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Carnival of Storytelling – April 7, 2011
Welcome to the April 7, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. Here are a number of recent blog posts for and by writers, some submitted […]
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Character Needs: The Need for Security
Another post on character needs, extracted from Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories. Today, the need for security, which played […]
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Writing Likable Characters
Says children’s-book author Elise Broach in a recent blog post about likable characters, “Nothing in a story keeps readers as enthralled as a character who […]
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Character Needs: The Need for Attention
I’m posting a series on character needs, extracted from Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories. I’m starting with the need […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – March 31, 2011
Welcome to the March 31, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. I almost missed this week’s carnival, because my latest project schedule has crashed and […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – March 24, 2011
Welcome to the March 24, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. We got a bunch of good submissions this week, plus Missy Frye sent me […]
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Avoiding the Pitfalls of Feedback as a Writer
I ran across this post about how important feedback is to a writer, by the pseudonymous “Frootbat31” on her blog A Writer’s Journey. She makes […]
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Character Fiction 101: Table of Contents
I’m working on an ebook, entitled Character Fiction 101: How to Write Fictional Characters and Character Stories. I plan to give the ebook away for […]
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Carnival of Storytelling – March 17, 2011
Welcome to the March 17, 2011 edition of Carnival of Storytelling. It’s been over 3 years since the last edition. I’m reactivating the Carnival of […]
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Ever To Be an Aspiring Author
Lazette Gifford, author of Return to Redlin and other ebooks and novels, wrote a couple days ago about the most important writing rule: “You must […]
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