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Bushra Rahmani, Editor-In-Chief of OakWords, is a seasoned copywriter and content strategist. Her passion in writing is to inspire other writers to not just “hang in there” but to thrive. Her latest release, The Chapter Black‘ has received starred reviews & critical appreciation.

Writing Aesthetics Tips

AI’s Fiction-Writing Potential: Can Robots Put Novelists Out of Business?

Once thought of as a uniquely human trait, creativity has now become a debated topic. And that’s why we’re asking questions such as: Can machines learn creativity?  Can they be considered novelists, poets, or artists in their own right? If there was a one-word answer to these two questions, I’d say ‘Yes.’ AI has created …

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how to write a short story

Short Story 101: Plot, Structure, And A Collection of Best Short Stories

Do you wish to try your hand at writing a short story? You are at the right place. This article, besides providing you with suggestions on how to structure a short story, will also offer short story collections to delve right into.  A kind of short story collection that will give you the confidence of …

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What is Character Development: 5 Tips for Writing Great Characters

Any great story is not just a story of major events, immense struggles, and a happy ending. It becomes great because of those major events happening to the characters, their struggles, their actions, and their resolutions. Exciting twists and turns in the story can make the story interesting and engaging to read, but the characters …

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What is poetry

What is Poetry- A Brief Insight into the Poetic Vastness

‘furor poetics’ was the term the ancient Greeks used to describe poetry as ‘divine fury’. And through centuries, poetry has continued to bemuse the humankind, by the beauty of its metaphors, symbolizing, the concrete words, or even the abstract sentences.  Poetry is what comes to a poet without warning, and the poet paints it in …

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literary devices examples

17+ Powerful Literary Devices (With Examples) to Embellish Your Writing

A few years ago, when my creative writing teacher was explaining the use of literary devices in novels or poems, she showed us this picture: Yes, that’s a before-and-after shot of a movie scene — a fantastic example of special effects (SFX) and visual effects (VFX) in cinematography.  So, the tutor asked us to look …

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EXAMPLES OF GUSTATORY IMAGERY

Gustatory Imagery: 80+ Show Don’t Tell Examples

If you’re a writer or you’ve studied creative writing, chances are you’ve come across the expression ‘Show, Don’t Tell.’ In literature and poetry, this is called ‘Imagery’ — the use of different expressions and figurative language to evoke a sensory experience in the reader.  What is Sensory Imagery in Literature? When authors use the imagery …

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