There are two aspects to the preparations for writing. One is physical. You can write if you are uncomfortable, but it is so much easier to write when you are comfortable. So you want your writing space to be comfortable,…
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Writing Preparations
Tagged with: characters, Plot, plotting, prep, preparation, scene descriptions, scenes, sets, setting, world building, writing
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Your Character’s Financial Health
In our discussion of character development, I talked about our characters’ fitness and health. you also have to consider that. Are your characters good with their money? Are they wealthy or do they live paycheck to paycheck? are they homeless,…
Tagged with: character development, characters, fiction, fictional, finance, Money, writing, Writing Techniques
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Your Character’s Health
Everyone has health, good or bad. Giving your character health concerns will make them more real to the reader. Unless your character is a whining hypochondriac, just mentioning their overall health now and then is sufficient. The trick is not…
Tagged with: Character, character development, characterization, characters, Characters health, writing
Posted in Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Weather in Fiction
Weather happens. No place on earth where has no weather. The same should be true about your fiction. It doesn’t need to be intrusive. Just a touch once in a while will do. “The sunlight glinted on the water.” That…
Tagged with: characters, fiction, fictional weather, story weather, weather, weather in fiction, writing, writing weather
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Preparing To Write
Preparing To Write Before you write a story, you need to do a few things. You need to have a clear idea of what your story is going to be about. You need an idea. You need to know who…
Tagged with: Character, characters, descriptions, idea, setting, Story, story idea, story premise, story synopsis, synopsis, world building
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
What makes a good character?
That’s a very good question. The best characters are flawed. They are neither wholly good or wholly evil. They do their best with good or bad results. In short, they are like real people. They drink, swear, and lie. They…
Tagged with: character flaws, characters, fiction, fiction techniqus, fiction writing, writing, writing fiction, Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Try Something New
A year ago last March, I moved house. After the dust settled from that move, I did something I had never done before. I took a yoga class. A month or so after that, I tried yoga in the park.…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
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