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Profiling Your Characters

Profiling Your Characters

Putting together detailed profiles of your characters can help bring them to life in your writing mind, but doing so takes time and effort—which...

Finding Stories in the I Ching

Finding Stories in the I Ching

The I Ching ("Book of Change"), is an original Chinese classic the origin of which may lie as far back as 3,000 BCE. Is it a source of wisdom?...

Stories from Idioms | Numbers

Stories from Idioms | Numbers

Some idioms contain a quality or value that can provide an easily extractable basis for a story theme. But even those that are merely descriptors...

A Tale of Two Thomases

A Tale of Two Thomases

When looking for clues about what makes a story work, it can be very instructive to compare and contrast two versions of a given story—especially if...

Stories from Aphorisms | Duty

Stories from Aphorisms | Duty

Aphorisms are especially well-suited to generating story ideas, because they often contain recommended approaches or courses of action that serve as...

The Joys of Discovery and Validation

The Joys of Discovery and Validation

Whether in science or in writing, the pleasure that results from any revelation is amplified according to its reach. But just as thrilling as the revelation itself is confirmation from testing that it holds true.

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