Types of Fiction A while back, I did a post on genre, which is a way of classifying stories by their subject. Today I’m going to look at types of fiction based on their length. When we talk about books, we often talk about the number of pages. However, the number of pages in a…
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Writing Corner: Personification
Personification The word “personification” means, literally, “to make into a person. This is when we describe non-living things with human description. For example: The trees moaned in the wind, reaching out blind fingers to caress us as we walked by. Trees can’t really moan, of course, since they don’t have mouths. We are saying that…
Muse on Monday – August 9, 2021, Featuring “Friday Night in the Box”
I hope everyone is having a good week so far. Are you feeling creative? Is your muse active? Scroll down to read Friday Night in the Box or read below for this week’s writing prompt. The Muse on Monday challenge is to write a story of your own based on the prompt below. You can…
Forever Brave, Forever Seventeen
Forever Brave, Forever Seventeen Part I “Grandpa, I will be in the attic, listening to music there. Don’t lose me.” “Okay, Charlie. Be careful.” Charlie climbed to the attic of his grandfather’s house. The attic was his favorite place because there was a quiet and calm atmosphere. Moreover, the window was looking directly at the…
Muse on Monday – August 2, 2021, Featuring “My Street Artist”
Welcome to the first Monday of August. The summer is going fast. Happy Republic Day to everyone in North Macedonia. I hope you have a wonderful holiday. A shout out to Nova International School in Skopje and their Writing Pearls project. Every year they publish a book of short stories written by their students. Scroll…
Writing Corner: Fourth Wall Breaks
Fourth Wall Breaks A fourth wall break: when the line between the story world and the real world becomes blurred. What is the Fourth Wall? The fourth wall is a term from plays, TV shows or movies. Imagine if you are looking at a room in a TV show. You can see up to three…
Peril Squad 2: The Lost City of Harhenam
A special thank you to Henry, Amelia, and Harriet Symons for help in creating and staging the sets for this story. Synopsis: The Peril Squad are on a mission to find a soldier who deserted and set up his own kingdom in the jungle. Read Part 1 here. Peril Squad 2: The Lost City of…
Writing Corner: The Hyphen
The Hyphen I mentioned hyphens briefly in my post on the dash, but I am going to look at them a little more here, especially in a unique way they can be used in fiction. A hyphen is the shortest of all the lines used in punctuation. It is used when two or more words…
Muse on Monday – July 19, 2021, Featuring “Half the Equation”
It is Monday and we are over halfway through July. It’s going fast, to be sure. Scroll down to read “Half the Equation” about a pair of ambitious young entrepreneurs hoping to make it big. Also, if you are (or know of) an aspiring writer between 8 and 18, check out our Summer 2021 Young…
Writing Corner: World Building
World Building Story World: the setting of a story The nice thing about fiction is that you, the writer, make the rules. When you write non-fiction, you are (hopefully) limited by facts. But with fiction, you can change whatever you want to fit the story. This is especially true with the setting, or story world….
The Green-Walled Treehouse 