There was an outcry at the ending of PBS Masterpiece Theatre’s Sanditon, Jane Austen’s final, uncompleted manuscript. Because the viewers…
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writing
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas
My best Christmas memory doesn’t have much to do with writing or editing. But it has a lot to do…
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Resolving Conflict within the Writer
Not only do writers give their characters conflict, they have a lot of it in their lives too. I’m talking…
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You Need Motivation Too
It’s not only our characters that need motivation, writers do too. What’s the secret to motivation? I’m talking about that…
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The Hard Stuff and the Fun Stuff
I’m talking about these things in crafting your characters, continuing a series I’ve started over at PencilDancer.com. Check it out…
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Raise the Stakes
Over at PencilDancer I’ve been talking about creating memorable characters. In today’s post I talk about how making your characters…
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