Tag Archive | Setting
Write Better Fiction: Is Your Scene Anchored?
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Today on Write Better Fiction we’ll cover Is Your Scene Anchored? Write Better Fiction is a process to help you critique your own manuscript and give yourself feedback. This will help you improve your novel, so you’re ready to submit it to an editor. One could argue that asking yourself…
#MondayBlogs Writing About Real and Imaginary Locations
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Intro: I’m passionate about many things, but writing and traveling top my list, and I find myself combining them all the time. Need a location for a story? Hey, that place I saw last summer would be perfect. Need something more exotic ? Maybe something surreal? Combining and creating comes…
Character. Action. Setting.
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Lucky you! By chance, I pulled two blog spots this week! Photo credit: PeteJackson Yesterday I talked about paring down your words to the bone – which is a message, when boiled down, is simply put as- “get to the point.” Sometimes it’s tough to…
Using Setting to Develop a Plot
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
I’ve seen many different articles around the inter-webs about plot development. Usually there are two schools of thought: Create highly developed character bios and then they will inform what kind of plot needs to develop. Create a highly developed plot and then the characters will take shape based…
3 Reasons We Get Bored With Our Own Plot
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
I am currently working on a short story collection for an upcoming book release. I’ve cobbled together some short stories already published on Literary Juice and elsewhere as well as some brand spanking new short stories to send chills up my reader’s spine. However, one short story has…
The System, by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian
Originally posted on Blogging for a Good Book:
Looking at the cover of The System, you see a striking image of college football – an enormous stadium filled with cheering crowds awaiting the contest to begin on that emerald green field. As you zoom in on that field, that crowd, that contest, the reality gets…
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