Writing Craft
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A Literacy Narrative: Inspiration, Challenges, and Achievements
In this post, we reflect on the writing journey; what joys it can bring and what failures we must endure.
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How to Effectively Use the Writing Process
The writing process consists of five stages: prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. This post explores practical ways to effectively utilize each stage.
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How to create better pacing in narrative writing
Narrative writing encompasses creating fictional or nonfictional stories, incorporating characters, plot, setting, conflict, and theme. Pacing controls a story’s speed, achieved through actions, cliffhangers, dialogue,…
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How to Use Imagery and Figurative Language in Writing
This post discusses the importance of imagery and sensory language in writing to engage readers effectively.
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Embracing Threshold Concepts for Growth
Threshold concepts in writing challenge and transform our thinking, requiring metacognition and collaboration to overcome. Revision and feedback are crucial.
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Defining Anaphora through Emotion, Emphasis, and Rhythm
Anaphora is a powerful rhetorical tool, repeating words for emphasis, emotion, and lyrical rhythm in writing.
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Mastering Language for Engaging Adventure Stories
Adventure stories are an escape into worlds of excitement, danger, and action.
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What Makes a Good Pirate Story in Fiction Writing?
Today on the blog, we are discussing the conventions of a very specific genre–the pirate story!
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Writing Craft: Penning Excellent Ghost Stories
In the realm of literature, few genres speak to the same sense of mystery, suspense, and eerie fascination as the ghost story. While Charles Dickens’…
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Writing Craft: How to Write Action and Engage Readers
Today on the blog, we are going to look at tips on writing action, examine some examples from other texts, and provide a well-rounded approach…
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Writing Craft: Writing Suspense
Craft suspense through gradual tension, character involvement, controlled information flow, pacing, foreshadowing, surprises, crisis points, and lingering unanswered questions.
