My Passion's Pen

I had been trying for days to find a topic related to creative writing for my next blog post. I was running dry, possibly because I haven’t written or edited my fiction in a while, and working on my fiction usually spurs some idea I can develop on my blog.

So I was pondering, and pondering, and trying to hit on SOMETHING that might work as a blog post. Eventually, I realized my brain was taking me down the same dead-end paths again and again. And then my topic came to me:

REPETITION

Repetition is one of those tools that can be extremely effective when used well, and devastating when used incorrectly or overused.

How much to repeat a point, and which points to repeat, will obviously vary based upon the story and the author’s style.

My personal feelings are that a more complex story might require more repetition in…