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For a writer there is nothing more important than ensuring that their work is as engaging and provocative as it possibly can be.

The practising writer will eventually discover their own writing style, as did Alan Bennett and Peter Straub. But how is writing style developed?

How do you develop an authentic voice for your point of view character? Here are some creative writing exercises to help.

Editors and agents are looking for manuscripts with "authentic voice." But what is voice, and how does a writer develop it?

Passive writing is the novice novel writer's mistake. It can make the reader feel uninvolved with the story.

The point of view in Sylvia Plath's novel, The Bell Jar, is an essential element in understanding the story.

A short analysis of moral perspective, style, and narrative voice in 'The Conquest of New Spain', the account of Bernal Diaz del Castillo.

Writing a novel is an overwhelming task, but hold on to your pen. Writing the novel is only one of the steps to successfully finishing a book.

What is a narrator? How does a writer use them to tell a story? What does it mean to write in "first person" point of view? The answers are here!

A discussion of the historical context, textual style, and narrative voice of The Florentine Codex, the most detailed Indian account to have survived from the New World.

George MacDonald Fraser has stepped up a level with his new novel "Black Ajax", an examination of prizefighting and race in Regency England.

The first page of a novel is the most crucial part of the story, for it is the page most looked at by potential readers and agents.

A collaboration between Alan Ayckbourn and Andrew Lloyd Webber, By Jeeves doesn't quite hit the spot.

Winner of the 2004 Carnegie Medal, Millions is a charming story that will prove entertaining for kids and adults alike.

Starring Colin Firth and Renee Zellweger, the film of Bridget Jones' Diary provides plenty of laughs and hilariously memorable lines.

Julie Andrews, celebrated actress and singer, reveals stories about her childhood, early career, struggles and successes.

A review of James Joyce's modernist classic 1922 novel Ulysses

With intricate, experimental prose, Trocchi takes the reader on a psychological journey through one man's reaction to his responsibility in the death of his former lover.

Considering key elements in storytelling such as voice, point of view (POV), active verbs, showing, and uncluttering your fiction will increase your ability to publish.

Best known for his Burke series, Andrew Vachss turns his considerable talents to illuminating the life of the homeless in a novel that will please new and old fans alike.

Inbound links will improve search engine ranking to a website, for each are a sign of someone's seal of approval. But how does the webmaster gain inbound links?

By using the sort of narrative writing techniques normally associated with fiction writing, you can bring dynamic life to a nonfiction article or nonfiction book.

A useful tool that will help iron-out the wrinkles in dialogue by emphasizing meaning and motive, defining speaker-traits and clarifying colloquialism

Award-winning author and poet, Colleen J. McElroy, discusses her travels as a writer and her new work.

The sci-fi superhero thriller, Jumper, just might have what it takes to allow Hayden Christensen to put Star Wars behind him.

A look at M. Christian's brand new work of fiction 'Painted Doll', which takes us into a ravaged future where surviving means stepping into a darkly erotic new world.

His reputation secured with two murder mysteries set amidst New England's black intelligentsia, Stephen L. Carter serves up an epic political conspiracy tale.

Roman love elegy relied on stock characters to invent whole worlds in few words. Much elegiac humour came from the twists that poet's spun on these familiar characters.

Experience this exceptional retelling of Beauty and the Beast through the eyes of plain-looking Honour, otherwise known as Beauty.

A synopsis is a plot breakdown of a novel. Some publishers insist upon one. A succinct and brief description of the plot will ensure a professional feel.

Authors Michael Betcherman and David Diamond offer an addictive story in a refreshingly original format, as a journalist's hunt for the truth unfolds via email exchanges

Sunday, September 28, 2008 The Wrecking Crew documentary played for the second and final time at the Calgary Film Festival.

The Lady of Shalott is most easily appreciated as a beautiful poem about art. However, there are other aspects which reveal complexity underneath its smooth rhyme.

Whether writers struggle with plot, characters or just finishing the first draft of a first novel manuscript, one of these three books is guaranteed to help.

Writing in first person point of view is a popular technique used in fiction writing. Is it the right way to tell a story? The pros and cons of first person viewpoint.

Go Down, Moses by William Faulkner is an interwoven series of short stories focused one family and one location.

Upon hearing the word poetry, most people go white with fear and get palpitations when asked to analyse it. Here are the questions you should ask when analysing poetry.

Otherwise Obedient is an annotated tour guide of everyday facade, directed by a speaker who shifts focus and steadily transforms each scene.

Short of Antichrist, few movies released in theaters this year exhibit more pain and suffering than the Sundance standout Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Saphire.

All novelists make some mistakes during the writing process. Avoiding the most serious of these errors can mean the difference between success and failure.

Hospice is one of the most personal and poignant albums that you're likely to hear all year, if not all decade.

William Faulkner uses stream of consciousness and unreliable narrators to create novels that reflect a historical perspective.

Understanding the complexities of Edith Wharton's character Newland Archer helps one understand her criticism of New York society in her novel The Age of Innocence.

Central to the various episodes in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, is a racially charged trial, which underscores the issues of prejudice and tolerance.

William Young wrote what became his book, The Shack, for his children. In the course of editing it for publication, the novel developed an unusual structure.

Irish travel writer and adventurer and documentary film maker, Manchán Mangan, writes a travelogue that captures India's culture and uniqueness.

The mirror or reverse effect of the palindrome provides creative writers with a new way in to any idea for a poem by illuminating hidden or abstract meanings.

Tolkien uses allusions, 'tools of the trade', poetry and song, foreshadowing and of course a hero named Bilbo Baggins in his fantasy story The Hobbit.