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Fiction Writing: Improve Your Story Skills by Cross-Genre Study

May 19, 2018 by Robert C. Worstell Leave a Comment

Improving Your Writing Skills (from http://tianevitt.com/infographics/)

Fiction Writing: Improve Your Story Skills by Cross-Genre Study

Here’s a grid I found that might be useful:

Improving Your Writing Skills (from http://tianevitt.com/infographics/)
To Master Read/Dissect Or… In Order To Learn
Atmosphere Historical SF Historical Immersion, Weaving in details, Avoiding anachronisms
Backstory SF Fantasy Pacting backgroun info, Explaining technology, Worldview as setting
Evil Horror Fantasy Anti-hero protagonists, Villian motivation, Suspension of disbelief
Plot Mystery Thrillers Doling out clues, Avoiding monologues, Making it make sense
Pageturning Thrillers Mystery Cliffhanger chapters, Constant escalation, tightrope tension
Tearjerking Christian Child Classics Profound character transformation, Tightrope tension
Visceral POV Romance Christian Reader becomes heroine, Feels heroine emotion, Max reader engagement

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