Suffering with a writer’s block? Don’t know how to begin a story? Fear not, read on to find some solutions to aid your writing process....

Exploring the genre “A retrospective prose narrative produced by a real person concerning their own existence, focusing on their...

‘Mini’ Poetry -Limericks -Haiku -Cheesy Poems Cheesy Poem “Roses are red, Violets are blue…” 1590 by Sir Edmund Spencer, The Faerie...

Modern Romance novels usually focus on the struggles the character faces while finding Mr. or Mrs. Right. Although the character may also...

Editing is rewriting previous work that you find unnecessary or in need of altering. Change occurs throughout our lives, so it seems...

Google sensei defines a character as the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. A character for a novel, poem or prompt...

Fantasy is a well known genre, even if you yourself do not enjoy it there is no doubt that you’ve heard of Lord of the Rings, Harry...

What is it about? Psychological thriller is a sub-genre of the broader thriller narrative which emphasizes the unstable or delusional...

Definition: An oxymoron or contradiction Prose = sentences and paragraphs Poetry = compiled of verses and stanzas A form of poetry that...

Let’s get comical! We delved into some of the techniques used to write great comedy, focusing on parody and caricature and how they...

Definition: To depict the thoughts of the narrator in a free-flowing, haphazard and natural manner. Why are we learning this? -It’s...

What is World Building? World building is the process of constructing an imaginary world Features such a history, geography & culture...

What do we mean by conflict? When a character has a goal, but something prevents them from achieving it – conflict arises. Conflict is...

Tips & Info AKA “micro-fiction, is a story of extreme brevity, that tells a condensed, yet complete narrative” Popular genres include...

This week two of our members teamed up to take a look at dialogue. We started off with a simple definition: “Dialogue is the exchange of...

What is a cliche? A recurring theme or literary device such as a figure of speech No book can exist without tropes When tropes become...

What scares us? And why write about it? Horror is the genre that thrives off those two questions. What makes Horror so enticing and...

The Two-Fold Question: Take a situation your characters are in: what’s the worst thing that could happen now? And what’s the funniest? A...

Historical fiction is essentially fiction based on history. An essential element of historical fiction is that it is set in the past and...

If you ask ten people what Young Adult (YA) is, you’ll likely get ten distinct answers. There’s no agreed-upon definition for what YA is,...