 Click to read Part 1 Click to read Part 2 Click to read Part 3 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 heroine in the middle of a love scene and you dropped a subplot halfway through the second act. So what if your |
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Click to read Part 1 Click to read Part 2 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 my first meatloaf and when it came to the oregano, I might have applied more of a dumping than a dash. The fact the mere mention—after two decades—of |
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.
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But there are certainly enough awesome workshops going on to keep y’all busy.… Read More »
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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, your day job’s stressful, a loved one’s sick or your husband’s being an ass, but you’re just not able to get in your |
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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.
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