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INTRODUCTION Just as words are the building blocks of sentences, and sentences are the building blocks of paragraphs, and paragraphs are the building blocks of scenes, so too scenes are the building blocks of fictional works. Scenes, however, aren't simply a collection of…
The Wyrd Sisters sat outside their hut on a clear summer night drinking malt liquor. The air was quiet except for an occasional splash from the nearby loch. “I’m craving a man right now, so I am,” Carla, the youngest sister said. “I’ve been doing that longer than you, dearie…
I have more stories about the Knights from Camelot, but before I show those, I’ll tell you want the zaftans are doing. In this newsletter, I’ll describe the background of the zaftans and next week I’ll tell what these aliens are up to. The zaftans are a vicious race. They…
I've started working on another non-fiction book. It's called Story Structure and it's part of my Fiction Writing series. It concerns itself with how to organize the material an author develops before writing the first draft (assume the author isn't a panster)
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Here’s a fiction writing problem. If you look through most books on fiction writing, you’ll find little on the importance of a character arc. The book…
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FNN religious reporter Mathew Mark Lukejohn filed this report from Rome where he attended a press conference. The Vatican announced today that Pope…
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To a new fiction writer, there are a bewildering number of story elements that are essential to the story and incorporated into the work. To mention a…
Sir Tristan accompanied by Merlin traveled to the wild country adjacent to northern Wales and the old Roman town of Chesterorum. Tristan’s quest was to…
Continuing the marketing discussion I started a few weeks back, (June 18) here are the answers to Question 4: What is your least favorite or least…
(Unfortunately, Sir Tristan didn’t go on his quest. He postponed it to write a poem to a young widow he’s wooing. In the meantime, Sir Kay started out…
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To a new author considering self-publishing her book, the amount of contradictory information on the web is bewildering. Adding to the confusion is the…
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The story so far. I set my novels in a parallel or alternate universe. I’ve found out the characters in that alternate universe are real. I’ve also…
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