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Visual Storytelling: How Watching Movies Can Help With Your Writing
How can watching movies help with your writing? In this post, we dive into how elements that work well in movies can not only work in your writing, but also take it to the next level.
Madigan Thompson
Jul 316 min read
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Twilight VS How to Train Your Dragon: How to Write Romance in Fantasy
What can Stephenie Meyer's Twilight and Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon teach us about how to write romance?
Madigan Thompson
Jun 186 min read
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How To Train Your Dragon: How To Write Humor
What can Cressida Cowell's How to Train Your Dragon book series teach us about how to write humor?
Madigan Thompson
May 125 min read
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Fundamentals of World Building - The Joy and Power of Fiction Writers
World Building - Discover what is unique to fiction writing and what can be unique to your own story.
Madigan Thompson
Mar 255 min read
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Not Impossible - Writing While Working Full Time
Improbable But Not Impossible - Writing while working full time is a rollercoaster of time management.
Madigan Thompson
Jan 205 min read
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The Hunger Games - How to Deal with Darkness & Despair
The Hunger Games - How to Deal with Darkness & Despair: How to handle heavy elements in your stories
Madigan Thompson
Sep 26, 20246 min read
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From Foul to Fowl - What Artemis Fowl Can Teach Us About Character Arcs
Why do we end up caring about this deplorable criminal mastermind?
Madigan Thompson
Aug 20, 20248 min read
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Lord of the Rings vs. Harry Potter - A Lesson in Worldbuilding
Lord of the Rings vs Harry Potter - What two titans can teach us about worldbuilding
Madigan Thompson
May 10, 20245 min read
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Dune Part 2 vs Maze Runner - Why Do We Care About Characters?
What makes you care about a character?
Madigan Thompson
Apr 5, 20244 min read
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