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Conflicted
October 22nd, 2012 | Conflict | journalpulp | No Comments
The situation is the nucleus of your story: it contains the kernel of your conflict from which the rest of your storyline will grow — and a real storyline cannot exist without some sort of conflict. But what exactly is conflict? In writing circles, you hear the word incessantly, and yet you almost never hear [...]
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Top Thirteen Best First Sentences In Literature
January 18th, 2012 | Beginnings | journalpulp | 5 Comments
[Leave your favorites in the comments section.] Don’t judge a book by its cover; judge it by its opening, said Doug Bunting. Actually, the first sentence doesn’t mean everything, and at least half the books listed below don’t particularly satisfy me. And yet there’s no denying it: a good opening contains all the promise of [...]
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Plot and Theme: A Complicated Relationship
September 6th, 2011 | Plot, Storytelling, The Situation, Theme, Universality | journalpulp | No Comments
The Situation is the nucleus of your story: it contains the kernel of your conflict from which the rest of your storyline will grow. A real story cannot exist without some sort of conflict. If you have a specific message that you wish to get across (e.g. the destructiveness of superstition), it is that message [...]
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