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...
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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
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
“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
(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
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
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
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
(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
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,...
