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My subject this week is paragraph and sentence structure. I know, you suddenly have visions of your 5th grade teacher, who looked a lot like Marge Simpson but without the cool style and hip clothes. The smell of chalk or water-based-board markers (pick your toxins: one has particulates that get in your lungs, one kills [...]
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I’m having one of those days. You know, when you’ve worked the graveyard shift, commuted home, gotten in, and it’s nearly 8 a.m. and … it’s blog day! And every single blog idea, all three, formerly residing in your head, are gone. Oh, wait. That’s just me.
So, I’m going to run on a bit about [...]
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We’ve been asked here at MW to share our tips on how we convey emotion with telling the reader what the character is feeling in the scene.
Examples of telling:
She was sad.
Her heart broke at his words.
His depression worsened.
John’s rage increased.
The way a lot of new writers (and published writers who get lazy) handle emotion is [...]
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ConCarolinas is nearly upon us and MW will have a great showing at the event. Misty Massey, David B. Coe, Stuart Jaffe, AJ Hartley, and Faith Hunter will all be at CC and have set aside three hours, (so our panelists, our fans, friends, and writer pals can come and go as their schedules require) for a drop-in, [...]
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This is the third week of the BBU here on Faith’s post day!
BBU = Big Bad Uglies = the antagonist.
MC = main character = hero.New this week:
AS = applecart scenes
[For those who might wonder, there is a reason why I make up my own names for things that have perfectly good names or terms already [...]
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Last week was the start of BBU week here at Faith’s post day! BBU = Big Bad Uglies = the antagonist.
I talked about some of the many differences between the BBU’s of mysteries and the BBUs of thrillers—and yes, many of the same differences can be said to apply to other genres. Romance genre, not [...]