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Category Archives: Revision
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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My Origin Story Part 9: My Irish Novel
Previously on My Origin Story: I power-wrote my third novel twice in under three months and vowed I wouldn’t try that again for a long time. Not so fast. A few months later, November of my senior year in high … Continue reading
Posted in Characterization, My Origin Story, Pop Culture, Revision, Writing Craft
Tagged Bobby Sands, IRA, Leon Uris Trinity, Robert Kee, The Green Flag
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My Origin Story Part 8: The Obligatory Post-Apocalyptic Novel
Previously on My Origin Story: I wrote a second novel and got bored with it. In the early 80s, I had my first nuclear war dream. I dreamed the Russians nuked the moon.
Posted in Characterization, Movies, My Origin Story, Pop Culture, Revision, Writing Craft
Tagged A Boy and His Dog, Escape From New York, Jane Alexander, nuclear war, nukes, post-apocalyptic fiction, Road Warrior, Testament, The Children of Men, The Day After, The Day the Earth Caught Fire, Threads, WALL-E, Waterworld, Writing craft
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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
Why Stephen King’s The Stand Was Better the First Time
If you were lucky enough to be able to open a copy of the original 800+ page edition of The Stand, released in 1978, here’s what you would have read: Hapscomb’s Texaco sat on US 93 just north of Arnette, … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, E-Publishing, Marketing, Revision, Writing Craft
Tagged e-publishing, self-publishing, Stephen King, Stu Redman, The Stand
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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 →