Category: Blog Posts
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Writing any fiction, from a short story of a few thousand words to an epic novel, is always an undertaking. One of a writer’s most important resources is motivation. Often, what motivates a writer to continue writing mirrors what motivates a reader to continue reading. In the case of a mystery novel, the reader reads…
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Have you ever written a three-dimensional character with complex psychology and a solid arc, but no distinct personality on the page? Have you ever written a character who feels vivid and real, but struggled to pin down their motives? Here I’ll give you an alternative way to approach character creation that should avoid those problems.…
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We call this thing we do “writing,” but actually putting words down on paper is only a fraction of the work. If all it took to write well was the coordination to shape letters with a pen, the world would be packed to its limit with excellent books, and we would all have to retire.…
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I’m sure you’ve felt it once or twice. Maybe as you hammered away at the last thousand words of a college paper just before it was due. Maybe after spending all day at work with a juicy scene bubbling away in the back of your mind, when you finally had a chance to sit down…