Comments on: 8 Essential Story Ingredients for Flash Fiction and Novels Alike https://www.writerscookbook.com/story-ingredients/ Serving writers with all the ingredients they need to succeed Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:00:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: Anonymous https://www.writerscookbook.com/story-ingredients/#comment-87396 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:00:08 +0000 http://writing.asforums.net/?p=32#comment-87396 5

]]> By: Are You Blogging for the Wrong Reasons? | The Writer's Cookbook https://www.writerscookbook.com/story-ingredients/#comment-66475 Thu, 12 Jan 2023 15:41:28 +0000 http://writing.asforums.net/?p=32#comment-66475 […] you’re already writing fiction or poetry, you already know how to entertain people. If you do public speaking you can entertain […]

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]]> By: 5 Tips to Help You Read More Actively - The Writer's Cookbook https://www.writerscookbook.com/story-ingredients/#comment-4718 Thu, 28 Sep 2017 05:01:21 +0000 http://writing.asforums.net/?p=32#comment-4718 […] Reading for pleasure allows us to subconsciously pick up on the ingredients for a successful story. […]

]]> By: Paula do Amaral https://www.writerscookbook.com/story-ingredients/#comment-120 Tue, 28 Jul 2015 19:17:03 +0000 http://writing.asforums.net/?p=32#comment-120 I like this recipe for novels&short stories. The part about showing, not telling, is particularly important: «Ask yourself if your character could show that they’re angry, instead of telling the reader that they’re really angry.»

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