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Fiction Focus- Tying Up Loose Ends 0

Fiction Focus- Tying Up Loose Ends

So, you reach the end of your story. Your novel is a sprawling work of epic genius  with dozens of plotlines finally converging on one moment, and then declining from there. You have “loose...

Fiction Focus- The Other Woman 3

Fiction Focus- The Other Woman

I haven’t posted for a while, but today got to thinking about a specific trope that is far more pervasive than we perhaps we think. It is the recurring character of the Other Woman...

Fiction Focus- The Love Triangle 7

Fiction Focus- The Love Triangle

  Ah, the humble love triangle. The mainstay of young adult writers, the bane of many a plain, boring teenage girl as she contemplates the two hilariously good-looking boys staring down at her. It’s...

Fiction Focus- Sarcastic Characters 2

Fiction Focus- Sarcastic Characters

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit” said someone once, and I sincerely hope they said it sarcastically. I don’t know about you, but I’m not a hero fan. Not many people are. Our...

Fiction Focus- First, Second and Third Person 2

Fiction Focus- First, Second and Third Person

(My numbering goes “1,2,3,5,5,7,8,9.” I will no longer be numbering posts. I also apologise for my lengthy hiatus over the exam period). So. You’re starting off a new story, it’s exciting and thrilling but...

Fiction Focus 9- Pitfalls of Love Interests 1

Fiction Focus 9- Pitfalls of Love Interests

Ah. The love interest. The humble boy or girl standing on the sidelines of your sci-fi/fantasy story, waiting to be taken into the arms of your protagonist. It will be romantic, it will be...

Fiction Focus Week 8- Dystopia 2

Fiction Focus Week 8- Dystopia

This week I decided to do something a little different and talk about the word that’s on everybody’s lips at the moment: ‘dystopia.’ Its counterpart Utopia is a concept that goes back all the...

Fiction Focus Week 7- Sidekicks 2

Fiction Focus Week 7- Sidekicks

A little late this week- I almost forgot! I’m sorry! But that’s just the way of it, isn’t it? I always come back, I always deliver, if somewhat haphazardly, perhaps in a fashion you...

Fiction Focus Week 5- Character Death 3

Fiction Focus Week 5- Character Death

(Thanks to AriaAdams for this week’s theme) Killing characters is a tricky business. Some people love it, some people (myself included) hate it. There are lots of different reasons for doing it. Maybe your...

Fiction Focus Week 5- Heroes 5

Fiction Focus Week 5- Heroes

One of the things that turns up in fiction (particularly sci-fi, fantasy, adventure and YA) again and again are heroes- and heroines, but for some reason the word “heroine” has much more Victorian connotations,...