Odd Jobs Kick Down the Door – Part 1 of 2

Finding outlets for your writing requires taking scads of chances, consuming the output of others in your medium/genre, networking, and making sure you practice your…

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Starting a Novel Done? Begin Again.

Question: What should you do as soon as you finish your novel? This is not a trick question. I know you need to send query…

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Action in Fiction PPP

In 1954, Ralph Ellison told the Paris Review* that a character's development must proceed through three states: from purpose, through passion, to perception^. The beauty…

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Georges Simenon Crepuscule

In 1955, Georges Simenon said the following to the Paris Review*. "...Instead of writing just the story, in this chapter I tried to give a…

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Qualities of Good Fiction Specificity = Believability

Here are two sentences: A. The man stood in front of me holding the gun. B. The veins in his neck bulged as he stood…

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