by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 12, 2012 | The Craft of Writing
by Stephanie Morrill Let’s establish straight away that I’m no expert on active or passive writing. Or anything grammar related, really. But once upon a time, I wrote with a lot of passive sentences until a literary agent told me she liked my story, but...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
What a thrill to have Cara Putman here! Last time I interviewed Cara, I misspelled her last name, like, a thousand times. I’m determined to make up for it today!Especially because not only is Cara Putman (2 for 2 so far) sharing wisdom about writing, she’s...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 10, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonWell, Sarah F. has been an inspiration to me with her comments, so I decided to write two more posts about fighting. Today I’m going to talk about magical battles, and on Friday, the all-out war.What makes a magical battle different from a regular...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 9, 2012 | Uncategorized
The prompt for this round is This is not what I expected.Your word limit this round is 106 words (100 words + the prompt sentence).The prompt sentence can go anywhere – first line, last line, third line, whatever. But make sure you don’t change any of...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 6, 2012 | Writing
If you missed the first part of this post, How to Write an Action Scene, be sure to check it out. Now that you’ve written out your fight scene, there are some things to consider when you go back in to edit your scene. 1. Believability Be on cliché alert. We’ve all...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
First PlaceLydia HartAllison YoungSecond PlaceKatelyn Marie WhitleyAlisonThird PlaceLydia Hart (also placed 1st)AlisonHonorable MentionP.R. GoldenKatelyn Marie Whitley (also placed second)Abigail HartmanLaurie J. CurtisRichard B.By Lydia Hart, 1st and 3rdRegina...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 4, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillA writer asked me a really great question: How do you keep track of all these good questions [for character development] and examples from other writing books?My short answer – and this is my answer to many organization questions- is a...
by Jill Williamson | Apr 3, 2012 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonFight scenes are fun, but they’re not easy. By the time I was writing From Darkness Won, the third book in my fantasy trilogy, I was skipping over all the fight scenes, saving them to write later. There were just SO MANY in my trilogy, and I was...
by Stephanie Morrill | Apr 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’m amazed by the places I find inspiration for my characters.My husband and I are currently reading the book Overcoming Overload by Steve and Mary Farrar. The book is about, as you might assume, keeping your life from becoming overloaded with too many...
by Stephanie Morrill | Mar 31, 2012 | Uncategorized
First of all, we had 82 entries last round – wow! I was particularly impressed because it seemed like a harder prompt to me.Also, I have sent out all the emails with feedback for those whose names are not in this list. A couple came back to me, so if you did not...
