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Steps on the Journey
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Feb
14
On first glance, one would think that the third of the Story Elements we’re looking at, Objective, is as simple as the previous, Situation. However, being obvious doesn’t always mean being simple.
Feb
5
Creating situations can sometimes be difficult in much the same way creating characters can be difficult. Your situation must be believable, but it must also be universal in some way, so that the reader can relate to what your character is about to go through or is trying to accomplish. And even as it’s relate-able, it must also be unique in some way. You must bring something to it that no one else has.
Jan
27
In today’s modern novel, it’s not farfetched to say that character is king. Readers want to connect with characters, sympathize with them, especially your protagonist. To catch your reader and, more importantly, keep her, you must make her care about your characters. If we don’t care, we won’t read on.
Jan
26
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Watch this space for the first of my new ongoing series, What I’ve Learned. Our first installments will be on Story Elements. Look for the first one, on Character, later today or tomorrow morning.
Jan
12
What I’ve Learned: The Curse of Was (or How to Hunt Down Passive Sentences)
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When I first started writing with an eye for publication, I hadn’t taken any writing courses, no fiction classes, nothing. I was really flying by the seat. I started out submitting mainly to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, then also to Cemetery Dance and other short story markets. I always got rejected, but I often got little notes that really boiled down to, “I liked the idea, but it just didn’t grab me.”
I remember thinking, “How do I do that? Tell me how to grab you!”
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