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So you’ve waited until the last minute to buy your gifts. Or you have one of those impossible people on[…]
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So you’ve waited until the last minute to buy your gifts. Or you have one of those impossible people on[…]
Read morePlease welcome Clay Stafford, the Renaissance man who has developed KILLER NASHVILLE with its Silver Falchion Award into an international[…]
Read moreWhen Elmore Leonard advised leaving out the parts that readers skip, he was probably referring to long, boring location descriptions that bring the story to a screeching halt.
But a rich setting is necessary to ground the reader in the story world. Readers want to feel immersed in the fictional universe, experiencing the sights, sounds, smells, tastes, and sensations the characters do.
So how do you write setting descriptions that people won’t skip?
Read moreWriters can be difficult to buy gifts for. Most are not clothes horses, unless you are talking about sweats, socks,[…]
Read moreYou know how it is when you need to post a blog on Monday (today). But first comes Thanksgiving, which[…]
Read moreThe British environmental activist group, Just Stop Oil, calls for the UK to stop licensing new oil, gas or coal[…]
Read moreIf you’ve read Alan Orloff, you’ll know that he has a unique, and sometimes, quirky approach to storytelling. I wanted to know, so I asked: Alan, where do you get your ideas?
This is what he said:
Read moreI always thought that the best kind of writing prompts are those that come from outside of my own mind and that are extremely minimal. Sometimes a single word given to me by a writing partner is all I need to get going.
Read moreWriting takes a toll on writers’ bodies. We slouch over our keyboards. We peer all day at screens. We can[…]
Read moreLately I’ve been seeing and hearing a lot about how writers write, and I’m always astounded at how everyone’s process[…]
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