Tag: writer
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Of Plot, Nouns and Verbs…
According to plot guru, Martha Alderson, plot can be viewed as either a noun or verb. She states: “Plot as noun encompasses every element of a story. Plot as verb allows conscious development of those elements.” I invite you to visit her blog, and to follow her on Twitter. Her daily Tweets are gems of…
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Of Sword Fights, The Himalayas, And so on… And so on…
Of Sword Fights, The Himalayas, And so on… And so on… Posted by Anjuelle Floyd | Filed under Articles and Essays, anjuellefloyd.com Have you ever watched a scene from a movie where two sword fighters are going at it? And then they begin to move up the stairs, one sword fighter, moving in reverse up…
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Of Sword Fights, The Himalayas, And so on… And so on…
Have you ever watched a scene from a movie where two sword fighters are going at it? And then they begin to move up the stairs, one sword fighter, moving in reverse up the incline of the steps, danger closing in, his back against the wall of conflict? Remember how you felt? Your chest growing…
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Protected: Of Pacing, Tension and the All-Important Artistry of Holding the Reader’s Attention…a
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Of Reversals, Plausible Endings and the Artistry of Thwarting Expectations…
“A successful resolution thwart the our expectation; it doesn’t (fully) satisfy them.”—-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers Reversals sit at the heart of a successful resolution. And since novels consist of a continual list of crises fostered by a string of obstacles, both physical and human…
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Of Writing, Integrity and The Company We Keep…
“When we set out to judge—ridicule pillory, condemn, sneer at or…impugn our characters–we fail at our objective. Instead of making our characters look bad we make ourselves suspect.” —-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers We are known by the company we keep. In the case of…