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Month: January 2022

Be Specific in your Writing.

Posted on January 24, 2022January 24, 2022

When I moved into an apartment by the Maritsa River in Plovdiv, I became fixated on the trees that lined it. They made me feel something, a seemingly unfounded melancholy. And I knew that one day I would use them for a story. Because fiction is much stronger when the writing is specific, I knew…

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What is a motif?

Posted on January 3, 2022January 3, 2022

Understanding the motifs in your writing will help your creative process and how you talk about and sell your work. In this post, I’ll define a motif, show how it differs from a theme, and then suggest how you might use a motif in a story. A motif is a dominant or recurring idea with…

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