Articles written by Nina Munteanu

Plot structure consists of a series of scenes and sequels, which chase each other as components of an moving plot and theme.

Apr 27, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

Sensual, metaphoric language and conflict are key to writing effective love or sex scenes. Sex and love scenes use similar tools to achieve reader empathy and emotion

Apr 27, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

Five items to improve your sex scenes include tying scene to emotion, writing metaphorically, focusing on foreplay, not giving away the store, and using sensual language.

Apr 23, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

The internet provides a rich resource of information and data to the researching article writer. However, there is great risk in using this all-too accessible resource.

Feb 27, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

No piece of writing is complete without submitting it to the scrutiny of revision. Self-editing is a mandatory skill that writers must learn before they can publish.

Feb 22, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

Six techniques to handle exposition will help you achieve balance in the show and tell part of your narrative and maintain a rhythm in your pace and tone.

Feb 22, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

When you assign an archetype to a character you clarify that character's role in the story, as well as help determine the overall theme of the story itself.

Jan 28, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

Considering key elements in storytelling such as voice, point of view (POV), active verbs, showing, and uncluttering your fiction will increase your ability to publish.

Jan 26, 2009 - Nina Munteanu

The short story or article you've written is your "intellectual property", to sell all at once or in careful-and lucrative-parcels.

Dec 12, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

The title is also how readers will describe your work. Choose it wisely. Your story might never get read by an editor or reader if the title doesn't do its job.

Dec 1, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

One of the best ways to have less clutter in your writing is to simplify it. This doesn't necessarily mean you have to be a Spartan and write sparingly like Hemingway.

Nov 28, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

Constructing a compelling beginning-often called a hook-is a common challenge for even established writers, and one of the most important parts of a story.

Nov 28, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

The Gaia Hypothesis considers living and nonliving parts of the Earth as a complex interacting system that can be thought of as a single organism.

Nov 27, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

Most fantasy and science fictions novels require major world-building, which involves both real and imagined aspects.

Nov 26, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

The science of biology and the practice of biomimicry were the central theme at the U.S. Green Building Council's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston.

Nov 26, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

Time, place and circumstance form a critical mass that creates the particular setting best suited to a story. Use metaphor to create memorable settings.

Nov 25, 2008 - Nina Munteanu

Changes in climate may be creating a marine environment particularly suited to HAB (harmful algal bloom)-forming species of algae, according to a team of scientists.

Aug 29, 2008 - Nina Munteanu