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Monthly Archives: February 2017
The Spice Rule
One of the many things those who are new to novel writing fail to ask is, “How much is enough?” I’m not talking about length; I’m talking about specific kinds of content, something that impacts all writers in all genres, … Continue reading
Posted in editing, Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged adjectives, adverbs, dialect, dialog, editors, Emerson, FaceBook, Hollywood, moderation, modifiers, Overkill, political rants, Southern accents, speech coach, spice, stative verbs, writers
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Chapters vs short stories
A writer friend of mine occasionally takes a chapter from one of her books and fashions it into a short story which she then puts on the market. She’s managed to sell several of those tales. And, since she has … Continue reading
Posted in editing, novel writing, Writing
Tagged carving, contest, cutting, editing, hamster wheel, ice cream, Mac, passion, revenge, sex, short story, submission, Writing, zine
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Trigger Words? Really? Oh hell yeah!
Relax. I’m not going to talk about words which might have deleterious effects on certain overly coddled college students who hear them. (This is, generally speaking, a non-political website. I don’t care who you vote for as long as you have a … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, novel writing, Writing
Tagged blue ice, cast iron, details, frozen poop, grandmother, granny, old time kitchens, specificity, trigger words, wood stove
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Characters with… character. Part 3 of 3
We’re moving into the final lap of this character creation exercise. In case you missed the first two parts you can find them here and here. If you’ve been scribbling stuff down about your character, then this process will have … Continue reading
Posted in novel writing, Writing
Tagged audition, character, edit, experiment, fear, logline, rewrite, screen test, sketch, tension
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