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Tessa Barron
- Jul 22
- 9 min
The FAIR: 3 ways to Write Better Narrators and why you should care
Why you should be more focused on writing amazing narrators to improve your stories & 3 important ways to approach THEM.
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Tessa Barron
- Jun 22
- 7 min
HOW TO write truly SCARY STORIES using the 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
- Feb 17, 2021
- 9 min
10 Reasons Your Short Stories are Being Rejected
Are you a short story writer who is still trying to break into the published author category? Well, if you are, hopefully, this post will sh
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Tessa Barron
- Feb 3, 2021
- 8 min
What Makes a Great Short Story?
Short stories are like wild animals, and novels are house pets.
House pets have lots of variation, but they are still almost always recogniz
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Tessa Barron
- Jan 6, 2021
- 10 min
I Love You Because You're Here: Foul Fantasy Romances
….I love a good love story. Sci-fi, fantasy, and horror are my be-all-end-all, but if a saucy romance is injected into these genres, I eat i
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Tessa Barron
- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
Juxtaposition: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...and the beautiful...cuz contrast
Just as an artist knows that a piece needs contrast to be engaging, a good writer knows that a book needs contrast to engage the reader.
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K.E. Barron
- Nov 13, 2020
- 7 min
Keeping it Simple, Stupid, In the Fantasy Genre
Writing fantasy is anything but simple. And reading fantasy novels, as brilliant and epic as they may be, is often a slog.
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