How do you feel about using allegory? | Creative Writing Forums . . . Is there a way of using allegory and not making it obvious The novel is set in 1906, so everything seems very literal and straightforward, however all of the characters and the plot are supposed to be symbolic of modern society This is my first novel and I am just learning about the fiction-writing process
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Question about taking liberties with religion Even so, I would steer clear of the allegory of something like "The Satanic Rites" That book is really quite dull, and I think that is because it relies too heavily on the shock of the subject matter to get what is a rather empty subject across
Creature Feature | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing . . . I'm currently writing a horror novel that centers around a mysterious monster - I've got a whole 906 words total so far! The character herself doesn't remember anything about her past and is trying to figure out exactly what she is Meanwhile, I would recommend Phantoms by Dean Koontz The creature at the heart of that novel is a mystery that slowly gets unraveled through scientific
A or B? | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help, Writing Workshops . . . It an exercise I recommend to people who are struggling to come up with ideas that they feel confident about is to write their version of stories they already know and like; come up with everything else themselves just mirror a narrative that they already feel good about Write your Star Wars or whatever just to keep yourself writing honing your skills and quickly they tend to quickly start
Continuity between stories | Creative Writing Forums - Writing Help . . . Anyone else have something that ties all their stories together, like a location or a person? There are some authors who always write stuff set in a certain location, and sometimes even mention things that crop up in other books, just as a nod to the loyal readers I read one book whose whole plot was about the fact the author had written hundreds of things set in one town previously, and the