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Matt Cricchio

Fictional characters are not real people

I hear this question from students too often, not in the rough draft stage, but in second draft (and beyond) editing especially after a…

4 min readMar 30, 2022

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Fictional characters are not real people

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Matt Cricchio

What is your why for writing fiction?

As the great Viktor Frankl said, if you give a person a why they can find any how.

3 min readMar 8, 2022

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What is your why for writing fiction?

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Matt Cricchio

How to Write Scenes that Readers Love

As it is above, so it is below.

6 min readFeb 9, 2022

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How to Write Scenes that Readers Love

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Matt Cricchio

Want to be a serious novelist? Get a notebook.

“We are workers whose days are never done.” -Rodin

2 min readFeb 8, 2022

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Want to be a serious novelist? Get a notebook.

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Matt Cricchio

How to revise a novel

“Writing is rewriting.” — Richard North Patterson

7 min readFeb 7, 2022

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How to revise a novel

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Matt Cricchio

Everything you know about characterization is wrong.

Characterization are the choices your characters make under pressure that reveal their true natures.

3 min readFeb 3, 2022

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Everything you know about characterization is wrong.

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Matt Cricchio

How to Write Setting in Fiction

Setting is the combination of scene descriptions and blocking narrated through a specific voice to produce the effect of atmosphere.

8 min readFeb 3, 2022

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How to Write Setting in Fiction

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Matt Cricchio

How To Write Dialogue That Pops

“Dialogue is what characters do to each other.” — Elizabeth Bowen

7 min readFeb 3, 2022

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How To Write Dialogue That Pops

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Matt Cricchio

How To Use POV To Hook Readers

POV problems are the easiest for the new writer to make and they plague even experienced writers.

5 min readFeb 3, 2022

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How To Use POV To Hook Readers

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Matt Cricchio

How to create complex characters in fiction.

What’s more important, plot or character?

6 min readFeb 3, 2022

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How to create complex characters in fiction.

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Matt Cricchio

Matt Cricchio

Creative Writing professor. I demystify fiction writing with tried and true processes that turn your rough draft dreams into novel final draft reality.

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