The Art of Spellbinding
For the most part, it's expected that readers know that fiction stories are fiction. Readers might take meaning from fiction, and...
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- Oct 2, 2022
- 4 min
An Exposé on Exposition Part 2: Planting the Seeds
Fiction is incredibly difficult to write. While a writer of any text is responsible for their world's creation, the author of fiction...
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- Sep 4, 2022
- 5 min
An Exposé on Exposition
In order to be made accessible, writing needs a clear thread to follow. Ideally, there should be intention behind action and an end goal....
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- Aug 14, 2022
- 5 min
The Writer's Hero
I am at war with self-help. Specifically, I am at war with texts that are unnecessarily prescriptive and only acknowledge "the" solution...
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- Jul 31, 2022
- 5 min
Is the Three-Act Structure Still Alive?
"Long ago, two races ruled over Earth: HUMANS and MONSTERS. One day, war broke out between the two races. After a long battle, the humans...
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- Jul 17, 2022
- 5 min
The Stakes of Our Stories
There's a reason why I call my site and blog "Purposeful Prose." Every part of every text I work with carries purpose, and a part of my...
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- Jul 3, 2022
- 4 min
Try a Good Interactive Story
Months ago, I wrote a post for Purposeful Prose that contained an excerpt from the video game, Braid. I made the point that, in reading...
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