Quite the Life (and all in Times New Roman 10pt!)
Kaye Lynne Booth gathered some amazing authors for Visions anthology. Reviewers can pick up a copy on Bookfunnel and readers can use this universal book link. About the Author A writer at heart, Undawnted’s own creative spark, DL Mullan, began writing short stories and poetry before adolescence. Over the years, Ms. Mullan has showcased … Continue reading “DL Mullan’s “The Reality Hackers” now in Visions anthology”
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 May 2022’s Great Opening Lines – and Why! (May 2022’s Great Opening Lines) which covered James Tiptree, Jr.’s The Milk of … Continue reading “Great Opening Lines – and Why! (July 2022’s Great Opening Lines)”
I received a rejection on Meteor Man last week. The editor wrote I can appreciate the attention to detail in your world, but without knowing about the world or characters or what’s going on, the terminology bogs me down a bit too much. The comment intrigued me because no first reader commented anything similar. Even … Continue reading “First Rejections”
Imagine you’re writing a story. You could be a Pantser. Some people call Pantsing “writing by discovery” because the writer lets the story take them where it will without any preconceptions about where it’s going. Supposedly this is Stephen King’s writing method. You could be a Plotter. Some people call Plotting “architecting” because the … Continue reading “Pantsers and Plotters (a neuroscience perspective)”
a recurring character/setting/element anchoring the reader in the story that keeps the reader interested I use throughlines in my own writing and mentioned them previously in Using One-Line Summaries to Write Better Stories and Writing Mentoring. Recent conversations demonstrated confusion; some people thought a throughline is the same as a plot line, some thought a … Continue reading “Throughlines”