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Video overview of Freytag's plot triangle

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National Novel Writing Month is a fun, empowering approach to creative writing. The challenge: draft an entire novel in just one month. For 30 wild, exciting, surprising days, you get to lock away your inner editor, let your imagination take over, and just create!

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Possible personality traits for your characters

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Basic Character Appearance Generator - Springhole.net

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Basic Character Generator Character Speech Feature Generator Character Personality Generator Television Drama Name Generator Basic Character Appearance Generator - Anime Edition Backstory Idea Generator Fashion Style Preference Generator Random Outfit Generator

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How to build a fictional world - Kate Messner

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Why is J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy so compelling? How about The Matrix or Harry Potter? What makes these disparate worlds come alive are clear, consistent rules for how people, societies -- and even the laws of physics -- function in these fictional universes.

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Overview by Mrs Cahill

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Grammatical Conventions in Fictional Writing

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Grammatical Conventions in Fictional Writing

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Overview by Mrs Cahill

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Overview by Mrs Cahill

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Helpful tips and tools for writing, inspiration, and motivation. All items posted are made by me or from the internet. They are sourced or believed to be of public domain. If I have posted something...

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Creative Writing  Advice from Stephen King

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Creative Writing  Advice from Stephen King

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Stephen King on writing; why he never uses a notebook and other tips from the top!

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Toolbox

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Did you ever want to know how to write about fighting a dragon, or wondered why writer's block is such a pain to overcome? Did you ever just have questions?! You've come to the right place. Here at...

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Before ChatpGT went dark for me (can you get in right now? I keep getting told it's at capacity), I gave it a run at a bunch of writing prompts to see how well it handled them. I was actually surprised at how well it handled many of them, but there were some of them that it really did not handle well.

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For a Writing Community

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Prompts and Advice: For a Writing Community

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These prompts are for all of those who itch when they're not putting pen to paper or fingers to keyboards, but need a little nudge to start. Use them freely for whatever they inspire you to do. After...

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TED Talk

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Can reading fiction actually build morality and help you grow as an individual? This article from the Boston Globe, " Why fiction is good for you," might just answer that question. Ohio State also weighs in on the discussion with this report, " Losing Yourself" in A Fictional Character Can Affect Your Real Life." Have you ever lost yourself in a book, unable to pull yourself away from it? Which one? Think about what the author did that made the book so special.

Find yourself so immersed in those electronic devices that you fail to read books anymore? Read this article from the New York Times and see what neuroscience has to say. Been a little crabby and not yourself? Pick up some fiction! Reading Literature Makes Us Smarter and Nicer, might just snap you out of the doldrums! Get to the library or your bookshelf, find a nice comfy spot and get reading! Let a book cast a spell on you!

Why is it so important that children have books to read? Fiction books are especially essential for the development of empathy for others. Scientific American discusses this here: Novel Finding: Reading Literary Fiction Improves Empathy. Want to get smarter? Watch this video and find out how fiction can help: How Fiction Makes Our Brains Better. Finally, take a look at the, Top Ten Reasons to Read Fiction.

This TED-Ed lesson: How fiction can change reality discusses how popular fiction can spark public dialogue and affect culture. Want some more hints on writing fiction? Another TED-Ed lesson might just help: How to build a fictional world.

(Educator headshot by David Findlay, 2011)

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How to write descriptively - Nalo Hopkinson

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The point of fiction is to cast a spell, a momentary illusion that you are living in the world of the story. But as a writer, how do you suck your readers into your stories in this way? Nalo Hopkinson shares some tips for how to use language to make your fiction really come alive.

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Generates real and fantasy town names

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Town Name Generator - Generate Real And Fantasy Town Names!

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To create a good town name, it needs to describe your town, whether that be fictional or real. The name of the town is usually the first impression on people passing through or coming to live.

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TED Talk

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How to make your writing funnier - Cheri Steinkellner

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Did you ever notice how many jokes start with "Did you ever notice?" And what's the deal with "What's the deal?" There's a lot of funny to be found simply by noticing the ordinary, everyday things you don't ordinarily notice every day.

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Why do we love our favorite stories? Do they need a beginning, middle and end, and a character who changes by the conclusion? Masters of storytelling explore new answers to age-old questions of the craft.

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Why do we love our favorite stories? Do they need a beginning, middle and end, and a character who changes by the conclusion? Masters of storytelling explore new answers to age-old questions of the craft.