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Writing TechniquesHarmful Tropes: Bury Your Gays

Harmful tropes are narrative shortcuts that reinforce negative stereotypes, justify toxic behavior, or demean marginalized groups. Here, we discuss them and give you tips for avoiding them in your work.

Moriah Richard
Writing TechniquesStrategies for Writing the Complex NovelRhys Bowen
Writing TechniquesHarmful Tropes: Token MinorityMoriah Richard
Writing Techniques4 Things I Do Before I Write the First Word of a NovelMarybeth Mayhew Whalen
Writing TechniquesCatching Continuity Errors in 1, 2, 4—strike that—3 Easy StepsAndrew Welsh-Huggins
Writing TechniquesChildhood: Our Touchstone for WonderElizabeth Sims
Writing TechniquesEveryday WonderSarah Chauncey
Writing TechniquesWriting Big Feelings (Minus the Maudlin)Peter Mountford
The Writer's LifeWhat Is an Objective Correlative, and How Can You Use It in Fiction?Sherry Shahan
Writing TechniquesThe Prohibition Against ProloguesTiffany Yates Martin
Writing TechniquesWriting Blockbuster Fiction: Mastering the Art of Cinematic StorytellingRyan G. Van Cleave
Writing TechniquesDeceptive Language: Verbal Content and Style (FightWrite™)Carla Hoch
Writing TechniquesBuilding the Essential LinkagesElizabeth Sims
Writing TechniquesDo Less to Do More: FightWrite™Carla Hoch
Writing TechniquesOff the PathSarah J. Sover
Writing Techniques5 Tips for Adding Otherworldly Elements Into Your NovelHailey Piper

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