Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
Every time you have an opportunity to show something most people aren’t familiar with, do so to add color to the story provided you can do it in a way the reader understands and can relate to. Ground the unfamiliar with the familiar You have to ground the unfamiliar with the familiar so that … Continue reading “World-Building – Revealing Settings Through Relatable Characters”
You can read back issues of my newsletter here. May-June 2024 Announcements Our previous RoundTable 360s were fascinating with lively discussions between panelists and audience members.Our May RoundTable 360 topic is creative block, and every creative’s been there…that dreaded feeling of hitting a wall, not knowing what to create next or even how to do … Continue reading “My second newsletter – May 2024”
I wrote in Great Opening Lines – and Why! (Part 3 – Some Great Opening Lines) that I’d share more great opening lines as I found them. My last entry in this category was January 2023’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (January 2023’s Great Opening Lines) which covered Lidia Yuknavitch’s‘s The Chronology of Water. … Continue reading “Great Opening Lines – and Why! (August 2023’s Great Opening Lines)”
What goes into creating a world and sharing it with the reader? Aside from blood and sweat? Research Research everything. You may not use everything you’ve learned, but your increased subject matter expertise will come through in your writing and (probably) you’ll have more confidence in what you’re writing. One of my greatest joys is … Continue reading “World-Building – Process”