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Category Archives: Viewpoint
Free Writing Workshop with Yours Truly
If you’re of a mind to hear a lot about point of view in writing, join me this Saturday in Grand Junction for an event sponsored by RMFW and the Western Slope writers. Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Sponsors Is Your … Continue reading
Posted in Viewpoint, Writing Craft
Tagged free workshop, point of view in fiction, RMFW, Writing craft
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RMFW’s Colorado Gold writers’ conference is Just Around the Corner…
And it’s time to do the conference tips thing. Here’s my post from last year about getting ready for CoGo. The advice is pretty much the same, especially about the coffee. Conference Tips for RMFW’s Colorado Gold. This year, I’m … 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
The Omniscient Viewpoint: Use With Caution
What is the omniscient viewpoint, anyway? From the Wikipedia entry: The third-person omniscient is a narrative mode in which the reader is presented the story by a narrator with an overarching point of view, seeing and knowing everything that happens … Continue reading
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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My Origin Story Part 5: First Novel
Previously on My Origin Story: I had written dozens of fits and starts and part of an installment of a mystery series. There were a few other longer pieces. One was a mystery set in a 6th grade classroom that … Continue reading
Posted in Characterization, Commentary, My Origin Story, Plot, Pop Culture, Viewpoint, Writing Craft
Tagged Abbott and Costello, Bic pens, bodice-rippers, Depression, dustbowl, John Garfield, origin story, racism
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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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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 →