Tag: focus on writing
member name: Pat Bertram
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August 04, 2008 11:01 PM EDT --
For me, writing is like the world's longest crossword puzzle, one that takes a year to complete. I like playing with words, finding their rhythm, and getting them to behave the way I want. I like . . . more
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February 18, 2008 12:23 PM EST --
I've been reading the novels of a bestselling author, trying to figure out the secret of her success, and for the life of me, I don't see it. Perhaps it's hidden beneath her appalling . . . more
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May 14, 2008 07:26 PM EDT --
Anyone who writes crime fiction, especially novels about a serial killer, is familiar with the sociopathic personality. But not all sociopaths are killers. Some psychologists estimate that there are thirty . . . more
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August 04, 2008 12:12 AM EDT --
Like other construction worker, we creators of word worlds own toolboxes filled with necessary implements. We have hooks to hook the reader, glue to glue their attention, a feather or two to . . . more
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April 07, 2008 10:39 AM EDT --
The most powerful tool at a writer's command is not a computer or a word processing program. It is not even a pen, though the pen is said to be mightier than the sword. (Frankly, though, . . . more
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March 19, 2008 12:45 PM EDT --
Okay, I admit it: I am a closet pencilphile. Seems silly, I know, in this electronic age, but I write in pencil on loose-leaf paper. There. I've outed myself. I feel so much better now. . . . more
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April 21, 2008 11:08 AM EDT --
The first half of a novel comes slowly for me. Some writers can sit down and let the story whoosh out of them, but I have to think of everything, to create everything, to draw in words the images I want . . . more
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August 13, 2008 01:05 AM EDT --
Novels generally have a three-part structure: beginnings, middles, and ends.
Beginnings connect the reader to the main character, present the story world, establish tone, introduce the opposition, and . . . more
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April 14, 2008 11:11 AM EDT --
I need to fill a hole in my work-in-progress. The hero of this apocalyptic novel loses one person after the other until he is alone. (I'm not giving anything away here. I already told you . . . more
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January 31, 2008 11:04 PM EST --
When I begin creating a book, whether by writing or simply by working it out in my mind, I look twice at everything that comes my way, wondering if it is a gift from the muses.
Recently I received . . . more
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February 26, 2008 08:47 PM EST --
Theme reminds me of literature classes and discussions about what certain authors meant. I wonder if those authors would agree with the meanings ascribed to their works, or if they are laughing in their . . . more
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February 25, 2008 10:34 AM EST --
Last summer at Art in the Park, the realization struck me that everyone in my field of vision was wearing blue jeans. Men in basic, straight-legged jeans. Boys in baggy jeans that hung to their knees. . . . more
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April 25, 2008 01:27 PM EDT --
Why should I read your novel? Why should anyone? Only you know the answer to that, and you tell us by the story you choose to tell, the characters you choose to create, the themes you choose to develop. . . . more
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