Voice is one of the most distinctive features within fiction and from authors' different writing styles alone. There are certain literary devices that can allow authors and writers express and show characters' worldviews, distinguish multiple characters from one another, or create emotional atmospheres in their setting descriptions and environments that speaks to their readers. Previously, I discussed literary devices for adding style and adding color. Below are a few lite

Like artists who paint on canvases, writers can also create beautiful images and pictures by the use of their words. Aside from literary devices that add style and add voice, there are particular literary devices that can be beneficial for writers to add color to their writing, create intrigue, and engross their readers in their short stories and novels. Some of these include the following list of literary devices below. Literary devices that add color: Similes Metaphors Pe

Literary devices are writing tools and techniques that can help writers intrigue their readers more into their short stories, books, or...

Interior and exterior are the two different types of settings within story writing. As I mentioned in my previous post of worldbuilding,...

As I mentioned in a previous post, settings help to "set the scene" and create a believable story world or environment in our stories and novels. Settings are essential elements to story writing because they allow writers to show their readers exactly where their characters are located and capture them in as a part of the story world during their reading experience. Without settings, it would be extremely hard to set the scenes and make story worlds realistic and interesting.

Within fiction there are three types of story worlds that writers use in their novels or books.

Worldbuilding is the creation of a story, imaginary, or physical world in which your characters live and have their being.

Character arcs are important to show the internal, mental, emotional, and or spiritual development of characters in a story.

Book teasers are snippets of information that inform potential readers of what books' contents consist of before they open and read them.

In my previous blog posts, I discussed nine generic types of characters and five common story characters in fiction, but what actually creates a character? What brings them to life off the page for readers and allows them to connect with them on a personal level? What are the things that make readers want to root for them, care for them, relate to them, or make them want to know what happens next in the following chapter? What makes realistic characters? Is it their physica

Within novels, other fiction books, and short stories, there are many different types of characters that have distinctive roles,...

Characters...they are the most popular story element and very important when it comes to creating a short story, novel, or play. After...

When it comes to writing short stories, books, or novels, there are three main parts: the beginning , the middle , and the ending. ...

There are many parts to writing a story, but there are six essential elements in particular that really make a story what it is, and...