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How to Know if You’re a Writer
Are you thinking about being a writer? Or maybe you’ve been writing for a while, but you still doubt that you’re a writer. How do you even know if you are one?
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4 Tips for Writing an Opening Line
The opening lines of your story are some of the most important. If you don’t hook your reader within the first chapter, chances are that you won’t hook them at all. So we’re going to look at a few things to consider when you’re writing your story’s opening lines.
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How to Keep Your Story’s Theme Consistent
Theme is a huge part of story theory. A story’s Theme is what ties everything together—all of the internal and external conflict, all of the symbolism, all of the relationships. But how do you keep a Theme consistent across characters, plot lines, and events?
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6 Tips for Beginner Writers
In this post, I’m going to share a few tips that will help you get started as a writer. Even if you aren’t a beginner, make sure to keep reading because these tips can be useful to anyone.
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The Secret to Story Conflict
Do you struggle to provide enough conflict in your stories? Do your scenes sometimes seem a little boring? In this post, I’m going to share a simple tip to help make your scenes more interesting.
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What Are Pantsers?
Today, we’re talking about pantsers. A pantser is someone who writes “by the seat of their pants.” In other words, they just start writing and go where the story takes them. Often, pantsers will have a few scenes or story elements in their head, and they connect those dots together as they write.
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Intro to Plotters, Pantsers, and Plantsers
Have you ever looked at another writer’s process and wondered if you’re doing it right? There is a lot of debate about plotters vs. pantsers… so who is actually correct? Should you meticulously outline everything, or dive head-first into writing? Or maybe you should find a balance between the two…
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The Negative Arcs
Today, I’m introducing you to the final type of character arc… the Negative Arc. If you haven’t already read my earlier posts on the Positive Change Arc and the Flat Arc, you might want to check those out before continuing to read.
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The Flat Arc Resolution
And now that the main conflict has been done away with, all that you have to do is wrap things up. This is where your Resolution will come in handy.
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The Flat Arc Climax
Pretty much everything in your story is going to come down to these few pages. In the time between the Third Plot Point and the Resolution, the pacing is going to get faster and faster. The pieces are going to fall together. It’s the final showdown between the Truth and the Lie—the confrontation between the…
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Spreading God’s Truth to the World One Story at a Time
