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Category Archives: Plot
Weekly Writers Round-Up: Week of Oct. 1, 2012
Blogging Looking for duty-free images to use when blogging? After Roni Loren’s game-changing post about getting sued for using unlicensed images on her blog, you’re not alone. Here are three tips from the Book Designer, Joel Friedlander. Writers On Twitter … Continue reading
Weekly Writer’s Round-Up: Week of August 27th
Social Media and Book Promotion Writer Lyn Horner on how to, and how NOT to, promote your book on Amazon’s reader forums. On Writers in the Storm blog. Do Facebook ads burn money? On Jeff Bullas’ social media blog. … Continue reading
9 Tips for Entering the Colorado Gold Writing Contest
The Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers writing contest is in full swing and you can enter up till June 1, 2012. Details and entry form are here. As contest co-chair this year, I’m excited to be able to participate in this … Continue reading
What Novelists Can Learn From the Oscars
I’ve recently torn apart my urban fantasy novel and tried to put it back together better, stronger, faster. The main character, our hero, had way too much support going into his final confrontation with the Big Bad. I’ve always loved … Continue reading
Posted in Characterization, Fiction, Plot, Reviews, Revision, Scenecraft, Writing Craft
Tagged Gladiator, Oscars, Rocky, Titanic
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The Writing Feedback I Give Over and Over Again
Whether at critique group or as a contest judge, I find myself tempted to make macros of the following tidbits I’ve learned over the years. A lot of it is familiar from other writers, and agents, editors, writing gurus and … Continue reading
Posted in Dialogue, Fiction, Plot, Scenecraft, Viewpoint, Writing Craft
Tagged in media res, Proust, Rob Thomas, Veronica Mars, writing tips
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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
Posted in Blogging, Characterization, Commentary, Description, Dialogue, E-Publishing, Fiction, Grammar, Marketing, New Media, Plot, Query Letters, Revision, Scenecraft, Self-Promotion, Viewpoint, Writing Craft
Tagged Christina Katz, Guy Bergstrom, Inkpop, query letter, Rae Carson, Rebecca Rasmussen, Red Pen of Doom, Writer Beware!, Writer Unboxed, Yuvi Zalkow
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Why Is Grimm so Grim?
I started off excited to watch this paranormal show. It sounded grittier and less girly than the similar-themed Once Upon a Time. Writer/Producer David Greenwalt of Buffy, Angel, and Miracles fame is involved. Good to go. But after four episodes, … Continue reading
Posted in Characterization, Commentary, Plot, Reviews, TV, Writing Craft
Tagged David Greenwalt, Grimm, Once Upon a Time, Roger Rabbit, Television Without Pity
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My RX For a Bloated Novel; Posterboard and Sticky Notes
If, like me, you love to listen to yourself write, you’ve probably needed to cut huge swaths of words out of your novels. I’m rewriting my YA urban fantasy St. Vitus Academy Bk. 1; The Lazarus Rock. Word count: I’m … Continue reading
My Origin Story Part 7: Another Novel, More Lessons Learned (Sort of)
Previously on My Origin Story: I worked on a style of writing and won an award. During the summer between 9th and 10th grade, I started my second novel. In Anya Seton’s Green Darkness, a novel about reincarnation, there was … Continue reading
AMC’s The Killing: Fooled Me Once
I was like a lot of people last year when The Killing debuted. I watched the first episode and went online to talk about it. “Good show. Kind of slow but it’s slow with atmosphere, not boredom.” My main nitpick: … Continue reading →