Destination Wedding and Fake-Dating: Which Book Does It Better? Introduction Fake-Dating is a popular romance trope where two characters agree to pretend to be a (romantic) couple for mutual benefit before developing true feelings for each other and falling in love for real. In other words, the main characters are pretending to be in love […]
Hola a todos. Bienvenidos de nuevo a mi blog. En esta entrada, hablaré sobre un recurso literario muy popular en las novelas románticas: la relación falsa o ‘novios de mentira’. Este artículo explica en qué consiste esta dinámica, cuándo funciona bien en un libro, cuándo no y qué otros recursos pueden combinarse con ella. Empecemos: […]
Hello everyone. Welcome back to My Library Blog. In this post, I’ll be talking about a popular romance trope: fake-dating. This article addresses what fake-dating is, when it works in a book, when it doesn’t work and other tropes that can be used with it. Let’s begin: Popular Books That Use the Fake-Dating Trope What […]
Hello everyone. Welcome back to My Library Blog. It is time for another three-act analysis of a popular novel. This time, I’m going to analyze Daughters of Olympus by Hannah Lynn, a fantasy historical fiction retelling of the myth of Hades and Persephone. Given that several retellings of this particular myth have been published lately […]
Hola a todos. Bienvenidos a la primera publicación en español de este blog. En esta ocasión, haré un análisis de la estructura en tres actos de la novela corta Crónica de una muerte anunciada por Gabriel García Márquez. ¿De qué trata Crónica de una muerte anunciada por Gabriel García Márquez? Esta novela corta relata cómo […]
Hello everyone. Welcome back to My Library Blog. It is time for another three-act analysis of a popular novel. This time, I’m analyzing the short novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez. What is Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez about? This short novel details the brutal murder of […]
Hello everyone. Welcome back to My Library Blog. Today, it is time for another three-act analysis of a popular novel. This time, I’ve chosen The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne. Let’s get started. ACT 1: SET UP Orka Orka, a fierce and battle-hardened woman, lives a relatively quiet life with her husband, Thorkel, […]
1. What is a dialogue tag? A dialogue tag, also known as attribution or speech tags, are small phrases before, after, or in the middle of dialogue in a story that identify the speaker of that dialogue. Their purpose is to provide clarity and to help the reader keep track of which character is talking […]
Hello everyone. Welcome to My Library Blog, where I seek to empower authors with writing tips, insights, and resources to enhance your craft. In this first post, I’ll do a three-act analysis of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Let’s get started. ACT 1: SET UP The hook in this novel consists of the four letters that […]