by Yen Cabag
When you read a good book or novel, you may find yourself imagining the scenes in a way that makes the reality more beautiful than it feels in real life. For example, in reading Anne of Green Gables, all the different ways that Anne praises the moonshine tends to lend...
by Yen Cabag
When you’re reading a book or watching a movie, you probably have some expectations about what will happen next. But many skilled authors and screenwriters have the seemingly uncanny ability to thwart your expectations by throwing you a curve ball or two. For...
by Yen Cabag |
Starting a story is often the most daunting part of the writing process. Staring at a blank page, knowing that the first line plays a crucial role in whether your audience will keep reading or not can certainly add pressure. Whether you are writing a short story or a...
by Yen Cabag
Remember the last great book that you read, and how you got so swept up in the events that you could hardly put it down? When a story is expertly crafted with realistic characters and believable plot points, it can become so addictive for readers that they may lose...
by Yen Cabag
Conflict is what makes stories interesting: will the main character overcome their challenges and reach their ultimate goals? What will they have to do to achieve them? And because conflict is what grabs readers’ attention, you as a writer need to know the best...
by Yen Cabag |
Stories from different cultures may have different details, but many of them share common traits. They touch our hearts in a specific way, and a lot of the time, the characters are so real that they remain in our hearts and memories long after we’ve...
