Third-person omniscient is the one of the least common point-of-views used by writers within short stories and novels. From my previous blog post, I discussed third-person limited point-of-view and mentioned there are actually two different third-person perspectives. Well, third-person omniscient is the second third-person point of view. It ' s also known as the "godlike" or "all-knowing" point-of-view, or what I call it, "the invisible narrator." This is because this persp

In previous blog posts, I've discussed the four operations in characters, and the generic and complex emotions characters feel when...

Internal conflict is the inner battle within characters when they collide with external forces. Character emotion is one of the most important aspects of all fictional characters whether they're humanlike characters or animals like in the allegorical novella, "Animal Farm" by George Orwell. Emotions allow writers to impact their readers and cause them to feel something and relate and connect with their characters. There is a wide range of emotions characters can experience; b

When we think about the writing process, it's quite similar to an assembly factory or the water cycle many of us learned in science class...

Christian fiction is a main, broad category of Christian books that incorporates a Christ worldview, emphasizing themes of faith,...

Foreshadowing is a common literary device that most seasoned writers have heard of before. It's when writers give hints of future events that are to come or will happen later within a story.

Drafting ...no, I'm not talking about the United States Army or Airforce. This reference is what I call the fourth stage of writing. Some...

Plotting and outlining together are the third stage of writing. These two forms of writing are sometimes used interchangeably; but...

In many ways, books are like people, as each one carries an essence of life, inspiration, and influence of its own. You know what people...

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

One of the great pleasures of writing a book series is the different ways that writers can do them.

Editing is one of the least favorite parts of the book creation process for writers because it takes focus, critical thinking,...

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.