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Last week, a writer told me about how he had written a story several years ago that went on to win a Finalist in the
Last week, a writer told me about how he had written a story several years ago that went on to win a Finalist in the
Part of what makes an epic an epic is that the reader tries to get a panoramic view of life, to experience a wide range of human emotions. I think that Tolkien handled this well in LOTR. He has a lot of warmth and humor and nostalgia in early parts of the story, but then he builds up to terror, despair, and horror. There is some triumph and tragedy and a lingering sense of isolation and remorse for our hero, too.
In many novels you will have a fight scene—everything from a verbal scuffle as two people break up to a major battle, and because this
Nearly every novel shows a character with a big conflict. Sometimes conflicts are so vast that the tale is overwhelming. But readers must somehow muddle
I once spoke to a movie producer who has about eighty films to his credit, and he told me a wary story about a child
Once I was rewriting a scene, listening closely to the sound and rhythm of the words in a passage, looking for ways to strengthen it,
Written in March 2020 In past articles I’ve talked about how, as readers age, people of different genders tend to crave certain kinds of emotions.
A proven writer is an author that publishers trust to deliver a story of high quality. As a new writer, you’re struggling to gain the skills in narrative, dialog, and description so that you can deliver powerful stories to readers. If a proven author turns a manuscript in to a publisher, the publisher doesn’t have to guess whether it’s publishable, they know it will be.
One of the most frequent questions you’ll get as a writer is, “How long does it take to write a novel?” There are several perfectly
When I used to write for competitions, I would make lists of ways that judges might look at my work in order to grade it.
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