Lannah Marshall

Sometimes she writes. Sometimes she doesn’t. Either way, she’s not doing what she’s supposed to be doing.

A series looking at common tropes in storytelling. This essay looks at Mary Sues and how to use, avoid, or subvert them.

A series looking at common tropes in storytelling. This essay looks at The Chosen One and how to use, avoid, or subvert it.

An explanation of the five types: resemblance or relationship, emphasis or understatement, figures of sound, verbal games, and errors.

A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at the pathetic fallacy and how to use it.

A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at the eucatastrophe and the dyscatastrophe and how to use them.

A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at motif and how to use it.

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A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at self-fulfilling prophecy as a plot device and how to use it.

A young surfer ponders a choice that could change his life, but not as he would expect.

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A series exploring storytelling techniques. This essay looks at Deus ex Machina as a plot device, and whether it has any uses.

Is there a word for the feeling that comes when you realise a friendship is dying? Something that compares to the vacuum of warmth?