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How To Create Perfect Settings In Your Memoir – Or Any Other Book

Posted on 15th April 2019

The settings in our memoir must feel real. Readers must be able to visualise that world and see us in our surroundings. If it does not seem real, the book isn’t working. In memoir, we are re-creating a world, and the best way to make…

9 Literary Terms You Need To Know

Posted on 27th June 2018

We need to know the basics of literature when we read and write. Literature includes fiction, memoir, drama, and poetry. We use certain literary terms to describe the structure of literary works. We have to know these terms if we are studying literary works or…

Back To Basics: 3 Steps To Setting

Posted on 26th January 2018

As we wrap up January of the New Year, we’re looking at the three basics of fiction writing, and we’ve covered plot and character and now we’ll finish it with a look at setting. Setting is almost like an unseen and silent character in your…

5 Ways To Sneak Setting Into Short Stories

Posted on 11th October 2017

We need to convey a sense of setting in our short stories, which is a tall order, because of the length of the story. Hehe, see what I did there? We need to make our writing to work harder. We need it to do “double-duty”.…

Creating Tension In Characters, Plot, And Setting

Posted on 30th August 2017

A good plot is sustained by a single thread: tension. You can have conflicts and resolutions across the span of the story, but tension is the rope that joins it from beginning to end. Creating Tension In Characters, Plot, And Setting One way to create…

Write Your Novel In A Year – Week 37: Rules Of The Game

Posted on 15th September 2016

Welcome to week 37 of Anthony's series that aims to help you write a novel in a year. Read last week's post here. Goal setting Continue writing the scenes or chapters of your novel. Breaking it down Rude teddy bears and white-collar boxing ‘The first…

World-Building For Every Genre: The Ultimate Setting Checklist

Posted on 13th July 2016

Last week I discussed the importance of setting and what we can learn from sci-fi and fantasy writers about world-building. By following their guidelines, we can strengthen our setting and make our worlds more complete. Here is a checklist to get you started. Below the checklist…

What Fantasy (& Science Fiction) Writers Can Teach Us About Setting

Posted on 6th July 2016

World building is a word or term used mostly in the genres of Fantasy and Sci-Fi, but if you think about it, it is pretty apt for any story. You have a character who lives in a world. If this world is real and on…

7 Simple Things To Remember About Setting

Posted on 15th June 2016

You have these awesome characters, a thrilling plot, and an epic story goal, but where are they? You have to create a complete picture by including setting details. If you don’t, you run the risk of alienating your reader. We will not believe you, because…

Write Your Novel In A Year – Week 12: Time And Place

Posted on 24th March 2016

Welcome to week 12 of Anthony Ehlers's series that aims to help you write a novel in a year. Read last week's post here. Goal setting Continue planning your scenes or chapters. Create a timeline for your story. Breaking it down Lining up time This week, as we…