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Download This Seminar’s HandoutBackstory is key to writing your story, creating engaging characters, and driving the plot forward. It provides history or background context. Backstory is used to develop characters, situations, or settings in your writing. When writing, your goal as an author...

What is a scientific paper? In this article, we’ll take a look at how to write a scientific paper. After reading the brief definition below, the article continues by presenting the typical structure, along with a few tips to consider during the writing process. A scientific paper is a written report...

Authors have various methods when it comes to writing a novel. Some are Pantsers, or those who write by the seat of their pants rather than starting with an outline (reportedly, Stephen King is a Pantser). Others are Outliners. Outliners start with the idea for the book, characters, plot, antagonists,...

Any student working toward an undergraduate, graduate, or post-graduate degree will have to write a dissertation, which is the culmination of years of research and hard work. Whether you are currently writing or planning to a write a dissertation, whichever method you choose to complete it should be...

Getting started on a novel for the first time can be a daunting process. Or is it? Perhaps we should rephrase that to, starting a novel for the first time doesn’t have to be daunting if you follow a few of the well-oiled paths others have tread before you. Writing should be fun, while also being challenging....