C.B. Lee's Blog, page 120
September 10, 2015
I have Characters and World, but no Plot!
I love to build worlds and characters. But then I don’t know what to do with them. I have a plot problem. Do you have any advice? Is my best bet to pair up with another author who has a plot but no world? - anonymous
Congratulations! You’ve made it through the hardest part. Now you just need to let your characters speak for themselves. Answer these questions, and hopefully, they will help you understanding what your plot should be.
Regarding characters…
What has your charact...
September 9, 2015
"I have a thought about ‘kill your darlings.’ There seems to be a general notion out there in the..."
I have a thought about ‘kill your darlings.’ There seems to be a general notion out there in the ether that the phrase means, ‘Hunt down every sentence or image you really love and cut it down like a pernicious weed.’ That, my dears, is bullshit.
In my opinion, what it really means is, ‘If you’re rewriting a whole scene just so that a paragraph or conversation you’re in love with will work, and it still kind of doesn’t, maybe it doesn’t really belong in this story and you should print it ou...
The 5 "Bones" of Characterization
So in my English class we’ve been talking about the different elements of different parts of a story. My professor referred to the elements of characterization as bones. I don’t know why, but that’s just what he did.
He’s talked about these 5 “bones” a few times already and actually uses them to talk about characters in readings we’re doing along with our usual workshops. He says if you can get these bones out of a character then it’s a well built character. So don’t take the...
September 8, 2015
Time and tide wait for no book! Seven Tears At High Tide...
Time and tide wait for no book!Seven Tears At High Tide launches on October 15, but you can pre-order from Duet Books and Interlude Pressandalso enter to win a free copy from Rafflecopter, available internationally!
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September 6, 2015
"It’s not about adding diversity for the sake of diversity, it’s about subtracting homogeneity for..."
- Mary Robinette Kowal
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