by Yen Cabag
If you’ve ever been drawn in by a fascinating memoir or autobiography, you know the power that a personal narrative can have on readers. These stories can also give us a glimpse into an author’s thoughts, feelings, and ideas. Because personal narratives allow an...
by Cole Salao
A “shaggy dog story” is any narrative that features a lot of build-up and action, only to end in an anticlimax, usually making the story ironic or meaningless. Shaggy dog stories take advantage of your expectations. Normally, a narrative with so much...
by Cole Salao
Have you ever been in a situation where you have an idea but you just don’t know how to start writing it? Or maybe you spend forever writing a piece, but the finished product isn’t exactly what you were hoping for. If you’ve experienced this, trust...
by Kaelyn Barron
Have you ever finished reading a novel and felt there were some pieces missing, or that you didn’t get the closure you were expecting? It could be that the final chapter didn’t do a very good job of tying things up. Or, perhaps an epilogue could have been...
by Kaelyn Barron |
Pick up a book and you’ll likely have to flip through any number of pages to make it to the “real” start—there could be a dedication, a preface, a prologue, a foreword, and even a whole page dedicated to critical acclaim for the book. While each of...
by Cole Salao
A frame story (also called a frame narrative, framing device, or frame tale) is a literary technique where an overarching narrative is used to set up one or more stories. It is placed at the beginning and end of the narrative, creating the “frame” of which...
