Part 2: Bad Guys Readers love to hate a character. This chapter deals with a bad guy, but not bad like Findlay in The Navigators, who tried to make everyone’s life miserable like a deranged Bond villain. Mrs. Billen is a more haunted figure. But what makes a character BAD? They do all the stuff […]
Part 1: Endearing Characters Readers love discovering an endearing character in a story. They will sympathize with them and cheer for them. They will consider them as a friend. But what makes a character endearing? It’s the same things that make us like people in real life. Endearing characters are lovable. They are charming, […]
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]
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A Tip About Tension
Tension drives stories, and we can learn about it from all sorts of media: TV and movies as well as other writers. The other night we were watching The Hunger Games and I noticed a lot of tension in one scene. There was tension throughout the movie, but one scene early on caught my eye. […]
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]
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Adding Suspense Through Fine Tuning
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE.) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different windows and view them side […]
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Rewriting For Emphasis
Using my unreleased manuscript An Angel On Her Shoulder, I am showing you my techniques for reworking a story into a more readable, more enjoyable piece. It’s 45+ lessons in about 45 days. (To start at Chapter 1, click HERE, the prior chapter is HERE) To view it best, bring up the two versions in different […]
A lot of the time here on the blog we will attack a common problem that writers are experiencing. How to get reviews. How to describe the sound of breaking glass. We still haven’t done that breaking glass thing, dammit! If anybody knows, send me a comment. Anyway, I did not post yet today and […]
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