Candy Korman's Blog, page 7

What She Ate...

Food in Fiction—what characters choose to eat can reveal all sorts of important aspects of a story.

When three friends negotiate the toppings on a pizza, it's a telling experience. Who leads, who gives in, who hates mushrooms!

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READ

Nothing scares me more than people who tell me that they don't read!

The new Monster Meditation is a mini rant on non-readers and what I hope they will discover in books!

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Time in Time & Place

How important is TIME in the Time & Place of storytelling? I think it's critical—and not just in historical fiction.

Check out the new Monster Meditation on TIME...

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My Characters are Not ME!

Write what you know? Yes and no... my fictional world would be way too limited.

In my new Monster Meditation, I'm exploring just how different my characters are when compared to me.

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World Buidling

Building the world where your story takes place is a critical part of the storytelling process.

The new Monster Meditation is all about world building, both realistic and fantastical.

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Characters in the Diver's Seat

Have the characters in your fiction ever hijacked the story?

Check out the new Monster Meditation and share your experience as a writer.

If you are a fiction fan, how do YOU feel about authors "losing control" of their creations and rolling with the experience?

Share, share, share your responses to this wild ride I'm on!

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Spelling!

Does correct spelling matter anymore?

Tell me what YOU think on Candy's Monsters blog...

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Making Sense in Fiction

Just how realistic must characters be in fiction?

It's not a simple question... please share your ideas on Candy's Monsters blog.

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A Room to WRITE

I'm celebrating Virginia Woolf's 'A Room of One's Own' and the importance of TIME & SPACE in the creative process.

Check out my new Monster Meditation:

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You Are What You SEE!

One person sees a snowflake the other evidence of climate change; one person sees a game and the other sees warfare... We are an amalgam of our life experiences and they are reflected in our unique perceptions of reality.

Storytellers can use this to help create vivid and realistic characters in fiction.

Check out the new Monster Meditation

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