Thursday, July 29, 2010
Of Pacing, Tension and the All-Important Artistry of Holding the Reader’s Attention…
Author, Ken Follett, writes, “There is a rule which says that the story should turn about every four to six pages. A story turn is anything that changes the basic dramatic situation. It can change it in a little way or change it in a big way. …You can’t go longer than about six pages without a story turn, otherwise the reader will get bored. … Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, follows the same rule. In Dickens it’s the same; something happens about every four to six pages.â€
The author of at least 20 novels, many of which are thrillers that have achieved international success, this list includes Follett’s well-received historical works, The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, the latter of which made the New York Times Best Seller List.
Adapted for film, The Pillars of the Earth debuted July 23, 2010 on Starz as a mini-series.
When it comes to pacing, Follett’s admonishments are well taken. But what is he really talking about?
Pacing. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/toxgj
The author of at least 20 novels, many of which are thrillers that have achieved international success, this list includes Follett’s well-received historical works, The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, the latter of which made the New York Times Best Seller List.
Adapted for film, The Pillars of the Earth debuted July 23, 2010 on Starz as a mini-series.
When it comes to pacing, Follett’s admonishments are well taken. But what is he really talking about?
Pacing. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/toxgj
Of Pacing, Tension and the All-Important Artistry of Holding the Reader’s Attention…
Author, Ken Follett, writes, “There is a rule which says that the story should turn about every four to six pages. A story turn is anything that changes the basic dramatic situation. It can change it in a little way or change it in a big way. …You can’t go longer than about six pages without a story turn, otherwise the reader will get bored. … Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, follows the same rule. In Dickens it’s the same; something happens about every four to six pages.â€
The author of at least 20 novels, many of which are thrillers that have achieved international success, this list includes Follett’s well-received historical works, The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, the latter of which made the New York Times Best Seller List.
Adapted for film, The Pillars of the Earth debuted July 23, 2010 on Starz as a mini-series.
When it comes to pacing, Follett’s admonishments are well taken. But what is he really talking about?
Pacing. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DioVw
The author of at least 20 novels, many of which are thrillers that have achieved international success, this list includes Follett’s well-received historical works, The Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, the latter of which made the New York Times Best Seller List.
Adapted for film, The Pillars of the Earth debuted July 23, 2010 on Starz as a mini-series.
When it comes to pacing, Follett’s admonishments are well taken. But what is he really talking about?
Pacing. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DioVw
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
“The Hare and The Tortoise,†Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize... http://ping.fm/Mhjts
“The Hare and The Tortoise,†Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize…
The economy is languishing.
Concern and doubt fill our emotions if not swarm around us.
For writers this can be either a perilous time or one for heightened creativity.
Those of us who write for money and recognition are asking many questions.
Will I get that agent?
And if so, how?
Will the publishers like my work?
Those whose hopes for the future rest on crafting a book that will make giant sales wonder about the state of publishing.
Where is it going?
And then there are the daily concerns of paying the bills, never mind if one has chosen the road to self-publication as the way to make our work public. To be sure, this route comes with costs also.
But what about just writing? Continue reading ‘“The Hare and The Tortoise,†Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize…’
From: http://ping.fm/Rp9DB
Concern and doubt fill our emotions if not swarm around us.
For writers this can be either a perilous time or one for heightened creativity.
Those of us who write for money and recognition are asking many questions.
Will I get that agent?
And if so, how?
Will the publishers like my work?
Those whose hopes for the future rest on crafting a book that will make giant sales wonder about the state of publishing.
Where is it going?
And then there are the daily concerns of paying the bills, never mind if one has chosen the road to self-publication as the way to make our work public. To be sure, this route comes with costs also.
But what about just writing? Continue reading ‘“The Hare and The Tortoise,†Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize…’
From: http://ping.fm/Rp9DB
“The Hare and The Tortoise,†Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize…
The economy is languishing.
Concern and doubt fill our emotions if not swarm around us.
For writers this can be either a perilous time or one for heightened creativity.
Those of us who write for money and recognition are asking many questions.
Will I get that agent?
And if so, how?
Will the publishers like my work?
Those whose hopes for the future rest on crafting a book that will make giant sales wonder about the state of publishing.
Where is it going?
And then there are the daily concerns of paying the bills, never mind if one has chosen the road to self-publication as the way to make our work public. To be sure, this route comes with costs also.
But what about just writing? Continue reading ‘“The Hare and The Tortoise,†Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize…’
From: http://ping.fm/KH0gC
Concern and doubt fill our emotions if not swarm around us.
For writers this can be either a perilous time or one for heightened creativity.
Those of us who write for money and recognition are asking many questions.
Will I get that agent?
And if so, how?
Will the publishers like my work?
Those whose hopes for the future rest on crafting a book that will make giant sales wonder about the state of publishing.
Where is it going?
And then there are the daily concerns of paying the bills, never mind if one has chosen the road to self-publication as the way to make our work public. To be sure, this route comes with costs also.
But what about just writing? Continue reading ‘“The Hare and The Tortoise,†Internet Technology, and Keeping Our Eyes on the Prize…’
From: http://ping.fm/KH0gC
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Of Senior Pictures, Former Eastern Block Countries, and Forgotten Anniversary Cards… http://ping.fm/03EuP
Of Senior Pictures, Former Eastern Block Countries, and Forgotten Anniversary Cards…
The summer has whisked by.
One day it was May 31st and our middle was finishing what had been their eleventh grade year–they were a high school junior–and two days later we were listening to a message left by the school photographer stating that senior pictures would be made the following week and leaving the date and time our child was to be photographed in their cap and gown.
The previous week our eldest, a graduate student, had left for Brussels, Belgium three days after turning in spring semester papers.
They would be interning 8 weeks at the European Parliament as an assistant to a Member of Parliament from a former Eastern Block country.
Three weeks to the afternoon I stood watching the photographer snap senior pictures of our middle, I boarded a flight to Brussels with out youngest.
The previous school year had been crazy to say the least. I had not spent enough time with the baby of our family. I needed to get re-acquainted with our pre-adoloescent, soon to be teenager.
Time flies when you’re working for those you love. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/BWvOY
One day it was May 31st and our middle was finishing what had been their eleventh grade year–they were a high school junior–and two days later we were listening to a message left by the school photographer stating that senior pictures would be made the following week and leaving the date and time our child was to be photographed in their cap and gown.
The previous week our eldest, a graduate student, had left for Brussels, Belgium three days after turning in spring semester papers.
They would be interning 8 weeks at the European Parliament as an assistant to a Member of Parliament from a former Eastern Block country.
Three weeks to the afternoon I stood watching the photographer snap senior pictures of our middle, I boarded a flight to Brussels with out youngest.
The previous school year had been crazy to say the least. I had not spent enough time with the baby of our family. I needed to get re-acquainted with our pre-adoloescent, soon to be teenager.
Time flies when you’re working for those you love. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/BWvOY
Of Senior Pictures, Former Eastern Block Countries, and Forgotten Anniversary Cards…
The summer has whisked by.
One day it was May 31st and our middle was finishing what had been their eleventh grade year–they were a high school junior–and two days later we were listening to a message left by the school photographer stating that senior pictures would be made the following week and leaving the date and time our child was to be photographed in their cap and gown.
The previous week our eldest, a graduate student, had left for Brussels, Belgium three days after turning in spring semester papers.
They would be interning 8 weeks at the European Parliament as an assistant to a Member of Parliament from a former Eastern Block country.
Three weeks to the afternoon I stood watching the photographer snap senior pictures of our middle, I boarded a flight to Brussels with out youngest.
The previous school year had been crazy to say the least. I had not spent enough time with the baby of our family. I needed to get re-acquainted with our pre-adoloescent, soon to be teenager.
Time flies when you’re working for those you love. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/zHW76
One day it was May 31st and our middle was finishing what had been their eleventh grade year–they were a high school junior–and two days later we were listening to a message left by the school photographer stating that senior pictures would be made the following week and leaving the date and time our child was to be photographed in their cap and gown.
The previous week our eldest, a graduate student, had left for Brussels, Belgium three days after turning in spring semester papers.
They would be interning 8 weeks at the European Parliament as an assistant to a Member of Parliament from a former Eastern Block country.
Three weeks to the afternoon I stood watching the photographer snap senior pictures of our middle, I boarded a flight to Brussels with out youngest.
The previous school year had been crazy to say the least. I had not spent enough time with the baby of our family. I needed to get re-acquainted with our pre-adoloescent, soon to be teenager.
Time flies when you’re working for those you love. Continue Reading »
From: http://ping.fm/zHW76
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
Of “Android Karenina,†Content, and the Ability to Imagine…
“Imitate form, not content. The tendency to imitate form and not content seems to relate directly to talent.â€
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation.
I recently read an article about a young German writer who won an award for her work that had used large excerpts of a previous writer’s work in young novelist’s creation. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/L96aF
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation.
I recently read an article about a young German writer who won an award for her work that had used large excerpts of a previous writer’s work in young novelist’s creation. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/L96aF
Of “Android Karenina,†Content, and the Ability to Imagine…
“Imitate form, not content. The tendency to imitate form and not content seems to relate directly to talent.â€
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation.
I recently read an article about a young German writer who won an award for her work that had used large excerpts of a previous writer’s work in young novelist’s creation. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Skvbz
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation.
I recently read an article about a young German writer who won an award for her work that had used large excerpts of a previous writer’s work in young novelist’s creation. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Skvbz
Of “Android Karenina,†Content, and the Ability to Imagine…
“Imitate form, not content. The tendency to imitate form and not content seems to relate directly to talent.â€
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation.
I recently read an article about a young German writer who won an award for her work that had used large excerpts of a previous writer’s work in young novelist’s creation. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/zyTda
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
The present world of fiction sees many young writers interweaving the works of previous writers into the young author’s new creation.
I recently read an article about a young German writer who won an award for her work that had used large excerpts of a previous writer’s work in young novelist’s creation. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/zyTda
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Of Writing, Cinema, and What Only Books Can Provide…
“If books merely convey plots and characters why in the age of cinema read a book? What can books give us that movies can’t?
In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DHCtf
In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DHCtf
Of Writing, Cinema, and What Only Books Can Provide…
“If books merely convey plots and characters why in the age of cinema read a book? What can books give us that movies can’t?
In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
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In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
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From: http://ping.fm/76FqC
Of Writing, Cinema, and What Only Books Can Provide…
“If books merely convey plots and characters why in the age of cinema read a book? What can books give us that movies can’t?
In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Hntre
In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/Hntre
Of Writing, Cinema, and What Only Books Can Provide…
“If books merely convey plots and characters why in the age of cinema read a book? What can books give us that movies can’t?
In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/iahmw
In two words: beautiful writing?“
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
I diligently pondered this question while working my way through a MFA Program in Creative Writing.
If I was going to donate an additional two years to earning a graduate degree that was supposed to help refine my skill at writing fiction, an art form I loved, I also needed to know what I could offer in the way of entertainment that other forms did and could not. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/iahmw
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Early Drafts, The Journeyman and Our Need for Praise…
The decision to write is a brave choice we make each time we bring pen to paper or place our fingers upon the computer keys and type.
To be sure, very few do it. And of those, even less follow their hearts’ desires with an understanding and commitment to see to the end what we have started.
It is one thing to write; yet another to go back over and over working to reshape and polish the initial words we have written. Writing our thoughts, bringing the ideas of our imagination into sentences if but one half the challenge. Continue reading ‘Early Drafts, The Journeyman and Our Need for Praise…’
From: http://ping.fm/zSLX0
To be sure, very few do it. And of those, even less follow their hearts’ desires with an understanding and commitment to see to the end what we have started.
It is one thing to write; yet another to go back over and over working to reshape and polish the initial words we have written. Writing our thoughts, bringing the ideas of our imagination into sentences if but one half the challenge. Continue reading ‘Early Drafts, The Journeyman and Our Need for Praise…’
From: http://ping.fm/zSLX0
Early Drafts, The Journeyman and Our Need for Praise…
The decision to write is a brave choice we make each time we bring pen to paper or place our fingers upon the computer keys and type.
To be sure, very few do it. And of those, even less follow their hearts’ desires with an understanding and commitment to see to the end what we have started.
It is one thing to write; yet another to go back over and over working to reshape and polish the initial words we have written. Writing our thoughts, bringing the ideas of our imagination into sentences if but one half the challenge. Continue reading ‘Early Drafts, The Journeyman and Our Need for Praise…’
From: http://ping.fm/rQrvT
To be sure, very few do it. And of those, even less follow their hearts’ desires with an understanding and commitment to see to the end what we have started.
It is one thing to write; yet another to go back over and over working to reshape and polish the initial words we have written. Writing our thoughts, bringing the ideas of our imagination into sentences if but one half the challenge. Continue reading ‘Early Drafts, The Journeyman and Our Need for Praise…’
From: http://ping.fm/rQrvT
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Of Reversals, Plausible Endings and the Artistry of Thwarting Expectations…
“A successful resolution thwart the our expectation; it doesn’t (fully) satisfy them.“—-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
Reversals sit at the heart of a successful resolution.
And since novels consist of a continual list of crises fostered by a string of obstacles, both physical and human, writers must embed our stories with a minefield of reversals.
But what is the true nature of a reversal? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/r6FvS
Reversals sit at the heart of a successful resolution.
And since novels consist of a continual list of crises fostered by a string of obstacles, both physical and human, writers must embed our stories with a minefield of reversals.
But what is the true nature of a reversal? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/r6FvS
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Of Writing, Integrity and The Company We Keep…f
I came across this guy in Hainan about 4 years ago.
He had been tricked out of money when he was younger and he was still angry about it.
So he decided to write the whole story down, to shame them, on the pavement.
– guy.p
“When we set out to judge—ridicule pillory, condemn, sneer at or…impugn our characters–we fail at our objective. Instead of making our characters look bad we make ourselves suspect.â€
—-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
We are known by the company we keep. In the case of a writer, that company consists of our characters and our attitude towards them.
Simply put, what kind of person would choose to writer 60,000 words, or there about, centered on a person or persons our words demonstrate that we dislike, hold little or no respect for, or even loathe?
Would you as a reader trust anything this writer has to say? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/6M46c
He had been tricked out of money when he was younger and he was still angry about it.
So he decided to write the whole story down, to shame them, on the pavement.
– guy.p
“When we set out to judge—ridicule pillory, condemn, sneer at or…impugn our characters–we fail at our objective. Instead of making our characters look bad we make ourselves suspect.â€
—-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
We are known by the company we keep. In the case of a writer, that company consists of our characters and our attitude towards them.
Simply put, what kind of person would choose to writer 60,000 words, or there about, centered on a person or persons our words demonstrate that we dislike, hold little or no respect for, or even loathe?
Would you as a reader trust anything this writer has to say? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/6M46c
Of Writing, Integrity and The Company We Keep…f
I came across this guy in Hainan about 4 years ago.
He had been tricked out of money when he was younger and he was still angry about it.
So he decided to write the whole story down, to shame them, on the pavement.
– guy.p
“When we set out to judge—ridicule pillory, condemn, sneer at or…impugn our characters–we fail at our objective. Instead of making our characters look bad we make ourselves suspect.â€
—-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
We are known by the company we keep. In the case of a writer, that company consists of our characters and our attitude towards them.
Simply put, what kind of person would choose to writer 60,000 words, or there about, centered on a person or persons our words demonstrate that we dislike, hold little or no respect for, or even loathe?
Would you as a reader trust anything this writer has to say? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/ptjuD
He had been tricked out of money when he was younger and he was still angry about it.
So he decided to write the whole story down, to shame them, on the pavement.
– guy.p
“When we set out to judge—ridicule pillory, condemn, sneer at or…impugn our characters–we fail at our objective. Instead of making our characters look bad we make ourselves suspect.â€
—-Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
We are known by the company we keep. In the case of a writer, that company consists of our characters and our attitude towards them.
Simply put, what kind of person would choose to writer 60,000 words, or there about, centered on a person or persons our words demonstrate that we dislike, hold little or no respect for, or even loathe?
Would you as a reader trust anything this writer has to say? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/ptjuD
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts… http://ping.fm/Ph0VK
Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts…
Today, and with my youngest child, I visited The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, otherwise known as The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels in Belgium.
Immediately upon entering the lower lobby she spied a life drawing class offered free to anyone who wanted to participate.
A model stood posed on a stage in front of the class of around 10. Continue reading ‘Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts…’
From: http://ping.fm/CHx1N
Immediately upon entering the lower lobby she spied a life drawing class offered free to anyone who wanted to participate.
A model stood posed on a stage in front of the class of around 10. Continue reading ‘Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts…’
From: http://ping.fm/CHx1N
Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts…
Today, and with my youngest child, I visited The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, otherwise known as The Royal Museum of Fine Arts in Brussels in Belgium.
Immediately upon entering the lower lobby she spied a life drawing class offered free to anyone who wanted to participate.
A model stood posed on a stage in front of the class of around 10. Continue reading ‘Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts…’
From: http://ping.fm/VbKKp
Immediately upon entering the lower lobby she spied a life drawing class offered free to anyone who wanted to participate.
A model stood posed on a stage in front of the class of around 10. Continue reading ‘Hesitancy, Drawing at The Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, and Honoring the Imagination of Our Hearts…’
From: http://ping.fm/VbKKp
Of Plot, Authenticity, and Knowing Who We Are…
“A story should generate it’s own actions and emotions organically…A story should be authentic…made of stuff that has never been appropriated from other forms of narrative art…other stories…movies or television. Or it has it should be sufficiently re-processed through the author’s unique sensibilities so the resulting work has its own authenticity.â€
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
A story should have it’s own unique characters and plot.
Well if this be the case why are writers encouraged to read for more than the experience of learning writing technique? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/VjsNP
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
A story should have it’s own unique characters and plot.
Well if this be the case why are writers encouraged to read for more than the experience of learning writing technique? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/VjsNP
Of Plot, Authenticity, and Knowing Who We Are…
“A story should generate it’s own actions and emotions organically…A story should be authentic…made of stuff that has never been appropriated from other forms of narrative art…other stories…movies or television. Or it has it should be sufficiently re-processed through the author’s unique sensibilities so the resulting work has its own authenticity.â€
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
A story should have it’s own unique characters and plot.
Well if this be the case why are writers encouraged to read for more than the experience of learning writing technique? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DXdSG
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
A story should have it’s own unique characters and plot.
Well if this be the case why are writers encouraged to read for more than the experience of learning writing technique? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/DXdSG
Of Plot, Authenticity, and Knowing Who We Are…
“A story should generate it’s own actions and emotions organically…A story should be authentic…made of stuff that has never been appropriated from other forms of narrative art…other stories…movies or television. Or it has it should be sufficiently re-processed through the author’s unique sensibilities so the resulting work has its own authenticity.â€
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
A story should have it’s own unique characters and plot.
Well if this be the case why are writers encouraged to read for more than the experience of learning writing technique? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/ZRitH
–Peter Selgin, 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers
A story should have it’s own unique characters and plot.
Well if this be the case why are writers encouraged to read for more than the experience of learning writing technique? Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/ZRitH
Saturday, July 3, 2010
Uncertainty, Destination, and the Need to Know…
We are ruled by uncertainty. The need to know shapes our motives, what we ask for, desire, fear and seek to claim.
And so it is in writing that we encounter a somewhat safe haven.
The writer has a general idea of the destination of her or his story if not, how it shall end.
But this is an illusion too. Continue reading ‘Uncertainty, Destination, and the Need to Know…’
From: http://ping.fm/6Z6E9
And so it is in writing that we encounter a somewhat safe haven.
The writer has a general idea of the destination of her or his story if not, how it shall end.
But this is an illusion too. Continue reading ‘Uncertainty, Destination, and the Need to Know…’
From: http://ping.fm/6Z6E9
Uncertainty, Destination, and the Need to Know…
We are ruled by uncertainty. The need to know shapes our motives, what we ask for, desire, fear and seek to claim.
And so it is in writing that we encounter a somewhat safe haven.
The writer has a general idea of the destination of her or his story if not, how it shall end.
But this is an illusion too. Continue reading ‘Uncertainty, Destination, and the Need to Know…’
From: http://ping.fm/7zaM5
And so it is in writing that we encounter a somewhat safe haven.
The writer has a general idea of the destination of her or his story if not, how it shall end.
But this is an illusion too. Continue reading ‘Uncertainty, Destination, and the Need to Know…’
From: http://ping.fm/7zaM5
Of Setting, Change, Action, and Dilemmas…
What creates setting, both physical and emotional?
And what goes into creating a setting that stimulates a reader to feel?
What is the challenge of creating a formative and transformative setting?
What needs to remain static and constant in a setting?
And what needs to cry out for change?
These questions point out the importance of setting and the challenge of meeting the needs that setting addresses in a story or novel.
John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Masterful Storyteller, advises that the setting of a novel needs to include 2-3 separate and distinct places.
His belief debunks the idea that a good story needs to have a list of settings in order to sustain interest and hold the reader’s attention. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/0iBQi
And what goes into creating a setting that stimulates a reader to feel?
What is the challenge of creating a formative and transformative setting?
What needs to remain static and constant in a setting?
And what needs to cry out for change?
These questions point out the importance of setting and the challenge of meeting the needs that setting addresses in a story or novel.
John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Masterful Storyteller, advises that the setting of a novel needs to include 2-3 separate and distinct places.
His belief debunks the idea that a good story needs to have a list of settings in order to sustain interest and hold the reader’s attention. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/0iBQi
Of Setting, Change, Action, and Dilemmas…
Of Setting, Change, Action, and Dilemmas…
What creates setting, both physical and emotional?
And what goes into creating a setting that stimulates a reader to feel?
What is the challenge of creating a formative and transformative setting?
What needs to remain static and constant in a setting?
And what needs to cry out for change?
These questions point out the importance of setting and the challenge of meeting the needs that setting addresses in a story or novel.
John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Masterful Storyteller, advises that the setting of a novel needs to include 2-3 separate and distinct places.
His belief debunks the idea that a good story needs to have a list of settings in order to sustain interest and hold the reader’s attention. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/E6zSI
What creates setting, both physical and emotional?
And what goes into creating a setting that stimulates a reader to feel?
What is the challenge of creating a formative and transformative setting?
What needs to remain static and constant in a setting?
And what needs to cry out for change?
These questions point out the importance of setting and the challenge of meeting the needs that setting addresses in a story or novel.
John Truby, author of The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Masterful Storyteller, advises that the setting of a novel needs to include 2-3 separate and distinct places.
His belief debunks the idea that a good story needs to have a list of settings in order to sustain interest and hold the reader’s attention. Read the rest of this entry…
From: http://ping.fm/E6zSI
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…
It’s really hard to write. I’m traveling with my youngest.
I hated leaving home. And yet I felt stuck.
Stuck.
Not a good place to be as a writer.
And yet it happens.
I don’t experience writer’s block, as much as encountering periods wherein it is just hard to write. I lack the stamina to even get started.
I feel not excitement.
Ideas for a new story, ever how short, evade me.
Perhaps this is writer’s block. Continue reading ‘Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…’
From: http://ping.fm/xzRdt
I hated leaving home. And yet I felt stuck.
Stuck.
Not a good place to be as a writer.
And yet it happens.
I don’t experience writer’s block, as much as encountering periods wherein it is just hard to write. I lack the stamina to even get started.
I feel not excitement.
Ideas for a new story, ever how short, evade me.
Perhaps this is writer’s block. Continue reading ‘Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…’
From: http://ping.fm/xzRdt
Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…
It’s really hard to write. I’m traveling with my youngest.
I hated leaving home. And yet I felt stuck.
Stuck.
Not a good place to be as a writer.
And yet it happens.
I don’t experience writer’s block, as much as encountering periods wherein it is just hard to write. I lack the stamina to even get started.
I feel not excitement.
Ideas for a new story, ever how short, evade me.
Perhaps this is writer’s block. Continue reading ‘Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…’
From: http://ping.fm/JU2Kb
I hated leaving home. And yet I felt stuck.
Stuck.
Not a good place to be as a writer.
And yet it happens.
I don’t experience writer’s block, as much as encountering periods wherein it is just hard to write. I lack the stamina to even get started.
I feel not excitement.
Ideas for a new story, ever how short, evade me.
Perhaps this is writer’s block. Continue reading ‘Writer’s Block, Travel and Encountering Ourselves…’
From: http://ping.fm/JU2Kb
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