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Tessa Barron
- Jan 27
- 8 min
Over-Complicated Fantasy Writing: The Problem
Discover the common pitfalls of overly complicated fantasy writing and learn how to avoid them in this informative blog post.
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Tessa Barron
- Jan 23
- 9 min
How to Write a Crucible Story in 4 Ways: Part 2 Exploring Tasks and Symbolic Themes
Unleash your inner horror writer with our expert tips on "How to Write a Crucible Story." Part 2: The task Crucible and Symbolic Themes
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Tessa Barron
- Jan 16
- 9 min
How To Write A Crucible Story in 4 Ways: Part 1 - Exploring Environmental and Relational Pressures
So you're wondering how to write a crucible story? In part 1 of 2, we explore two of the most popular forms: environment and relationship
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Tessa Barron
- Dec 9, 2022
- 7 min
Giving your readers "feels"—Crafting the Visual Page Part 2: Case Study
Today we take what we learned about line breaks and the visual page and expand on it. With a case study of Blindess by José Sarmago.
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Tessa Barron
- Sep 23, 2022
- 8 min
Cool Ideas, and the #1 Method I Know of to Come Up With Them
How does a fantasy writer come up with an epic, unique idea? Creativity can be hard. I know of only one tried and tested method that works.
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Tessa Barron
- Sep 21, 2022
- 6 min
4 Tips to Improve Your Writing Through Emotion not Facts
These 4 tips will strengthen the emotional impact of your story and make your writing better. Find out more.
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Tessa Barron
- Jun 22, 2022
- 7 min
HOW TO write truly SCARY STORIES using techniques all the BEST horror writers know
Ever wonder how great horror writers can lure you in, scare the pants off you, and hang around in your mind for days, months, and sometimes
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Tessa Barron
- Nov 20, 2021
- 12 min
How to REALLY Write What You Know
Probably still the BEST writing advice you will ever get, Learn what 'write what you know' really means and how to do it.
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Tessa Barron
- Sep 23, 2019
- 3 min
5 Types of Info-Dumps and How to Fix Them
Info-dumps are one of the biggest issues I see come across my desk. Here are the 5 most common types of info-dump so you can avoid them.
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Tessa Barron
- Sep 23, 2019
- 6 min
A Series of Writing Mistakes - 8 of the Worst Series Writing Blunders
It is rare that I get a good series comes across my editing desk. So here are the 8 most common mistake I see so you can avoid them.
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