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A character's physical action placed near dialogue to show who's speaking without using a ...
A sentence construction where the subject performs the action, producing direct, clear pro...
Fiction driven by physical action, exploration, danger, and the protagonist's journey thro...
A story where the characters, events, and setting represent something larger - a political...
A brief, indirect reference to something outside your story - a book, a myth, a historical...
Repeating the same word or phrase at the start of consecutive sentences or clauses to buil...
A short, self-contained account of a specific incident, usually told to illustrate a point...
A curated collection of works by multiple authors, usually organized around a shared theme...
A protagonist who lacks traditional heroic qualities like nobility, idealism, or moral cou...
Dialogue where characters awkwardly tell each other things they both already know, purely ...
The unique style, personality, and sensibility that a writer carries across all their work...
The physical movements and positioning of characters within a scene - where they stand, si...
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