There are three different types of semantic prosody: negative, positive, and neutral. That means every keyword either inspires positive or negative association in the reader’s mind. This effect is referred to as ‘connotation’ or colloquially as an ‘aura’.

There are two types of narrative tension: plot tension (drawn out over the course of the entire plot or just an arc) and scene tension (starts and ends within a single scene).

This will be a swift, and thus simplified, guide to creating precise and thematically relevant metaphors.

My method bypasses the need to spend hours copying someone else’s prose and forces you to actively learn new techniques. Plus, it can be applied directly to your own writing.

Every great book builds sentences that were seemingly destined to be written, made of words that were carefully plucked out of the master writer’s toolbox to ellicit the exact image they intended.