© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved How to write an well-written tragedy that breaks reader's hearts, makes them love to hate you & placing you way above the competition. To begin, a "Tragedy" is defined as: "A serious drama typically describing a conflict between the protagonist and a superior force (such as destiny) and having a sorrowful or disastrous conclusion that elicits pity or terror." Likewise, more commonly seen in plays and classic literature. But you don't need to…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved How organizing all the elements of your story into a Series Bible can save time, boost efficiency, and keep you from giving your love interest the wrong colored eyes; again. A big, scary, and intimidating Series Bible!! Oooohhh, the horror!! God forbid a Pantser is reading this, I may get virtually slashed! All jokes aside, a Series Bible really isn't that bad, and I have proof! Literally, I'm here to plan it all…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved Why I'm Thankful My Soulmate Was A F**kboy How I went from being bitter, angry, and pessimistic about a guy who could never love me back-to realizing he was everything I've always needed. To begin, I need to actually define the term: "Soulmate" for you. Because it's probably not what you think. It's not always "The One". The Prince Charming we spend happy forever after with. Whatever the situation may…
© 2020 Arabella K. Federico All Rights Reserved How to Write Pain. Effectively. Pain. Physical pain. It absolutely sucks. Straight up, especially if it's something chronic that you deal with on a daily basis...but when it comes to your character's physical pain-either acute or chronic-how do you write pain? More importantly, how do you accurately convey what your characters are experiencing at the given moment of said pain? Our goals as writers are to immerse our readers into…
