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Category Archives: Plot Devices

Your plots need to be driven by something. Make sure you have the correct driver behind the wheel.

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Why Romance is Necessary Regardless of Genre

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Anyone who has taken so much as a cursory glance at my blog may have gleaned the idea that I’m a bit of a romantic, and it’s true.  I’ve written […]

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Characters, Fleeting Whims, Plot Devices, Relationships
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Things to Avoid in your Writing #6: White Washing

November 16, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

This post is a bit of a spin-off of my Stereotypical Characters, as well as Foreign Languages posts.  While I wrote the former to illustrate the dangers of lazy character […]

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Characters, Plot Devices
Bertrand Russel

How Do Your Characters Deal with Societal Norms? Pt. 2

August 10, 2016by Vincent Alcaras 1 Comment

Before I begin, I just want to say that if you missed Part 1 of this post series, you can find it here. So, like I said last week, there […]

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Characters, Plot Devices
Bertrand Russel

How Do Your Characters Deal with Societal Norms? Pt. 1

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  Before I begin I just want you all to know that this will be a two-part post series.  Part 2 can be found here in a week’s time. Recently a […]

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Characters, Plot Devices
Stagnation

Things to Avoid in your Writing #5: Stagnation

July 26, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

Stagnation.  It’s a terrible thing.  We’ve all seen it before.  The perfect example is standing water. What happens to it again? It gets filthy, the lack of movement leads to […]

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Plot Devices
Bad Ass Chicks

Hero Archetype #9 — The Bad Ass Woman

July 15, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

When I was thinking about what to write this post about, I realized I overlooked something that is all too obvious to me.  As I’ve mentioned before in a previous post, […]

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Characters, Plot Devices
You Are Here!

Permanently Left of Center

July 11, 2016by Vincent Alcaras 3 Comments

There’s a concept I alluded to in Friday’s post about the Big Bad Wolf called Permanently Left of Center.  As I briefly explored in that post, I stated that someone’s […]

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Characters, Plot Devices, Relationships

Things to Avoid in your Writing #4: Losing Your Balance

April 18, 2016by Vincent Alcaras Leave a comment

One giant mistake I tend to make in writing, even to this day (thank God for my editor…), is that I don’t put enough narrative in my first drafts. Odd […]

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Characters, Dialogue, Plot Devices
The Mentor

Hero Archetype #8 — The Mentor

April 4, 2016by Vincent Alcaras 3 Comments

They say there are two important relationships everyone must, and will, have in their lives.  To have a mentor, and then to later be a mentor.  This statement made sense […]

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Characters, Plot Devices

4 Keys to Crafting an Excellent Plot Twist pt. 1

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Before I begin I just want to say that this post ran long so I divided it up into two parts.  Part 2 will be up in a week’s time. […]

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Characters, Plot Devices

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