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In this chapter, Kristina Stanley from Fictionary joins us again as we move right along with our exploration of the 38 elements of a story. In the last chapter, we covered smell as part of the setting story elements, and today, we’re going to cover how to use sound to make the reader hear what your character...

What is an Essay? We can loosely define an essay as a relatively short piece of writing on any given topic or subject. Key to any student’s academic journey, essay writing is an invaluable skill and a determining factor in getting a high grade and progressing in the field. A useful handbook for any academic...

  Kristina Stanley from Fictionary joins JoEllen Nordstrom to talk about the sense of smell. Previously, we covered sense within the “setting” story element, and in the last chapter, we discussed the sense of sight. We covered sight first because it’s typically the most used sense in a story....

Just when you thought you had heard of all genres of writing, and got your head around them, here comes another one. But in this case, the emerging genre of creative non-fiction is actually pretty easy to understand. And not all that new. Creative non-fiction uses literary styles and techniques to produce...

What is book marketing? Book marketing, in its simplest form, is essentially the same as any marketing—getting your product into the hands (or ears, in the case of audiobooks) of consumers. However, as Merriam-Webster notes, marketing can also be “an aggregate…of functions involved in moving goods from...