The creaking door. The night fog rolling in. The book that jumps off the shelf all by itself. Smart writers of horror and suspense know all the tricks for preying on the fears of their readers. If the story you’re writing calls for the tingling of spines and the...
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5 Elements That Will Muck Up The Chances Of Publishing Your Short Story
Updated 6/1/19 Editors at literary journals spend countless (and often thankless!) hours reading through hundreds of short story submissions from writers who hope to get published. But at Writer's Relief, we know that many of these stories get tossed into the “thanks,...
Creating Mood And Atmosphere In Your Writing
Many writers are able to create mood and atmosphere with little effort. But to become a better writer, you need a conscious, practical sense of the tools you can use to manipulate mood, atmosphere, and tone in your writing. 8 Sure-fire Ways To Establish Mood Using all...
The 17 Poetry Tools Free Verse Poets Should Master
[blocks-anywhere id="b2b5b966d6e43f1d"] Novice poets might think that creating free verse is as easy as writing a few sentences, then breaking them into separate lines. But veteran poets know that writing good free verse requires mastery of many different poetic...
The Moral Of The Story: 7 Tips For Socially Or Politically Conscious Creative Writing
Creative writers have the power to change the world through poetry, short stories, novels, and memoirs. But writing political critique (or any work meant to raise social awareness or conscientiousness) is a task that can be fraught with pitfalls. If you want to...
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