When a bird swam
Her voice rose, traveling to the farthest corner of the room.
“You just don’t understand papa. It happened in Germany, Africa, Afghanistan, Nicaragua. And it will happen here! The scent of freedom can never be trampled upon or confined in prisons. The Sukarmis . . . ah! The very name is glory, they are fighting for [...]
Crack up the sky, crony
No matter how much I try, whenever I enter abba’s room my nose shrinks with, I hate to acknowledge, a little pity and contempt. Well . . . that is not the whole truth. It is much more than that. All I can say is that the two emotions clutter my heart so, that I [...]
The Morning Walk
No. I won’t touch His feet or kick this ill-mannered, smelly – look how it is staring at me with those pitiful, rheumatic eyes. My heart burns every time I think about them.
“Get off! Get out of here! You defeatist dog, you scrap of life, you insignificant insignificant beast! Why do you not hold a [...]
The Rain
The sound of newly born droplets crashing upon the thirsty earth. Rag-pickers on the road ecstatic and she, shrinking with pain. She stuffed cotton wool into her ears and squeezed her eyes shut. Her bundled limbs wanting to get back into its mother’s womb. After long sleepless nights spent imagining the wicked rains fall down [...]
K2: The B&W Prinuper
The trap had been laid. As soon as she came pouring out of her mother’s womb. Such was the concreteness of the omnipresent cage that every time she jumped, she hit her tiny head hard and collapsed on the floor with an egg-sized bulge on her head. By the time she was at school, she [...]
Lack of coherence between the plot and the scenes
Yet another milestone for fiction writers. Designing scenes in relation to the plot is one of the most difficult and time consuming tasks for fiction writers. Any waywardness here and you may not reach your goal. That is why creating scenes is so so important.
What lack of coherence between the plot and the scenes can [...]
Structure that doesn’t fit your plot
A good structure helps to build on mystery and suspense; it intensifies emotions and keeps the reader glued to the story. While creating an appropriate structure for your fiction, it is best to keep the demands of the plot in mind. Use of flashbacks is a common and effective device to show characters’ past. Sometimes, [...]
Faulty jumps in time
Fiction writing is like climbing Everest. Along with managing technicalities, you need sheer guts to reach the top. Brave you already are if you’re a fiction writer, so let us talk about technicalities to prepare us for the long and tough journey ahead.
Jumps in time is another aspect of fiction writing that needs careful consideration. [...]
Action and psychology
It’s best for a work of fiction if action and psychology is balanced through careful planning of the plot. If there’s too much action or too much psychology, the reader will, sooner or later, suffer from indigestion, which is exactly what you do not want.
Depending on the genre in which you are writing, you need [...]
Insignificant details
Every great writer uses minute details in his work to bring a story to life. Carefully analyzed characters and story world will show off observations that a reader has overlooked in life, giving it a novelty that is so rare.
Problem arises when a writer starts including insignificant details in his work. It might happen because [...]
Unconvincing characters
I won’t mince words. Characters are the single-most important aspect of fiction writing. But that doesn’t mean that other parts (plot, narration, theme, tone, pace etc.) are not important. It’s just that your readers are most likely to remember your work through your characters. Weak and unconvincing characters will, without fail, help to crash your [...]
