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So why is this important? Do you really have the time and energy to analyze words when you’ve got plot points to map and character arcs to arc? You’ve got those pesky pronoun errors changing your hero into a […]

(I apologize for the delay. It was unavoidable.)
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In the introduction, I wrote “Words may be the most basic ingredient for crafting our stories, but they can also be the spice that makes the flavor pop for the reader.”
Twenty or so years ago, I baked […]

Parts 3 and 4 of the workshop will go up Sunday. Things have gone from hectic to holy crap here, and I’d rather wait on that than just throw something up and walk away.

But there are certainly enough awesome workshops going on to keep y’all busy.

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I find, for me, there are two writing zones: that fabulous zone where you’re in the story, channeling the characters and it’s all good, and then there’s a zone where you can put words on the page, but you’re more of an observer. Maybe the kids are fighting, […]

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I was going to compose a big old introductory paragraph to go here, but instead of talking about it, let’s just do it. First up: let’s play with a first-draft paragraph—the hero seeing the heroine for the first time, from his POV.
As the woman crossed the room, Gabe watched her […]

So you’ve finished your first draft. Hurrah! You’ve had your cookie, IM’d your IM buddies, and now you’re ready to get back to work. You’ve got plot holes to fill, story arcs to track, typos to fix, transitions to smooth and floating body parts to ground.
Editing’s a daunting task. There’s this whole big picture […]

I’ll be fairly quiet today and tomorrow as I finish putting together my workshop for PBW’s Left Behind & Loving It virtual workshops. I didn’t realize until last night that this coincides with a “going north” weekend, so I’ll have to run it Wed through Fri instead of more over the weekend.
Still doesn’t have a […]