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The Mugging

Posted on Sunday, October 27, 2019 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

“Lana always cuts through the park.” Marcella Stewart moaned. “She needs to stop. That mugger makes it so dangerous. He’s killed ten people already.” She paced the floor in front of Serena Wells who wondered what Marcella wanted her to…

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A Word About Settings

Posted on Sunday, August 13, 2017 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Setting is an integral part of your story. Without setting the characters and the action are taking place in a vacuum. Life doesn’t take place in a vacuum. We have buildings, gardens, parks, beaches and other places where action takes…

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Scenes

Posted on Sunday, July 16, 2017 by pebblepup — Leave a comment

Scenes are the building blocks of stories. They have structure of their own. They have beginnings, middles, and ends. Except for the first scene in a story, the beginning of a scene should hook the reader, just like the beginning…

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