If any of your characters are addicted to being right, they would rather be right than happy. They have to have the last word in an argument and proving their point of view takes precedent over listening to others. Even after being shown they are wrong, they still search for ways to prove their point […]
What Kind of Apple Does Your Character Like?
What kind of apple does your character like? The preference might not seem important but it adds the sense of taste and personalizes your character. It’s a detail that can add some depth. Another point to consider is the popularity of different apple varieties over the last few decades. Red Delicious was the top choice […]
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone
Happy Thanksgiving to you all. Thank you for reading my blog. May you feel gratitude every day.
Catherine Brady’s Story Logic and the Craft of Fiction
A couple years ago, Catherine Brady spoke at the California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch meeting. She impressed me and I bought her book, Story Logic and the Craft of Fiction. I highly recommend it as an indepth study for the craft of writing. Brady is the author of three story collections. Her Curled in the […]
George Orwell Quotes
George Orwell (1903 – 1950) was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His birth name was Eric Arthur Blair. The Times, in 2008, ranked Orwell second on the list of “The 50 greatest British writers since 1945”. “Good prose should be transparent, like a window pane.” “Good novels are written by people who are […]
NaNoWriMo Participants
NaNoWriMo Participants aim to write a 50,000 word novel in November. As the last week of NaNo approaches, how are you all doing? Have you gone to write-ins? Have you gone to the forums on-line? I look forward to the writing frenzy every year. I missed a couple of years, but the five years I […]
Smiles in Sophie Littlefield’s The Missing Place
I’m reading Sophie Littlefield’s latest novel, The Missing Place. Colleen and Shay, the mothers whose two sons are missing, have frequent disagreements due to their different backgrounds. Littlefield contrasts these characters in a realistic, sometimes humorous, way. On page 69, they argue outside about how to proceed with searching for their sons. Shay gives in […]