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5 Writing Tips for Making Fantasy Feel ‘Real’
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
If you ask a group of writers how they approach a part of their writing process, you’re going to get as many answers as there are writers–and sometimes more. Today I’m reviewing a discussion by a group of writers on how to make fantasy feel real. No…
What Good Is An Agent? Answers From Writers.
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
https://youtu.be/8bsDxJ7awgM%5BPrevious related topics: Why? How? What? ] If you’ve been paying attention to the literary agency world in the last month or so, you probably heard about the embezzlement conviction of Darin Webb, the accountant for the 49-year-old UK literary agency: Donadio & Olson. Webb’s total theft? $3.4…
Tips For Sustaining Tension In Your Writing
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
Last week, I talked about giving characters agency, but that’s not all editors and agents request. Another thing they ask for is ‘tension’. If the reader doesn’t have a reason to care what happens next, you’ve lost your tension. https://youtu.be/nm3t91tjXlI Wait. Before we get any further, I…
Tips On Writing Characters With Agency
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One thing you hear about a lot when you start sending your manuscript out into the world is ‘agency’. Most agents (and publishers) are looking for characters who make things happen, not ones who merely react to the situation they’re stuck with. https://youtu.be/V3Hpm-z9068 In general, inciting incidents…
Balticon 52
Originally posted on WRITING TIPS & WRITERLY MUSINGS:
No query corner this week: instead here’s a quick review of Balticon 52. I’ll be going into more depth on some of the panels later. After a long week away from home learning about Aeronautics, my bed got me for one night before I hit Balticon 52.…
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