Do you have a friend or relative who says the right thing at the right time? Or, maybe, you have that one funny person in your life who just drops the right joke when it’s needed? If so, these are all examples of kairos, or timeliness. The meaning of kairos is not overly complex. This post will dissect kairos and show how you can use it in your own writing to stay current.
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The Truth About Writing Spaces: Myth vs Reality
There seems to be a consensus that it is lame to write in a coffeeshop. Obviously, the reason for this is because it appears to be a cry for attention. Yet, day after day, month after month, year after year, the reality of a writer’s den becomes clearer. Namely, it doesn’t matter where you write as long as the writing gets done.
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Writing Action Scenes: Techniques to Engage Every Reader
What is good action in a narrative? How do we write good action scenes? Sometimes it’s the tension in a conversation in a drama, and sometimes it’s the clatter of swords on a pirate ship. In this post, we are going to look at tips on writing action and examine some examples from other texts. By the end, you should have a well-rounded approach to incorporating more heart-pounding moments in your writing.
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Writing Suspense Stories: Techniques to Hook & Hold Readers
Writing suspense stories is akin to writing music. You want something catchy to pull readers in, but then you want to continue creating new lines of interest to maintain attention. Luckily, books and stories have huge windows to maintain attention. In this way, you still want to move readers through a narrative adroitly. The suspense keeps readers reading, and that’s a really good thing. In this post, we are going to discuss a few ideas about how to build tension and suspense accordingly.
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The Importance of Genre in Writing
Knowing the patterns of a text is crucial for understanding the passage itself. This knowledge allows you to utilize both prior knowledge and context to draw inferences as to how a text is structured and what you should expect while reading. The phenomenon I am referencing is called “genre awareness.” It’s a reader’s ability to acknowledge that they are reading a certain kind of book by noticing its reoccurring conventions. By identifying the importance of genre as it relates to stories and texts, we become better readers and writers.
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Writing Tips to Transform Your Writing Routine
Writing tips are useful only if you can use them. I know, that’s not very helpful, but neither is a lot of writing advice on the web. However, this post is going to offer you a few writing tips that will change your writing routine. I know this is true because each tip is actually tangible, practical advice that you can put to use each time you sit down to write.
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How to Write a Ghost Story: Eerie Essentials
In the realm of literature, few genres speak to the same sense of excitement as a horror story. The mystery, suspense, and eerie stories will always fascinate readers. Thus, exploring different types of ghost stories (and ghosts in general) helps writers understand their own approach to this genre. In this post, we will look at how to write a ghost story to weave our own spooky tales.
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Temptation and Vice: Writing Fictional Characters
“Knowing was a temptation. What you don’t know won’t tempt you.“ Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid’s Tale
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“Knowing was a temptation. What you don’t know won’t tempt you.“ Margaret Atwood. The Handmaid’s Tale
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Imagery and Figurative Language: Definitions, Examples & Types
Blink, and you’ll miss it. The images flash in your mind, and you can see the stars, a forest, or a sunset on a beautiful evening. The sounds come alive too. You can hear the crickets or the droplets of water falling onto a steel bucket near the shed after a recent storm. The smells of fresh rain and leaves waft through your nose, and you can feel the autumn chill on your skin. It’s time to put on a warm, wool sweater.
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How to Write a Strong Polemic: Tips for Writers
As Oscar Wilde stated: “Arguments are to be avoided, they are always vulgar and often convincing.” In rhetorical practice (and writing), there are a lot of considerations. From the rhetorical triangle to the rhetorical canon, from procatalepsis and anaphora, to polemics. Nevertheless, these considerations are important for writers, whether they are consciously making rhetorical decisions or not. In this post, we look at the term “polemic” (po-lem-ick) to better understand how to recognize and utilize this argumentative form, and how to apply this understanding to our own writing.
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