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November 19, 2015

6 Methods to Hook Readers

Anyone else learn about hooks in high school? You know, those one-line bits of magic that supposedly made your college application essay more interesting and enthralling to the poor brain-numbed grader? They’re baaack… Joking aside, hooks are in everything – or at least the concept of hooks is. A hook isn’t necessarily a one-liner. It can be an idea, a...
Categories Characterization, Plot, & Setting/Literary Devices & Writing Techniques Comments: 3
October 21, 2015

10 Puns From Films: From Serious To Silly

            EM: Hello, I’m Em T. Wytte, and I love puns.             ALL: Hi, Em. Puns don’t get the best rap nowadays (personally, I blame groaners for this); however, for all that it isn’t “cool” to like puns, they are everywhere. They’re in movies, they’re on tv, they’re in advertisements, they’re in memes, and they’re in books. They’re a huge...
Categories Characterization, Plot, & Setting/Humor & Wordplay/Literary Devices & Writing Techniques/Theatre & Film Comment: 1