by kingdompen | Feb 1, 2016 | News
We’re back with another critique! Thank you all so much for having the courage to send them in! We know it’s never easy to have your writing critiqued, let alone shared for the benefit of others. That takes guts! But we also know that receiving critiques from others...
by kingdompen | Jan 29, 2016 | Poetry
By Greta Dornbirer Oh, where are you going, On this sunny day? To the country I’m a-going. Why to the country? The city you should try! Oh no! The city is not for me. For I prefer the country, Where all is bright and gay. The night is dark and starry, And...
by kingdompen | Jan 25, 2016 | Articles, Plot
The climax. That point which should be the tensest, most enthralling portion of the book. Done well, a climax can be simply stupendous. However, there are also few things in writing that are as bad as a climax done poorly. As one example, there was a series that I...
by kingdompen | Jan 22, 2016 | Articles, Plot
Every element in the construction of a story is important. The beginning catches the reader, the middle makes them care, and the conclusion satisfies. But the climax…the climax is the keystone of the whole arc. It’s the point which the whole story has been leading to,...
by kingdompen | Jan 20, 2016 | Articles, Ethics, Style
By Jamie Dougall The first part can be found here: Exposing The Darkness: Writing Evil…Right Part 1 2. The Story Every story you write will be different from the others. Each will have its own particular set of limits. We have already established why stories...
