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March 28, 2014
Fun Friday: Tom Hiddleston and The Pirate Fairy
Some eye- and ear-candy for your Friday. :-DFiled under: Fun Friday, Fun Stuff
March 27, 2014
Donald Maass on Exposition and Backstory (from THE FIRE IN FICTION)
Excerpts from Chapter 8, “Tension All the Time,” in The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass Maass on Exposition: How do you handle exposition? Are there passages of interior monologue in your manuscript that are just taking up space? If there are, you can cut them, or possibly you can dig deeper into your character […]
March 26, 2014
Books Read in 2014: WHEN CALLS THE HEART by Janette Oke
When Calls the Heart by Janette Oke (1983) Book Blurb: Elizabeth Thatcher is young, pretty, cultured, and educated. But when she journeys west to teach school in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, she’s completely unprepared for the conditions she encounters. Still, she’s determined to succeed at the formidable task of fitting in with the […]
March 25, 2014
Scenes That Can’t Be Cut (a.k.a., Finding a Scene’s Purpose) from THE FIRE IN FICTION by Donald Maass
Excerpt from Chapter 3, “Scenes That Can’t Be Cut,” in The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass I suspect many sagging middle scenes slump the way they do not because of bad planning or bad luck but because their purpose hasn’t yet emerged. Authors, as they plow through the middle portion of their manuscripts, tend […]
March 24, 2014
Protagonists vs. Heroes from THE FIRE IN FICTION by Donald Maass
Excerpts from Chapter 1, “Protagonists vs. Heroes,” in The Fire in Fiction by Donald Maass [T]hink about the people whom you deeply admire. Who are the individuals for whom you would cancel other plans? Who stirs in you awe, respect, humility, and high esteem? Are these regular people, no different than anyone else? They may […]
March 21, 2014
Lessons from MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: The Danger of Perfectionism with Anne Harris (@jessicafreely)
In Many Genres, One Craft, award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller gather the voices of today’s top genre writers and writing instructors alongside their published students. It fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing the novel. Using a compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors […]
March 20, 2014
Lessons from MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: Revision and Self-Editing with Lee Allen Howard (@LeeAllenHoward)
In Many Genres, One Craft, award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller gather the voices of today’s top genre writers and writing instructors alongside their published students. It fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing the novel. Using a compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors […]
March 19, 2014
Lessons from MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: Avoiding Info Dumps with Maria V. Snyder
In Many Genres, One Craft, award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller gather the voices of today’s top genre writers and writing instructors alongside their published students. It fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing the novel. Using a compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors […]
March 18, 2014
Lessons from MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: Tuning Up Your Writing with Michael A. Arnzen (@MikeArnzen)
In Many Genres, One Craft, award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller gather the voices of today’s top genre writers and writing instructors alongside their published students. It fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing the novel. Using a compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors […]
March 17, 2014
Lessons from MANY GENRES, ONE CRAFT: Opening Lines with Gary A. Braunbeck (@GaryABraunbeck)
In Many Genres, One Craft, award-winning author Michael A. Arnzen and Heidi Ruby Miller gather the voices of today’s top genre writers and writing instructors alongside their published students. It fosters the writing process in a way that focuses almost exclusively on writing the novel. Using a compilation of instructional articles penned by well-known authors […]
