As fiction writers, we are the magicians who mesmerize our audience and keep them from remarking on the improbability of finding a rabbit in the
Category: WRITING: CRAFT
Research for the Working Writer
“Help, I need sources!” Ah, the plea of the desperate student/grad-student/fiction writer in search of material or confirmation of some nugget, or a replacement for
Moralizing tales
I was in the course of doing research for the latest WIP doing some research on the moralizing tales of Miss Maria Edgeworth. Who? I
Scratch That
The chapter wasn’t working. I had an opening that grounded exactly where and when after the very last chapter (in a transport), and a natural
Giving Thanks (for good advice)
Strong words of encouragement for all new writers from Ira Glass, so let’s give some thanks for them. I can personally vouch that it also
World Building from Scratch: Cultures
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