that stick out the most in my memory tend to be stories where I related to the characters somehow, really felt for them....

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Make it Real: Building Diversity in Fiction

Colourful Army by Maistora via Flickr Traveling over the holidays has gotten me thinking a lot about diversity.  Everywhere you go, the people are different and diverse and represent different parts of...

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The DNA of a Successful Book

Although here in blogland, it seems like everyone is reading e-books, the general public still reads more print books than e-books.  According to this recent Pew Research Study, about 1 in 5 American...

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Making Shallow Characters Relatable

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell via Amazon No one thinks they’re shallow (even if others do), and I’m of the belief that it’s very important for your characters to be somewhat relatable in...

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