by Stephanie Morrill | May 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to the writers who placed in last round’s contest:First PlaceLaurie J. Curtis (received two votes)Second PlaceKarina VieyraRayna HuffmanThird PlaceSarah O.Jessica StarickaHonorable MentionsJessica Zelli (two votes for HM)MacKenzie PaulineJenna...
by Jill Williamson | May 22, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonHow you describe your characters depends on who your point of view character is. If you’re writing a female, she might describe clothing, give fabric and designer details, or compare herself to the person she’s looking at. A male point of...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillA writer emailed me to ask, “I struggle with the amount of characters I have in my plot. Most of the time, I end up with too many. It makes it difficult to bring new important characters into the scenes. Is there a limit for the amount of...
by Jill Williamson | May 18, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonIn case you haven’t noticed… I like lists. But I promise these will be my last lists for a while. *grin*As with my post on hobbies and skills, I also like to think about my characters’ traits, both positive and negative. In fact,...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 17, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Rachel CokerWriter’s block. I still find it interesting how much fear and terror can be induced into a budding author by those two words. Even just looking at them typed up on my computer gives me the shudders. Because, honestly, writer’s block is every...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
A writer asked me about building relationships between your characters, particularly characters who have met and will be growing closer over the course of the story.This is an extremely tricky pacing issue, and it’s one that glares at me in my old manuscripts....
by Jill Williamson | May 15, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonLast week, Stephanie talked about teaching your character new skills. I loved reading all the cool skills you’ve given your characters and wanted to add something to that discussion. Giving your character at least one interesting skill or hobby...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 14, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s impossible.The end. Have a great day, guys!Okay, no, I do have stuff to say. It’ just not what I want to say. I really, really want to pass on to you guys some beautiful spreadsheet or something that will help you track everything your little...
by Jill Williamson | May 11, 2012 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonWriting about fictional archetypes on Tuesday made me think of real ones.In 1920, a Swiss physician Carl Jung wrote in his book Psychological Types that people have an archetype that drives them from within, that defines how they see the world and...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 10, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI’ve had a flood of questions come in (which inevitably happens whenever I’m making a final push to get a manuscript done, and I’m in my not-touching-email-not-doing-laundry-just-focusing-on-writing zone) so I thought I’d...
