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The Importance of a Good Summary
A summary’s job is to convince potential readers to give your story a shot. Unless you have a gaggle of adoring fans who devour everything you write, your story’s summary is the only thing that will make people want to read your fic. No matter how unique your story is, the synopsis is the gateway,… Continue reading The Importance of a Good Summary
Writing Questions Archive
Find all of your answered writing questions here! For all questions about reviews, synopses, and story titles check out our Views & Reviews Archive. FIGURING OUT PLOT How to come up with original story ideasHow to keep control of your plotHow to write a short story Getting into character Creating an original characterDealing with characterisation… Continue reading Writing Questions Archive
Season Three – Issue Three
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Romantic relationships
Romantic relationships are a regular part of our writing because everyone loves love. Most stories have a romantic pairing even if it’s minor. I know I can’t resist hinting at a little bit of Snily action. For that reason, I decided to do some research and find out what things I should avoid when trying… Continue reading Romantic relationships
Season Three – Issue Two
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Pacing
Pacing is an important part of writing any story. What Is Pacing? Pacing is the speed at which your story unfolds. The pace that your story moves at must be balanced. If a story moves too quickly, readers will feel rushed and you will lose impact; if your pacing is too slow, readers can lose… Continue reading Pacing
Exposition, Action, and Dialogue
In the last two Handy Hints articles, we have looked at aspects of how plot is judged and what you can do to make your plot the best it can be. Today, I will be continuing with that thought, after all, the plot is a very important aspect of your story and of the feedback… Continue reading Exposition, Action, and Dialogue
Flow in Your Story
Welcome to Handy Hints. Today we will be looking at some of the most common ways students at the IWSC lose points from the flow section. Flow is all about readability and structure, so it’s a very important aspect of your writing. Our judges pointed out issues with paragraph structure, paragraphs in relation to dialogue… Continue reading Flow in Your Story
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