by Cole Salao
Killing a character is one of the most difficult things to do as a writer. It’s not only that you despise yourself for it or that your audience does, it’s also because you could permanently damage the narrative. You’ve probably experienced the devastation of...
by Cole Salao
As a writer, you employ a wide range of tools to evoke thoughts and emotions. And sometimes, you just want to confuse the reader—for good reasons, of course. One tool that does this is non-sequitur—the process of using illogical and bizarre statements to derail a...
by Yen Cabag
“Do you like him like him, or do you just like him?” In one of the most poignant scenes in the 1990s TV series Wonder Years, Kevin Arnold rants in typical teenage passion, demanding to know what’s up with his childhood idol Winnie Cooper and the school...
by Cole Salao
Publishers receive a ton of submissions year-round. It takes a lot of time, effort, and money to go through them all, searching for the next bestsellers in literature. This is why the publishing industry has come to love high concept fiction. They are clear,...
by Cole Salao
While scrolling through the internet, chances are you’ve stumbled upon stories that are weird, horrific, and disturbing. Most of them involve murder, the supernatural, or rituals that summon who knows what. A lot of these stories are called creepypasta. They float...
by Cole Salao
Litotes (also called antenantiosis or moderatour) is a figure of speech where a negative statement is used to affirm a positive statement. It sounds strange and complicated but is actually one of the most used rhetorical devices in English. It’s a clever use of...
