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A24 films feel like stories that crawl under your skin and stay there—and that is exactly the energy you can steal for your novel or ebook. These movies use techniques that work just as well on the page as they do on the screen, and once you start applying them, your fiction will feel deeper, tenser, and far more memorable.

The slow-burn trap

Most writers think tension means constant explosions: cliffhangers every chapter, twists every few pages. A24 flips that idea and builds dread like a...

Here is a great, not too long TED Talk about the power of moving every 30 minutes. For writers, this is a must. We sit in one place for hours world and character building and banging out prose. If you move every 30 minutes or so, it will go a long way towards extending your life, making you a happier, more focused writer and all around healthier person.

Here's the link: Move every 30 minutes