Write Tip: How Screenplay Structure Can Help Plotting & Pace In Your Novels
I am a film school grad of California State University, Fullerton. I spent several years working in TV and film and had a script in development at Disney. It never got made. I never got rich and...
View ArticleGuest Post: Writetip-Writing Suspense In Science Fiction and Fantasy by Linda...
Today’s guest is one of my favorite people, a local friend who’s talented and writes both mystery and speculative fiction as well as poetry. Her debut mystery novel Every Last Secret was published this...
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Write Tip: How Screenplay Structure Can Help Plotting & Pace In Your Novels
I am a film school grad of California State University, Fullerton. I spent several years working in TV and film and had a script in development at Disney. It never got made. I never got rich and...
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Guest Post: Writetip-Writing Suspense In Science Fiction and Fantasy by Linda...
Today’s guest is one of my favorite people, a local friend who’s talented and writes both mystery and speculative fiction as well as poetry. Her debut mystery novel Every Last Secret was published this...
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Write Tip: 5 Basic Plot Elements All Novels Must Have
The following is an excerpt from my book How To Write A Novel: The Fundamentals of Fiction, Chapter 3: In Writing the Breakout Novel, Donald Maass identifies five basic plot elements that all plots...
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WriteTip: The Key to Good Plotting—Asking The Right Questions at The Right Time
This week as I launch my latest novel, and my first thriller, Simon Says, I wanted to talk about the importance of suspense to drive a story. But before I get into how to make a story suspenseful, it’s...
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WriteTip: 5 Keys To Writing Plot Twists
Today’s WriteTip is a guest post by Desiree Villena from Reedsy. By Desiree Villena When every TV show, video game, book, and film these days is competing to out-thrill the public, any author could be...
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Write Tips: The Importance Of Risk Taking In Writing
I once had a fortune cookie which read: “Some good things will happen, but there will be bad, too.” I thought: now there’s a writer who’s afraid of risks. Seriously. They covered all their bases and...
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