Storytelling Tropes: The Chosen One essay by Lannah Marshall A series looking at common tropes in storytelling. This essay looks at The Chosen One and how to use, avoid, or subvert it. Read more
The Different Types of Figurative Language essay by Lannah Marshall An explanation of the five types: resemblance or relationship, emphasis or understatement, figures of sound, verbal games, and errors. Read more
Narrative Techniques: Pathetic Fallacy essay by Lannah Marshall A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at the pathetic fallacy and how to use it. Read more
Narrative Techniques: Eucatastrophe essay by Lannah Marshall A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at the eucatastrophe and the dyscatastrophe and how to use them. Read more
Narrative Techniques: Motif essay by Lannah Marshall A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at motif and how to use it. Read more 1 Comment
Narrative Techniques: Self-Fulfilling Prophecy essay by Lannah Marshall A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at self-fulfilling prophecy as a plot device and how to use it. Read more
Call of the Sea story by Lannah Marshall A young surfer ponders a choice that could change his life, but not as he would expect. Read more 1 Comment
Narrative Techniques: Deus Ex Machina essay by Lannah Marshall A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at Deus ex Machina as a plot device, and whether it has any uses. Read more
When Friendship Dies poem by Lannah Marshall Is there a word for the feeling that comes when you realise a friendship is dying? Something that compares to the vacuum of warmth? Read more
Narrative Techniques: Hamartia essay by Lannah Marshall A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at hamartia as a plot device, and how to effectively use it. Read more
