This week’s post covers frame narratives—a literary device within the main narrative which serves to introduce a subplot, secondary narration, or an alternate point-of-view.

Although weather as a plot element can easily fall into stereotypical cliches, it can also be an effective symbolic tool for the writer.

Gothic and horror fiction often feature isolated locations, beyond the reaches of the familiar and comfortable.

When world building goes deeper—when the author uses the setting as an actual character you can almost see and hear from the page—that’s a hallmark of Gothic fiction I find absolutely irresistible.