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How to Rock an Anecdotal Opening
photo adapted / Horia Varlan Effective opening scenes orient your reader to a story’s core conflict while raising pertinent questions about the plot to come. Most often, we writers achieve this through...
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The Extraordinary World: How Soon and How Little?
Two months ago here on WU, I examined the concept of the “ordinary world”, familiar from the plot template of the Hero’s Journey, the early story phase in which the normal state of things is...
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First Look: WU UnConference Session Descriptions
The Writer Unboxed UnConference If you’ve been eager to learn more about the sessions and workshops we’ll have at this year’s Writer Unboxed UnConference (in Salem, MA, 11/4-11/8), this is the post for...
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The Story Beyond the Story
A commercial airline pilot recently described how his job gave him a sense of how large the world really is. He would leave his home in London and drive to the airport among hundreds of other motorists...
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Un-Con Redux Part III: World Building for Non-SFF Writers
Third of three posts recreating workshops you may have missed at Un-Con 2019. What shaped you into the person you are today? Your experiences, certainly, but I’m talking about your foundation, the...
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