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5+ Frame Story Examples From Fiction & Film (Define + Apply)

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Do you need a frame story example to inspire your creative work? If you’ve ever gotten stuck trying to write your own frame story, take inspiration from our examples. The frame story is a fantastic literary device , and that’s why it’s used so often in film and literature.

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Do These 3 Types of Wordiness Sneak Into Your Writing?

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Someone who rambles on so much you can’t follow their story. Let me tell you a quick story first … It was 2011. He is relentless in his pursuit of finding the lightest frame, the lightest seat post, and even the lightest holder for his water bottle. Worse, you lose the will to listen. You focus on your listener or reader.

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Using Beat Sheets to Slant Your Memoir’s Scenes

Jane Friedman

These turning points work together to create a propulsive story that largely follows the hero’s journey —though once you understand the concept, you can apply it to other kinds of stories, like the heroine’s journey. To help you see what this looks like, let’s explore how breakups are framed in four different memoirs.

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15+ Flashback Examples (from Popular Literature, Film & TV)

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Flashbacks can be used to fill in plot, quickly and efficiently; to establish greater sympathy for a character; or even to tell a complex, multi-layered story. Let’s take a look at what exactly flashbacks are, before running through some great flashback examples — and digging into why these work. What is a Flashback?

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55+ Must-Know Literary Devices to Elevate Your Writing in 2023

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But whether it’s a familiar friend or an idiosyncratic interloper, each and every device comes with a lovingly hand-crafted definition and an enlightening example, carefully curated by yours truly. Graceful and clever use of alliteration (not, ahem, like the example above) can create a pleasant musicality to writing.

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50 Euphemism Examples + Why You Should Use It

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In this article, we will be exploring various ways to use euphemisms in your writing and give some euphemism examples. For example, saying “physically challenged” instead of “disabled” is considered more respectful. Let’s dive in so you can figure out how to use this to level up your writing.

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Decide Where You’re Standing in Time as You Write Your Memoir

Jane Friedman

Two temporal elements—the time frame of the story and where you are standing in time while you tell your tale—are central to the idea of structure in memoir. It’s easy to think that you are just you and the story is just the story, and to believe that you don’t have to make any decisions around time the way a novelist does.

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