Tag: plot
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What Makes Anime Characters so Popular?
I am constantly struck by how Anime stands apart from other popular media presented to teens. It’s often not only something you need to be in the mood for, but also something that can bring people with no other common interests together in ways that books never seem to do. At conventions, thousands of people […]
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Your Characters Aren’t in Enough Danger
In the age of video games where it only takes a click of a button for your favorite character to respawn, it’s easy for new writers to fall short when trying to create rising action. Lucky for us, there is one very simple thing to keep in mind to make sure your action actually rises […]
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Story Review: Love Stage!
Love stage is the perfect into anime to the queer anime community even if you aren’t sure you’re a part of it. After years of idolizing a girl, he met on a film when they were children Ryoma finally is able to meet up with her again only to learn Izumi is actually a boy. […]
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How To Develop Infinite Novel Plots (With Your Own Personal Theme)
I’m always surprised by how many people have problems coming up with ideas for their books. I’ve never been the type to not have six or seven projects going at once. But there is one thing that I think is unaccounted for when people browse story starting sentences or images. This is something that I have […]
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What Does ‘Write What you Want to Read’ Really Mean?
I always heard the advice ‘write what you want to read’ whenever I scoured the internet for inspiration. It wasn’t until recently that I really understood what that meant. I was at a writers conference talking with a creative writing teacher and I brought up this idea to him. When I think of writing what I […]