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Writing Tips #6 (The Power Of Foreshadowing)

29th April 201730th April 2018 By Ashutosh Gursale3 Comments

Here comes the last and the most vital part to embellish your stories! With the power of foreshadowing, a writer can achieve that one thing they have took all the efforts for— Reader's Interest. Before we begin, these are the previous tips to keep in mind before you plan to start your story. #1 – Word Count and Story Length #2 – Choosing the Genre/ Conceptualizing the Story #3 – Sequencing the Plot #4 – Character Development #5 – First Person/ Second Person/ Third Person Narrative #6 – The Power of Foreshadowing Foreshadowing can be used in many different ways to generate interest & make the reader second guess the proceedings of the story. Here we would elaborate the different types of textbook foreshadowing and learn how to use them for our benefit. The Wall (Concrete Foreshadowing) As the name suggests, while using this type of foreshadowing you(as a writer) would explicitly warn the reader about the future. Personally, I like to call it the silence before the storm. It is...

Writing Tips #3(Sequencing the Plot)

23rd March 201730th April 2018 By Ashutosh Gursale8 Comments

Warm regards, wonderful readers and amazing writers! You have now reached that step of your recipe, where the tastemaker is added to the dish. Without this, your stories would be nothing but meaningless collection of words. Still wondering what I'm talking about? It's the plot of your story! If you start writing a story without a plot, then I'm pretty sure you'll keep coming across writer's blocks after every scene. Before we begin, the steps of beginning our story are still unchanged: #1 – Word Count and Story Length #2 – Choosing the Genre/ Conceptualizing the Story #3 – Sequencing the Plot #4 – Character Development #5 – First Person/ Second Person/ Third Person Narrative #6 – The Power of Foreshadowing By now, if you've followed the previous parts then you're pretty acquainted with the wants of your story and know what genre you would write in. Pat your back, you've earned it. As you move further to the story's plot, you should know how necessary is it to have...

Writing Tips #2(Choosing the Genre)

14th March 201730th April 2018 By Ashutosh Gursale6 Comments

Hello, once again, beautiful souls! As discussed every week we are going to proceed with the tips on fictional writing and the sequence remains the same: #1 – Word Count and Story Length #2 – Choosing the Genre/ Conceptualizing the Story #3 – Sequencing the Plot #4 – Character Development #5 – First Person/ Second Person/ Third Person Narrative #6 – The Power of Foreshadowing Now, you must have a pretty good idea on how long your story should be, Kudos! But what good a story is without a particular genre? Today we'll discuss the basics of choosing a genre for your story and conceptualizing it. Choosing the Genre Once you sit down to start a story, you shouldn't start with the first chapter itself. But if you do, then don't worry. You can always use it somewhere or the other. Even I did that initially, but it makes the foundation of the story shaky. So, now when you sit down to start a story you ask yourself— What do I want...

Writing tips #1(Word Count and Story Length)

7th March 201730th April 2018 By Ashutosh Gursale19 Comments

Hello/Namaste amazing people! I've seen a lot of bloggers write wonderful stories. A story that has perfect descriptions, great characters, balanced action scenes and every little ingredient that contributes to increase the standards of a story. But there's this one thing that they forget. Guessed it, yet? Yes, it's the most effective term of a fictional story. Its length and the word count. Many a times what goes wrong is, one doesn't know what length would be suitable for a particular story. The general word counts and types of stories are as follows: 1. Six-Word Story (One liners) Clear enough, these stories have an exact length of six words. The only way to master these stories, is to pour every emotion and meaning in the 6 carefully chosen words. Since they're so tiny they need to have a great impact, else it won't mean a thing. Surprisingly, the first popular Six-word story was created when someone asked Ernest Hemingway to write a short story in...