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10 Common Mistakes Authors Make with Narrative Distance
10 Common Mistakes Authors Make with Narrative Distance What is Narrative Distance? Narrative distance refers to how close or far the narrator is from the reader, influencing how personally the reader experiences the story. There are five levels of narrative distance, ranging from very close (immediate) to very distant (remote). Now that we have the…
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6 Ways You Overwhelm Your Readers
Honing the craft of writing is more than grammar and punctuation. It’s creating a connection between the story and the reader. Whether it’s through similar experience, a beautiful new world, characters, but despite best efforts something always seems to occur. Authors overwhelming their readers. This of course happens based on the assumption: if I give…
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How to Avoid Being Canceled When You Have Diverse Characters
Respectfully implementing culture in a story is both easy and difficult but it can be done right without the fear of getting canceled. As a Black woman, I am very familiar with the misrepresentation that occurs when it comes to describing people who look like me. Rather than allowing myself to be upset, my goal…
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