From Author Magazine: A point nicely made about “Filters” (My title is a visual metaphor for “filter,” as I’m sure you figured out. I think a #4 is especially thick, though I have no personal experience.) Fending Off Filters A Key to Vivid Writing by James Thayer How can we get readers to sink into [...]
Archive for June, 2010
Writing through a pair of #4 pantyhose
Posted in Uncategorized on June 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Help for Writers
Posted in Uncategorized on June 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Go check out the writing advice Fr0m Hope Clark: http://www.fundsforwriters.com/newsletterconfirmation.htm
Thoughts on Character
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Building real characters is a pain in the patootie. Maybe this thought will help you: Anger is a secondary emotion. It masks the real, underlying emotion (probably fear, in this case). Your job is to explore that underlying emotion in your angry characters. No doubt that an angry confrontation makes for good tension, keeps interest [...]
Editing Tips
Posted in Uncategorized on June 6, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
John Gardner calls it, “Filtering the story through an observing consciousness.” Old John says, “Knock it off.” What is it? Read on, compadres. (The advice below comes from Suzanne Hartman’s blog) The goal when we write fiction is to make the readers feel like they are in the POV character’s head, seeing, feeling, sensing, thinking [...]
