Mystery Plotting Aids

Posted on Sunday, July 11, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

If you write mysteries, you need to have a victim, a killer, and some red herring suspects. You also need witnesses. When I started writing cozy mysteries, I had a hard time until I came up with the idea of…

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Feline Freedom League July 2021 Report

Posted on Sunday, July 4, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

FFL -Skittlebutt July 2021From: Agent SkittlebuttTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 4 July 2021Subject: Mission Report July 2021 Why is Agent Zoe doing this to me? Doesn’t she understand how much I hate the fact she keeps showing me up. Why can’t she…

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Why Complete Character Charts?

Posted on Sunday, June 27, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Character charts are lists of questions that a fiction author must answer. It’s a good way to get to know their characters. The charts are the best way for an author to get to know the character and what makes…

Timelines and Plots

Posted on Sunday, June 20, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Time lines are useful things. They can help you keep the timing of your story going. I’ve used them to plot the story in broad terms. This is something like saying this happens then this happens and so on. It…

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Using A Project Control Document

Posted on Sunday, June 13, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Project Control It is important to keep your writing organized. I use a Word document to let me know what part of the project I have finished and what I still need to do. I have sections in the document.…

Feline Freedom League June 2021 Mission Report

Posted on Sunday, June 6, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

From: AgentTo: Mr. WhiskersDate: 6 June, 2021Subject: Mission Report June 2021 Whiskey has proven to be difficult to work with. He never strays far from the younger female. I would say they were attached in some physical way, but I…

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Word Choice

Posted on Sunday, May 30, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Have you ever read a book or story and wondered why the author chose the words they did? If you have, then the author failed. You popped out of the story because of questionable word choices. I once read a…

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Total Immersion

Posted on Sunday, May 23, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

What you are looking for in writing your scenes is the total immersion of your reader into the story. This is what the past few blogs have been leading up to. I designed them that way so I could use…

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Wellness Journals

Posted on Sunday, May 16, 2021 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

A wellness journal tracks a person’s wellbeing. That may be self-evident. But a wellness journal can be essential for your physical and mental health. It can help you change habits you have, losing those habits that keep you down. It…

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Planning To Write

Posted on Sunday, May 9, 2021 by pebblepup — 2 Comments

Give me something to write and the words pour out of me. I make up the topics for my blogs in advance. Then I schedule time to write them. That’s how I do it. I know there are pantsers out…

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