Do you remember the short story The Lady or the Tiger? All suspected criminals in a kingdom are put through an unusual trial – the criminal is sent to an open arena and has to open one out of two doors in front of the entire kingdom. Behind one door there is a beautiful bride, blushing and dressed in bridal finery while behind the other prowls a hungry tiger. Depending on the door the criminal opens, he either gains a wife (irrespective of his marital status) or loses his life.
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How to use Falling Action in a story
In this fourth part of the series on the dramatic arcs we look at what constitutes the Falling Action and how you can write it.
Rising Action in Novels
In the second post of our 5-part series on plot development in fiction, we cover Rising action.
6 Ways to write an effective Exposition (with examples)
In our earlier post on the questions to consider while Plotting, we briefly spoke to you about what plotting entails when you are writing a novel. In this five-part series on the structures of plots we bring to you what goes into plotting and why it is an extremely important literary element.