http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305 The latest quality free reprint articles from Mervyn Love at SubmitYOURArticle.com Sat, 18 Feb 2012 23:29:01 +0000 You've got this great idea to start a story off. It may be the location, the first few lines of dialogue between friends, friction between two antagonists, or a host of other beginnings, then - you just run out of steam. Who hasn't been there? Here's an idea or two of how to get past that first stumbling block and progress your story's plot. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/plot-creation-95133.php Sun, 23 May 2010 00:00:09 +0000 Believable characters are what every reader of creative fiction wants and needs to read about. They love getting involved with who and what the person is, and often they want to identify and sympathise with the character. Our job, as writers, is to fulfill that need. Developing such a character can be done quickly and easily with a few simple methods. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/believable-characters-93290.php Mon, 10 May 2010 00:00:14 +0000 It has been said that believable, enagaging, three dimensional characters are more important to a story than the plot. Whether this is true or not is open to debate, but it is certainly true that the most cleverly crafted plot will never build you a loyal following of readers if the characters are flat and uninteresting. Let's look at how to build characters using their backstories. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/character-creation-93116.php Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:05 +0000 As writers, one of the most important aspects of our story writing is to present the reader with real life, three-dimensional characters. One way of doing that is to give each one a unique mannerism which sets them apart from the rest and helps to fill out their personality. There are, however, some pitfalls which you need to be aware of. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/creating-characters-93133.php Sun, 09 May 2010 00:00:05 +0000 Many a would-be story writer has been put off by thinking "I don't have the imagination to write anything people would want to read". This is nonsense. Anyone who wants to write good interesting stories can achieve their aim and I want to tell you how to do it. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/creative-writing-89788.php Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:14:45 +0000 Unless you're a 'natural' at it, creating a living, breathing, believable character for your story can seem daunting. Are her eyes grey or blue? Should he walk tall or have a limp? Is she level headed or quick to loose her cool? There are so many aspects to creating a character, but by following this step-by-step formula, you can soon have your character ready to leap off the page. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/story-writing-90061.php Tue, 13 Apr 2010 16:00:45 +0000 A cracking good plot is the aim of every story writer. Here we are going to look at a simple but clever way to construct a plot for a short story that will put your work ahead of the rest. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/story-writing-89431.php Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:03:44 +0000 Having run Short Story competitions for the past few years I feel I am somewhat qualified to guide eager story writers along the path to prizes by avoiding those major pot holes that so many fall into. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/short-story-writing-88795.php Mon, 05 Apr 2010 00:01:14 +0000 Most stories we write take place over a period of time. That time may be very short - even a few minutes; or long - over several years or generations or anywhere inbetween. But whatever it is, the reader needs to have a clear sense of how time is moving throughout the narrative. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/creative-writing-43162.php Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:19:12 +0000 Tension is inextricably bound up in the emotions of your characters, and by introducing tension you lead your readers into the same emotions, as they 'feel' for the characters in your story. http://www.submityourarticle.com/articles/Mervyn-Love-3305/tension-42612.php Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:20:02 +0000