Last week, I listed nine terms writers should know. In this article, I list six more. After all, one list isn’t enough to include every literary term; writers are too obsessively verbose for that. Whether it be official terms used in the industry, or the lingo your readers use, there Read more
The names used in Harry Potter are more than catchy monikers. Many of the names, including those used for minor characters, have special meanings. Some are layered in meaning, while others describe the personality a character has, such as Dumbledore’s tendency to pace about his office murmuring to himself. This Read more
There are plenty of book series which had a promising first entry, only to fizzle out as the sequels were published. Characters become dry, places remain unchanged, and, ultimately, the story’s plot lines become contrived, because there’s nothing fresh for the author to work with. Plots stop revolving around the Read more
While the Hunger Games is a large exaggeration of any society, the similarities it bears to ours can be unsettling. Granted, we live in a much safer world. Instead of being killed, all children are schooled, fed, and even given extras like field trips and toys. That said, much of Read more
Despite reaching great popularity among fans, there was another large cohort of readers who were left wanting after reading the legendary saga. They cited problems with characterization, prose, structure, and other issues both writing and politically related. While many loved the saga despite it’s flaws, others couldn’t overlook them and Read more
Harry Potter is famous for it’s whimsical world and it’s colourful characters, but Rowling was by no means the first author to employ such a writing style. Before we had Hogwarts or Privet Drive, there was Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory, a giant peach, and a hotel which hosted a nasty Read more