18 Jul The Power of the Third WITH TRITAGONISTS Roopa Banerjee A tritagonist is the third most important character in a story. She may... Continue reading
16 May Jumping into the fray with In Media Res Roopa Banerjee Although in the iconic movie Sound of Music, Hollywood star Julie Andrews crooned... Continue reading
13 Apr Painting the living image with kenning Roopa Banerjee When you are told that your friend is a tree hugger, you know... Continue reading
16 Mar Fun with words Read more For the moon with OPTATIO Roopa Banerjee “I wish I had more time to spend with my family.” When we... Continue reading
15 Feb Keep it real with VERISIMILITUDE Roopa Banerjee When we watch a realistic film, we laud it as a ‘slice of... Continue reading
16 Jan Reveal true colours with ANAGNORISIS It’s usually the turning point in a story when the protagonist moves from ignorance to... Continue reading
22 Dec Opposites attract with Antiphrasis Literature abounds with examples of antiphrasis that enables writers to convey irony, writes Roopa Banerjee... Continue reading
17 Nov Turning point with peripheria A sudden reversal of fortune in a fictional story is known as peripeteia, writes Roopa... Continue reading
25 Oct Fun with words Read more Exchange words with hypallage A hypallage is a figure of speech in which the syntactic relationship between two words... Continue reading
29 Sep Fun with words Read more Don’t misuse Checkov’s Gun Anton Chekhov, a Russian playwright and short story-writer, believed that writers should not introduce details... Continue reading