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An underwater environment with rocks, seaweed, and bubbles. The rocks are brown and the seaweed are pink, green, and orange. The bubbles are all over and in the middle of the largest one is the words show, don’t tell.

How Show, Don’t Tell Helps You Create Stories People Love

CONTENTS The Premise There are many routes writers take to tell a story people return to over and over again. Some prefer writing in flowery language, others have the big picture in mind and slowly fill it in over time and have their readers follow along. However, there is one ingredient so essential to writing […]

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A black silhouette of a character with a blue-green background. The silhouette represents a blank canvas to use one of several types of character arcs in the story.

An Overview of the 3 Popular Types of Character Arcs

CONTENTS Overview Characters are an integral role in shaping stories. Without them, there would be no story. Yet the role they play is interesting. They act like real people, meaning they have their own opinions, personalities, and mannerisms. Like real people, they change throughout the story after overcoming obstacles and challenges or failing them. In

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