Foreshadowing: what it is and how to use it in your writing

Foreshadowing: what it is and how to use it in your writing

Last updated Jul 13, 2026 | Blog

If you’d met her that day, you too would have thought her a good person. There was nothing to suggest otherwise. Welcome to foreshadowing: a literary device that’s used to hint at what’s to come. It’s designed to increase tension and keep us turning pages. As a...
Five tips for eliciting emotion from your readers

Five tips for eliciting emotion from your readers

Last updated Jul 13, 2026 | Blog

When we pick up a novel, we do so because we want to feel something. We want to have an emotional experience – to go on a journey alongside the characters, and within ourselves. The stories that stay with us long after we close the pages tend to be those that speak to...