Many may have heard of a Bildungsroman, or coming-of-age story, but you’re less likely to have heard much about the creative sibling of the Bildung: the Künstlerroman. The Künstlerroman is a story which depicts the development of an artist. A Künstlerroman may focus upon a specific, limited period within the Read more…
J.K. Rowling has got to be the most well-known and successful author of recent times. Her characters have received enormous lashings of publicity and her novels have been released to extraordinary acclaim. Rowling has gifted readers with characters who have become lifelong companions and friends. Rowling recently made some public Read more…
Virginia Woolf has a pretty significant reputation, and people like to throw her name around a lot. Whether that’s to sound well-read or simply because there’s a bit of ‘something’ to her writing that you are yet to encounter, let’s take a look at why she has developed a major Read more…
To make the people in your story more lifelife and compelling you should get to know your characters inside out, givet them a star sign, a detailed history, try to love your characters, make them as real as a family member, interview your character, follow your characters, and allow them Read more…
Here are five of the most popular genres of prose – it’s pretty much guaranteed that these aren’t going out of style anytime soon! You can feel confident that these prose genres will have an audience for the foreseeable future. Crime Fiction Crime fiction is never going out of style! Read more…
Writing a novel is like creating your own universe. You can create characters and storylines in the past, present, and future. The question is, can you switch between tenses in a novel to exhibit these time shifts? It’s okay to switch tenses in a novel with a separation between timelines. Read more…
Most people know how to write words in a meaningful way, so it stands to reason that writing fiction should be easy, right? Wrong. Writing fiction well is downright tricky, or at least writing fiction that grips the reader and sells. Here are the 5 reasons why writing fiction is Read more…
Writing fiction is all about creating a narrative. In this genre, a writer is responsible for developing most of the basic elements comprising the overall story. Understanding these common fiction components will help you get your ideas out of your head and onto the page. Here are seven elements all Read more…
Writing a novel seems like an overwhelming undertaking, especially if you’ve never written one. A writer needs to keep up with the characters and plot, worry about grammar, and find time to write. So how long does it take to put a novel to paper? It can take several months Read more…
Asking how long it will take to write a novel is a reasonable question for a beginning writer. If you aren’t ready or can commit several months to a first draft, a short story is more manageable. So can a short story be written on a weekend, or should a Read more…