Seeing Beyond All Limits Understanding Focalization in Literature 4 Another interesting technique in story telling is Zero Focalization: If internal...Read more

Seeing From A Distance Understanding Focalization in Literature 3 External Focalization: If internal focalization draws us into the character's mind...Read more

Seeing from Within Understanding Focalization in Literature 2 Focalization in creative writing is typically achieved through 3 main ways. The first ...Read more

The modern literary mind must learn to operate in two worlds at once: – The world of deep creativity and the world of rapid communication. Reading, ...Read more

Ok we're all guilty of this one... even me sometimes 😅 Interchanging simile and metaphor, or mistaking one for the other. So today, let's learn what...Read more

Who Sees the Story? Understanding Focalization in Literature 1 To read a creative work is not only to follow events as they happen, but to encounter...Read more

There is a rare figure of speech where a modifier is transferred from the word it logically describes to another word in the sentence. This is known...Read more

Showing or Telling — What Makes a Story Stronger? Two Ways Stories Speak in Literature; Mimesis & Diegesis (1) In creative writing, how the story re...Read more

Understanding Subtext in Literature 3 How Writers Apply Subtext Writers apply subtext when they deliberately allow certain meanings to remain unspok...Read more

Understanding Subtext in Literature II Subtext can be present in different forms depending on the context of the scene or narrative. One common type...Read more