Escalate Your Story
Every story consists of a character with a problem and deals with his or her attempts to resolve that problem. This happens in several phases.
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Every story consists of a character with a problem and deals with his or her attempts to resolve that problem. This happens in several phases.
Of all the topics on how to write, I suspect more books have been written on how to create solid characters than on anything else.
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Many new writers don’t know when to stop polishing a manuscript and move on to the next. Part of the reason for that might have
Right now I’m editing a novel that is about 200,000 words long but her agent wants the book to be closer to 100,000 words, so
I mentioned in yesterday’s post three elements common to all of the bestselling movies and books of all time–the fact that ALL of them are
Today, I want to talk about the ending of your novel or short story. Most new writers don’t have a problem ending their story. After all,
For many authors, writing itself is a mystical act. They don’t understand what impulses drive them to write, they can’t figure out where to begin,
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,
I’m in the midst of judging a large short story writing contest, going through the first pass. Now, this is an anonymous contest, one where