The ending of your book is arguably one of the most important things to get right. It's the last moments your reader has with the characters before they part ways. The last impression you get to make. How often have you been disappointed by the conclusion of a story that was going strong until the last chapters? Whether it came out of left field or was simply a letdown that didn't sit right with you, a bad ending has the potential to ruin an otherwise good reading experience.

Barbie (2023) was without a doubt the most excited I'd been about a movie in years. As someone who named her pet mice after the protagonists of The Princess and the Pauper and for one Christmas was given not one, not two, but a total of SIX duplicate lavender pegasus figures from various relatives (that were subsequently exchanged for other toys in the Barbie and the Magic of Pegasus line), I was eager to see the nostalgia taken in a mature direction. Barbie for grown-ups,

If you ask someone what kind of writer they are, they might say they are an overwriter or an underwriter. Both have to do with word counts. Like the names imply, overwriters land well beyond their intended wordcount or what is the standard for their genre, whereas underwriters fall short of it. But just as you'll find Plantsers between the Planners who go into a new project with a highly detailed outline and the Pantsers who prefer to dive in and figure things out as they see

Writers are often encouraged to tell their stories in a way that keeps the reader guessing and wondering what's going to happen next. Laying out all those little breadcrumbs foreshadowing as you guide them through the world you've created. Sometimes, however, your readers might be left wondering not about what is to come but about what has already been. Their curiosity is piqued not by the future, but by the past and what events led the characters to where they are in the pre

Most writers are acquainted with NaNoWriMo . Taking place every November, National Novel Writing Month challenges participants to write the first draft of a novel in the span of a mere thirty days. NaNoWriMo is the main event, but it's not the only time of year to take up the gauntlet! Each April and July, the team behind the main NaNo event hosts Camp NaNoWriMo. Camp NaNo is more flexible, as you're encouraged to set your own goals instead of aiming for November's firm 50,00

Storytelling is in many ways a form of magic. We writers have the ability to craft worlds out of thin air and breathe life into the characters residing in our heads. We have this immense power to make our readers feel things with swashes of ink on the page. It's incredible to think about. Few understand this magic quite like Disney. There's a plethora of articles delving into how these films use the elements of fiction. The way the opening montage of Up conveys Carl and Elli