Writing

Three Things to Do When You Realize Your Plot is Cliche

A brilliant new plot enters your mind. It charms you with sweeping intrigue, fascinating characters, and a premise that cannot be...

Genre Definition: A basic category of fiction. Explanation: The word “Genre” is used by many different industries, including the music...

Show & Tell Definition: Showing —The word used to describe a writing style that demonstrates the events of a story by using active words...

Sharp Pens’ last workshop, This Means War, went very well and was attended by twenty teen writers from Idaho and Washington. We learned a...

Point of View (Often abbreviated as POV) Definition: The way a character processes the events surrounding him or her. Explanation: When...

Definitions: First Person A writing style in which an author’s main character narrates the events of the story using nouns such as “I”...