Category: setting
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Writing Strong Description in Fiction, Part 3
A lot of writers feel pressure to “fully visualize” the setting for the reader. So they pile detail upon detail onto the page.
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Writing Strong Description in Fiction, Part 2
One of my favorite ideas about description is this: there is no such thing as objective description in fiction.
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Writing Strong Description in Fiction, Part 1
When we talk about description in fiction, most writers immediately picture long paragraphs about sunsets, castles, or what color somebody’s curtains are. And honestly? That’s part of why description gets such a bad press sometimes.
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What to do if you’re having trouble starting a scene
Photo by Landiva Weber
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Friday’s Findings: My 50K Novel Week 2
As an alternate to NaNoWriMo, I’m doing a 50K word rough draft of a novel in 30 days. Here’s how the second week went: Day 8: My city has the best coffee shops. I’m sitting in one before I go to work and I’m going to outline some unfinished scenes. I swore I wouldn’t do…
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Friday’s Findings: An Experiment in Screenplay Writing
Warning: possible spoilers for the novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay follow. Let me start off by saying I do not intend to become a screenplay writer. What I did yesterday was for fun. It started when I began re-reading The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon. I had forgotten…
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Friday’s Findings: The Perfect Story?
This week, I came across some articles that go over the basics of fiction: story elements, types of characters and the three act story structure. I also came across Writer’s Digest’s 50 best websites for writers in 2023. Elements of Fiction: A Quick Guide to Writing the Perfect Story – Kotobee Blog A refresher on…
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Friday’s Findings: Storytelling Tips and Techniques
Got an extra Audible credit you want to use? Looking to take a creative writing class? Then I recommend Writing Great Fiction: Storytelling Tips and Techniques. This is part of The Great Courses Series on Audible. James Hynes, a writing professor and novelist, narrates this 24 lecture course on writing novels and short stories. I…
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NaNoWriMo Day 2: My four-steps
Was my first day of NaNoWriMo 2022 was a huge success? I wrote over 1700 words. The story is coming along wonderfully and I’ve come up with some ideas as I’ve composed. During Preptober, I made a list of phrases describing scenes. I also compiled a list of characters for the two novellas I’m writing…
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