Be sure to enter to win a signed copy of Savvy Stories HERE LAST DAY! Don’t miss out! You’ll know it when you see it. An author friend has started the downward spiral of doubt. Here’s an example from a blog post of an obviously dismayed author friend, followed by my reply:Continue reading “Author On The Ledge!”
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Writing Good Dialogs
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Happy Endings – Or Not
Be sure to enter to win a signed copy of Savvy Stories HERE Today’s post: Is the ending of your story too predictable? Put your characters up a tree and throw rocks at them. That’s the basis for an interesting story, right? But at some point the rocks stop and the ending comes. Readers areContinue reading “Happy Endings – Or Not”
A Funny Thought
Do you go through your day and nobody ever says anything funny? A whole day? Not one snide remark or glib comment? Do you go through your whole story and nobody ever says anything funny? Why?
Remember: The READER Doesn’t Know The Characters Are Okay!
At a few key places in The Water Castle, I really built up the tension – and it works. Nail biter stuff. The reader is tense, the character is tense… Hell, I was tense. (I discovered a little trick, that whatever I wanted the reader to feel, I had to make a character feel. We’reContinue reading “Remember: The READER Doesn’t Know The Characters Are Okay!”
I Can’t Finish My Story! Failure To Launch, a (common) writer nightmare
Occasionally a writer reaches out and laments about a writerly problem. Here’s one I received recently that I think is fairly common. . Dear Dan, I recently realized that my writing has slowed to a standstill, not because I’m busy, but because I’m terrified to finish. Help. Scared Storyteller . Dear Storyteller, It’s not uncommonContinue reading “I Can’t Finish My Story! Failure To Launch, a (common) writer nightmare”
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