Category: Writer
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IWSG August 2019
Has your writing ever taken you by surprise? For example, a positive and belated response to a submission you’d forgotten about or an ending you never saw coming? Oh, if only my writing took me by surprise. Just kidding. That’s one of the joys of being a pantser – there’s always a surprise lurking…
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IWSG July 2019
What personal traits have you written into your character(s)? Umm… I think the list would be shorter if we asked what personal traits I didn’t write into my characters. I’ve used so many things – my personal faith, my outlooks on what a relationship should and shouldn’t be, my mule-headed tendency to try and do…
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Romance 2 Rough Draft is Done!
I emphasize “rough draft” but still. 20ish chapters in as many days. I feel good about getting that done. (And a little hopeful that it’s acting as a bit of brain floss to get me back on track with Fantasy 3.) And yes it is going to need some plot spackle, maybe some paint, perhaps…
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POV’s I Don’t Agree With
Romance 2 is progressing, and once again I’m finding it difficult to write a particular character’s POV. Not a villain, not even a slightly bad guy. He’s a pretty decent dude, just trying to be a normal, nice guy. He’s my hero in this particular book. The problem for me is, his views on certain…
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Stories With Minds Of Their Own
One of the reasons I don’t plot, is because sometimes most of the time my stories develop a life of their own. I know where it starts, and I know where it will end. HOW it gets there and HOW it ends is a different matter entirely. My second Romance book is an example of…
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May 2019 IWSG
What was an early experience where you learned that language had power? Oh. Ummm…. Are we talking about written language or spoken or just language generally? I was in 4th grade when I learned that one was allowed to write without having been blessed from some authority on high. I was in middle school when…
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