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Category Archives: Description
The Hunger Games: What Suzanne Collins Did Right
It’s been a long time since I could read a book like a reader and not like a writer. What tense is this in? Whose head are we in? How is the writer handling the backstory? And mostly, DO something. … Continue reading
Posted in Characterization, Description, Fiction, Pop Culture, Reviews, Scenecraft, Writing Craft
Tagged Hunger Games, Katniss, Suzanne Collins, The Reaping
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My Origin Story Part 6: McCracken’s Barn
Previously, on My Origin Story: I wrote, or rather overwrote, my first novel. Through 7th and 8th grade, I played around with what I called realist writing. I wanted to, in the words of Hemingway, “Write hard and clear about … Continue reading
My Origin Story Part 4: The Three Investigators and the Case of the Mary Sue
Previously on My Origin Story: I started a lot of stories in grade school and gradually wrote longer and longer stories. The Three Investigators were teenage boys who ran around solving mysteries. Their HQ was a dilapidated trailer in a … Continue reading
Posted in Characterization, Description, My Origin Story, Plot, Pop Culture, Reviews, Writing Craft
Tagged fanfic, fanfiction, Mary Sue, origin story, Three Investigators
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My Origin Story Part 3: Fits and Starts
Previously on My Origin Story: I read a lot and ultimately was unsatisfied. Time to write again. In the beginning of 4th grade, my mother and sisters and I moved from rural Minnesota to the big, dry city of Denver. … Continue reading
Posted in Description, My Origin Story, Plot, Viewpoint, Writing Craft
Tagged melodrama, origin story
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My Origin Story Part 1: White Wing the Dove
All superheroes have their origin story and since writing can be a heroic act, I thought I’d write mine down. Of course, The Amazing Adventures of… The Novelist! would be about the most boring comic book ever.
Posted in Description, My Origin Story, Plot, Writing Craft
Tagged doves, superheroes, That Girl
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Weekly Writer’s Round-Up; Week of 11/20/11
My best of the web for writers this week. Hope it’s helpful. Social Media From the Red Pen of Doom guy, who’s name is actually Guy (Bergstrom), on Why Blog Hits DON’T REALLY MATTER. From writer Christina Katz: Platform and … Continue reading →