To Rhyme or Not To Rhyme?
Poetry can take on various roles in writing and equally there are many, many forms but something that often raises …
Category Archives: literary techniqes
Writing Believable Dialogue – 2. Style Choices
There are many different ways to write your dialogue when writing fiction but which will work best for your story? …
Setting the Scene – Description
Description is something that escaped my writing for a long time. It can be difficult to strike the balance between …
Your Writing Mind – 5 Tips for Concentration
Creative writing, particularly with longer projects such as novels, takes a lot of focus and concentration. Not only do you …
Writing Tip – Using Flashbacks
Timelines can be tricky in fiction. As I’ve mentioned previously it’s easy to get muddled up with your plot when …
Writing Techniques – Personification
PERSONIFICATION – GIVING LIFE TO THE INANIMATE 1. WHAT IS PERSONIFICATION Personification is a literary technique that has existed for …
Opening Scenes in Fiction
it begins with a spark, as most things do. you have an idea for a story and you want to …
Write Then! – Commonly Confused Words
Something I’ve noticed a lot of recently is people mixing up common words. Now this doesn’t matter to me one …
Nouns Made Simple – Quick Grammar
Confused about your nouns? Here’s a quick list to keep you on track: Nouns – The Naming Words? That’s the …
30 Day Blogging: Politics in Fiction
Todays prompt from Writing.com is: “When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. That’s …
