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Writing

How to Bring a Compelling Character to Life

on September 18, 2020September 18, 2020Leave a Comment on How to Bring a Compelling Character to Life

Well-written stories make both the good guys and bad guys compelling characters. They make your world more immersive for your readers and your characters more fun to root for (or against).

Conferences and Conventions, Guest Feature

Bill Blume at AWCon 18: Characters Who Come Alive

on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018Leave a Comment on Bill Blume at AWCon 18: Characters Who Come Alive

Of the many reasons that contributed to the last-minute decision to attend the 2018 Agile Writers Conference in Richmond, VA, getting the chance to meet Bill Blume was the most exciting. For the longest time, …

Writer's Life, Writing Classes

Best and Worst of Critique Comments #3

on April 2, 2013April 2, 20131 Comment on Best and Worst of Critique Comments #3

As with my fiction class last quarter, our first two stories are critiqued by the whole class. Everyone gets a copy to write on and we read it aloud. A moment of insanity struck me …

Writing

The Next Big Thing: Blog Hop

on March 22, 2013March 22, 2013Leave a Comment on The Next Big Thing: Blog Hop

I was tagged in this Blog Hop business a while ago. I meant to get on it right away, but a few things pushed ahead of it. Now that I’m less busy, I can indulge …

Writer's Life, Writing

The Best and Worst of Critique Comments #2

on February 21, 2013February 21, 2013Leave a Comment on The Best and Worst of Critique Comments #2

So we had another full-class critique of short stories. This time, the story had to be 500 words (as opposed to the last story, which was 8-10 pages). After some of the comments I received …

Writer's Life, Writing

The Best and Worst of Critique Comments

on February 7, 2013February 7, 20136 Comments on The Best and Worst of Critique Comments

I finally got to present my short story to my fiction class, and the comments I received were worth the wait. (I had food poisoning the day I was scheduled for critique, so I was …

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