by Cole Salao
When reading a story, you must accept the fictional worlds, characters, and situations in order to be fully immersed in the tale. But how can these works be believable when their subject matter doesn’t even exist in the real world? This is where your suspension...
by Cole Salao
“Write drunk, edit sober” is a maxim often attributed to Ernest Hemingway—who is, admittedly, known for his writing and drinking. It has become canonized into the big book of creative advice that writers (and other creatives) frequently follow. But is...
by Cole Salao
As a writer, you’ve probably spent some time staring at a blank page, not knowing what to write. Or, maybe you had so many ideas that you were at a loss on how to start. Constrained writing, a literary technique where you must force yourself to write within a...
by Cole Salao
Of all the issues people debate about today, you’d be surprised that sentence spacing is among the fiercest controversies, to the point that researchers felt it needed to be studied. One side believes that using only one space after a period is the correct way....
by Cole Salao
Literature offers us a vast pool of knowledge and entertainment, but the literary world can also be quite weird and wonderful. We never realize that there are stories also revolving around the stories we read, whether it’s the adventures our favorite authors...
