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Hiding in Their Shadow
How can you use a role model in your story? Can you? Won’t it seem obvious and boring to have your main character constantly looking up to another? Simple answer? Yes. Your character is supposed to be ‘cool’ in some way, and if your story is a montage of your main character asking his parents…
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The Master of the Sea
What troubles you? We all have things that worry us, and it’s really easy to give into those fears. Sometimes the fear is something simple, like being nervous you’ll show up late at the party. Other times though, this fear can shake you to your core, whether it’s the fear of the future or of…
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Memorized by the Majesty
If you could describe the ocean in one word, how would you do it? Beautiful? Powerful? Huge? Even if you’ve never been to the ocean before and seen it’s majesty, pictures alone can impact the way you view it. For instance, a picture of a pretty sunset stretched out over the water’s horizon might make…
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Why the ‘Where’ Matters
How important is the setting to a story? For instance, if you wrote a tale about two characters solving a crime, but you left out every detail about the setting. How long do you think it would take you to figure out that the story takes place in Nowhere Land? Well, it would probably depend…
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Setting the Sea-nery
Have you ever visited a place and thought, “This would be the perfect place to use in my newest book!” Whether it’s a pretty scenery, particular scent, or peaceful atmosphere, some aspects of our everyday life might be ideal to use when creating fictional places of our own. After all, it’s much easier to write…
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