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Showing posts with label #writingtips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #writingtips. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 6

How to Write a Genre Story: Character Introduction: Unusual Position

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Today I continue my series on how to create a memorable character.  In my last post ( How to Write a Genre Story: Character Introduction: Ex...
Monday, March 29

How to Write a Genre Story: Make Your Character Memorable & Unique: Tags

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In a previous post, How to Write a Genre Story: Characters: An Introduction to Character Tags , I talked about why tags are important for ch...
Wednesday, March 10

How to Write a Genre Story: Characters: How to Show Not Tell

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 Supporting Characters versus Main Characters We want some characters to be one-dimensional, characters such as the impatient pizza delivery...
Friday, March 5

How to Write a Genre Story: Characterization and Character Description

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( Note: I'm starting a series of interviews with other writers. If you would like to discuss being interviewed, please contact me on Twi...
Saturday, February 27

How to Write a Genre Story: Setting: How to Show Not Tell (Part 2)

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Summary: Setting is an essential part of good writing because a well developed setting helps a writer show rather than tell. Each object in ...
Saturday, February 6

Writing a Horror Story: Or, how to scare the pants off someone! (Part 2)

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( FYI, this post is part of my How to Write a Genre Story series. By rights I should have titled it How to Write a Genre Story: Setting and ...
Wednesday, February 3

How to Write a Genre Story: Setting (Part 1)

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There are many stories that don't fit the hero’s journey. For example, the movies Psycho and The Princess Bride. And that's great! ...
Thursday, January 28

How to Write a Genre Story: Conflict

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How to Generate Conflict Conflict results from the clash of two things: a character's goal and the opposition to that goal. It follows t...