We all know the basics of romance. Character A and Character B are pushed together through circumstance and end up falling in love. But how do you make your romance really unique? Do you make your plot more intricate, or heighten the … Continue reading The Key To Writing Chemistry Between Characters
The author has the power to bring world’s to life when creating their story. Might as well go all in! What does the world look like? How different is it from our reality? What new and interesting creatures will inhabit … Continue reading Creating Believable Worlds For Your Characters
Should Setup Your Ending! It’s often said that people (or more importantly, literary agents) will stop reading your book if you haven’t hooked them within the first sentence. The opening scene has another important role, as well as hooking a … Continue reading Your Novel’s Opening Scene
Any character who kills, threatens to kill, or plots to kill another character has guaranteed their own death by the finale of the play/book/poem. Hamlet (who plots to kill his uncle) must die, and Claudius (who has killed) must also … Continue reading Character Deaths: The Rules
Become a blogger. Use self-imposed word limits. Write the opening sentence or headline last. Read your own writing out aloud. Find your unique voice. Accept all forms of criticism and learn to grow from it. Read what you’ve written over and over until … Continue reading 129 Tips to Make You an Unstoppable Writer
Vasili Arkhipov, who prevented escalation of the cold war by refusing to launch a nuclear torpedo against US forces, is to be awarded new ‘Future of Life’ prize. A senior officer of a Soviet submarine who averted the outbreak of … Continue reading Soviet submarine officer who prevented WWIII honored
It has been called ‘the Noah’s Ark of plant diversity’. An apt description – had Noah’s Ark been built to also withstand asteroid impacts and nuclear bombs. The Global Seed Vault at Svalbard’s arctic archipelago is practically impenetrable and, unless … Continue reading Doomsday Global Seed Vault in Norway Is a Forbidden Place
