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“I write because I have an idea I want to get out….Writing it feels better, and if what I write influences anyone, that’s unexpected and great.” Michele Weldon
Read the rest of this entry »Erle Stanley Gardner’s method
Erle Stanley Gardner on writing
Read the rest of this entry »Quote from Amy Bloom
I think the point of every sentence, every detail, factual or imagined, and every line of dialogue is to illuminate character and advance the story. Research has been, for me, a reassuring and intriguing line of luminarias. ~ Amy Bloom
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from my former blog The Writing Life Too. If you’d like to look through the archives you’ll find it here.
Read the rest of this entry »Quick Take: Introduce your Antagonist with Flair
When first introducing your antagonist in the story beware of bringing him or her onto the stage as passive or low key. Now, it’s true that some antagonists are out to fool the protagonist from the get-go, but his or her true nature needs to be hinted at. Or the antagonist’s agenda can be […]
Read the rest of this entry »Quick Take: Carry a writer’s notebook
Carry a writer’s notebook. Always. A writer’s notebook trains you to be a relentless observer. Using the notebook forces you to capture the endless ideas, phrases and stories that pop into our heads but are lost unless we jot them down immediately. So many of our ideas are lost unless we note them as […]
Read the rest of this entry »“Today you will say things you can predict and other things you could never imagine this minute. Don’t reject them, let them come through when they’re ready, don’t think you can plan it all out. This day will never, no matter how long you live, happen again. It is exquisitely singular. It will never again […]
Read the rest of this entry »I’ll be speaking March 8 at the Rose City RWA mini-conference
I’ll be giving a workshop on one of my favorite topics Anti-heroes: Color Them Grey at the Rose City’s RWA mini conference Craft Your Story and a Career.I will be covering why anti-heroes have become so popular in fiction, film, and television series; the anti-hero’s essential nature and role in fiction; why ladies love outlaws; […]
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