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Truth or Power?
“All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche So all the rules you can’t seem to help breaking today which will land you in … Continue reading
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Secondary Characters
How important are secondary characters? Very Important. Think for just a minute how you might see The Harry Potter series without Neville Longbottom. Or perhaps Pride and Prejudiced with Jane Bennett. Not so interesting, huh? Important to remember the names … Continue reading
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What’s in a Name?
New parents spend time and energy choosing the perfect name for tier offspring. Some writers spend a few hours choosing a character name, and rightfully so. This is a declension which can mean the difference between success and failure for … Continue reading
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How do I make that hero shine?
Interviewing the hero is a good start, if that works for you. If not, I’m going to give you some guidelines about what a hero should–and shouldn’t be, and how he might act. Remember, writing doesn’t have a lot of … Continue reading
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Defining Characters
There are a lot of questions you’ll be asking about developing any character. Some writers like to sit down and “interview” the characters they’ll be working with over the course of a story. I am not one of those writers. … Continue reading
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Gimme a Hero…
As soon as you open your novel, on the very first page, in the very first line…what your character does and says will make or break him/her –and by association, you–as a writer. You only get this one chance to … Continue reading
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What’s it all about?
There are people who want to tell you how to organize your story. Sadly, writers are individuals. Every writer has, or will have, their own method for telling a story. But two things are essential to storytelling. Plot and structure. … Continue reading
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Hooking your reader
I knew you wouldn’t listen to my advice, you just wanted to start writing, and you know you want to keep those readers reading. So you have to take a look at the hook. You certainly can’t open a story … Continue reading
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What Writers Do
Writer’s write. This is what I’ve been told since the first day I declared my intention to tell the stories inside me. It sounded so simple. You have a story, and you should tell it. Just sit down and write. … Continue reading
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Where do I start?
I’ll be the first one to say, in spite of the excitement which accompanies starting a new project or a new book, there is also an element of fear. Fear is the one thing which diverts our attention from a … Continue reading
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