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As writers, we think and talk a lot about plot and characters, and how they form the structure of our stories. In the past, I’ve talked about trying to approach writing from different perspectives or a different kind of “lens.” Change the camera lens and the view of the world changes a bit. (I know, stand [...] So, then. Would you betray your kind? Your race? Your species? I watched two movies recently which made me examine my own feelings on the matter – the first, in the cinema and on the big screen, and twice in quick succession (went to see it first with my husband and then took my mother to [...] Well we writers are often asked were we get our ideas. So I thought I’d look around and see what caught my mind’s eye right now, and this just goes to show, EVERYthing is grist to the mill… *** As writers, we think and talk a lot about plot and characters, and how they form the structure of our stories. What’s common to this, and many other discussions, is the idea of change. There wouldn’t be a story without change, not even in the literary genre where, like Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot, characters might [...] As writers, we think and talk a lot about plot and characters, and how they form the structure of our stories. What’s common to this, and many other discussions, is the idea of change. There wouldn’t be a story without change, not even in the literary genre where, like Vladimir and Estragon waiting for Godot, characters might [...] Why on earth do we write fiction? Why do we read it? One of my husband’s favourite “writer” stories concerns a Southern writer with a very Southern mother, whom he called up to tell her that his novel was being published. After a pause, the mother asked, a little desperately, “But do they KNOW it’s a LIE?” [...] No one can tell you when to start a short story. People can give you all kinds of advice about how to write one, but only you can decide when you are prepared to start. This is something I deal with all the time. I’ll have a window of opportunity where I can work on a short [...] Every day I find new reasons to scratch my balding head and wonder. As a publisher (how did that happen again?) I see books take off, and others founder, on a daily basis. Despite studying trends, social media outlets, reviews, and every other aspect of the books that do, and do not sell, I have [...] My own most recent experience, with a just-finished novel only now beginning to make its rounds to beta readers and agent and such, illustrates an interesting point. Readers like rogues. Think about a more famous situation than my own story, right now. Think Star Wars. (No, the ORIGINAL Star Wars, not the latter three abominations.) They had [...] |
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