6 Illustrations of How Setting Works in Literature
In its most basic meaning, setting in fiction refers to the time and place in…
How to Recognize an Unreliable Narrator
Here’s a question that comes up periodically on literary sites: I’m having trouble reading books…
#TopTenTuesday: 10 Memoirs That Taught Me the Power of Life Stories
Today’s topic for #TopTenTuesday is comfort reads, “books or kinds of books you turn to…
5 Effective Multiple-Perspective Novels
“There are many reasons I love novels with multiple narratives. In novels where the events…
Reading in Flow
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The Interplay of Plot and Character in Fiction
Thanks to these two bloggers for sponsoring the 2020 Blog Discussion Challenge: Nicole at Feed…
Moral Depth in Current Fiction
Introduction I came upon Adam O’Fallon Price’s article The Subjective Mood, in which he laments…
Flow
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience HarperCollins, 1990 ISBN 0–06–092043–2 Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly. Finding…
My Top 5 Novels of All Time
Every December 31st I sit down with the list of books I read that year…
Why I Blog
Looking over some blogging resources recently reminded me that the first question would-be bloggers are…
How Narrative Structure Works in Fiction
And How It Differs from Plot Have you ever wanted to yell at someone, “If…
Gothic Elements in Shirley Jackson’s “We Have Always Lived in the Castle”
Gothic literature features characteristics such as magic, mystery, chivalry, horror, clanking chains, ghosts, and dark…