Who’s the big bad wolf in your story?
What was the big bad wolf’s goal in the story of the 3 little pigs? To have dinner. He needed to eat and the 3 pigs met the bill. The wolf was doing what came naturally to him. There was nothing evil...
View ArticleWhat do football and fiction have in common?
The first thing we as writers must accomplish with our story is to hook our reader. But if we merely hook them, the reader can get away. So we must also then compel them to read on to the middle and...
View Article6 Steps to Story Development
When you get right down to it the major goal of the fiction writer is to keep the reader reading. And like the performer who spins plates at the top of a stick, writers must spin several plates...
View ArticleHow to Review Your Story Scenes for Conflict
As discussed in “6 Steps to Story Development,” a story needs conflict. In fact, without it you have no story. So let’s take a closer look and see how you can make sure you’re developing the conflict...
View ArticleCan your reader recognize your character’s voice?
Our voice is as much a part of who we are as is the shape of our face. It’s an aspect of our physical being that people come to recognize about us as they get to know us. My dad was a traveling...
View ArticleRemoving the Cliché from Your Characters
Guest Posting today is Jennifer Slattery Every first draft I write seems to be crammed with cliché characters. The Sunday school teacher with silver hair pulled back in a bun. The buff and burly loan...
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