Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
This is the last experiment in the Author Voice, Character Voice arc. I mentioned in Part 1. I wrote back then there might be three, maybe more, and I was correct, there’s four. My goal has been to demonstrate the different voices at an author’s disposal. Part 1 focused on Character Voice. Part 2 focused … Continue reading “An Experiment in Writing – Part 18: Author Voice, Character Voice (Part 4)”
We left off in An Example of the Experiments, 2 – Fains I with the promise of sharing the original Fains I opening and the rewrite making use of multiple storycrafting techniques. I shared the original first ~900 words in An Example of the Experiments, 3 – Fains I and here I share the rewrite, … Continue reading “An Example of the Experiments, 4 – Fains I – A John Chance Mystery“
Welcome to 2024! Where’s my flying car? I should put one in this story as a joke, or as something people joke about. By the way, I spent most of December starting with Chapter 1 and rewriting as necessary to foreshadow, backshadow, illuminate, and decalcify. Okay, maybe not the last, but at this point I’m … Continue reading “The Alibi (A John Chance Mystery) – Chapter 38”
The Alibi – Chapter 5 Sean Davitty’s head still ached from Cousin Seamus’ all Irish wedding. He slept most of the flight back from Shannon, although Inis Mór to Shannon was a series of puddle jumpers and windups that hadn’t helped his hangover. But Seamus was his favorite and he was Seamus’ Best Man … Continue reading “The Alibi (A John Chance Mystery) – Chapter 5 (New)”
This is the final post in this Toing and Froing arc. The genesis of this arc came from my fouling up The Alibi chapter 3 (my current work in progress. Toing and Froing occurs when the writer/author has their characters move around or do things for no real story purpose; there’s no character development, no … Continue reading “Toing and Froing Again, Part 3”
