Ned Hayes's Blog, page 43
July 24, 2015
BOOK QUOTE: “We gather wood and help Tom build his fire. As I...
BOOK QUOTE:
“We gather wood and help Tom build his fire. As I pick up spare twigs and dried bracken, I wonder how far our sounds penetrate into the black forest, and how far our shouts echo along the White Road. Night birds warble, and small creatures rustle in the snow. The darkness around us presses down, as if to listen. The music of the wind rises and falls with the swirls of the snow, the creaking of the sea of branches in the darkness above us.” — from the novel SINFUL FOLK
July 23, 2015
So my new book, THE EAGLE TREE (not out yet) focuses on a young man on the autistic spectrum. This...
– Dad opens car wash and only employs people on the autistic spectrum.
Posted by Lenny Schafer on June 2015
July 22, 2015
BOOK QUOTE:“April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to...
BOOK QUOTE:
“April comes to us, with her showers sweet. I wake to the cries of little birds before the light comes across the heath. They wait all night with open eyes. Now, with the rain at dawn, their voices make melody.
I turn back the reveled cloth of gold on my bed and walk to gaze beyond my glazed casement window. In the plaintive voices of the wood fowl, I imagine my mother calling to me, her words echoing across the years.”
How to Write
This is one of the reasons I HATE superfluous...
How to Write
This is one of the reasons I HATE superfluous flashbacks. Yes, we can use flashbacks. They are a literary device, but like the prologue, they get botched more often than not.
Oh, but people want to know WHY my character is this way or does thus-and-such.
Here’s the thing, The Spawn wants cookie sprinkles for breakfast. Just because he WANTS something, doesn’t mean it’s the best thing for him. Don’t tell us
WHY. Reveal pieces slowly, but once secrets are out? Tension dissipates. Tension is key to maintaining story momentum. We WANT to know WHY, but it might not be good for us.
The Force was more interesting before it was EXPLAINED.
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July 21, 2015
"Atticus–” said Jem bleakly.
He turned in the doorway. “What, son?”
“How could they do it, how could..."
He turned in the doorway. “What, son?”
“How could they do it, how could they?”
“I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it — seems that only children weep.””
- To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee (via poodlepants)
July 20, 2015
When it comes to your characters, make them lie. Make them hide...
When it comes to your characters, make them lie. Make them hide who they are. They need to slowly reveal the true self, and they will do everything to defend who they believe they
are. Remember the inciting incident creates a personal extinction. The protagonist will want to return to the old way, even though it isn’t good for them.
Resist the urge to explain.
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July 14, 2015
“On most nights under the winter moon, when we have made our...
“On most nights under the winter moon, when we have made our camp, around us echo faint sounds of that other hidden world – the one of meadow and forest in the night. The melody of whippoorwill, the cry of hunting owl, the scurrying rush of vole and chasing fox. This night, the land is empty. The silence is deep in stark and open heath, the woods carry no sound.”
– from the novel SINFUL FOLK
July 7, 2015
Happy 4th of July from Sinful Folk.com
Happy 4th of July from Sinful Folk.com
