I create characters for practice. I don’t throw them out, I keep them. I do short character charts on them in a word processor. Then I store them in a rough database. OK, I stick the documents in a folder…
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Creating A Character Database
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Character Development
Characters are an important part of a story. All stories need them. The best characters are those who feel real. Readers connect better with characters who come across as real people than they do with paper dolls. Real people have…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Reading
Writing goes hand in hand with reading. While some of us write for our own pleasure, most write to be read. To do that well, you need to study your genre. If you want to write mysteries, read mysteries. If…
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Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Research
Research is important and accurate research can be vital. You need it for anything you write. Fiction needs research just as much as nonfiction does. The reason is a writer needs to know what they are writing about. I find…
Tagged with: fact checking, fact-finding, Research, writing, writing groundwork, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Fiction, Writing Techniques
Remove the Padding
And now a word about padding. That’s what I call adding words to make up a word count. It happens a lot. Sometimes it happens without you being aware of what you are doing. For example, in that first sentence,…
Tagged with: editing, fiction, filler words, Nonfiction, revising, unnecessary words, Write, writing
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Controlling Your Writing
I approach my writing as a group of projects. I have several pieces in various states. I published one, finishing the tasks of writing there. I am revising a sequel to that novel, with another sequel in the rough draft…
Tagged with: keeping track, Project, project management, scheduling, scheduling writing, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Diagramming Sets
Stories take place somewhere. Many writers make a map of the terrain where their stories take place. I do too. It helps if you have an idea of the location where your stories take place. I go a step further…
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Posted in Writing Techniques
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