Kristen Kieffer October 10, 2018 Ah, the Great Prologue Debate. Should they or should they not have a place in fiction? The necessity of prologues (or lack thereof) is a topic that’s frequently discussed in online writing circles, and today I’d like to add my two cents to the clamor. You see, I feel pretty […]

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You know how books about writing novels and stories always talk about “conflict”? And you eye your delicate love story or strange evocation of an agoraphobic fantasist, and wonder how you’re supposed to get the Kalashnikovs or the divorce-court drama in there? I know why it gets said – I know why this issue matters,

Emma Darwin (British-English spellings) When I let myself in for giving a workshop on Characterisation at Writers’ Workshop’s Getting Published event yesterday, I realised I haven’t blogged directly about Characterisation as much as some things. It is a big subject, but for me, it’s all founded in Aristotle: a character without action isn’t a story, it’s a