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The Problem with Wish-Fulfillment Characters: The Secret Origins of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

The Problem with Wish-Fulfillment Characters: The Secret Origins of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl

by Jacob Mohr

  Consider the following… You’re writing your debut novel. It’s a touching coming-of-age story about a brooding and soulful young man whose life is utterly ordinary. He leads a sheltered, colorless existence, living in his head—and bored out of his mind. Oh, if...
177: Streamline and Clarify Your Writing to Make It More Powerful with Josh Bernoff

177: Streamline and Clarify Your Writing to Make It More Powerful with Josh Bernoff

by Tom Corson-Knowles | 2 comments

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How to Write Fiction from Multiple Viewpoints: Picking the Right Point of View

How to Write Fiction from Multiple Viewpoints: Picking the Right Point of View

by Jacob Mohr | 4 comments

Who’s telling your story? That’s the first question readers ask when they begin reading your book—and it should be the first question you ask yourself when you begin writing it. Whether your story has a first-person narrator or takes a third-person “over-the-shoulder”...
176: How to Harness the Difference between Plot and Story with Steve Alcorn

176: How to Harness the Difference between Plot and Story with Steve Alcorn

by Tom Corson-Knowles

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27 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts Every Writer Should Know

27 Handy Keyboard Shortcuts Every Writer Should Know

by Jacob Mohr | 4 comments

You might have noticed that here at TCK Publishing, we’re big into productivity. We’re just nuts about it. We’re always looking for new ways to write more, write faster, and eliminate distractions and interruptions from our work—and we like to share what we find with...
How To Write a Fight Scene: 6 Hard-Hitting Rules for Violence in Fiction

How To Write a Fight Scene: 6 Hard-Hitting Rules for Violence in Fiction

by Jacob Mohr | 3 comments

“Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” — Mike Tyson Every good story needs conflict—and nothing screams conflict quite like a fistfight. Because, hey, fights are exciting! That’s why westerns end with shootouts and duels at high noon, and why...
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