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member name: Pat Bertram
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June 04, 2008 12:08 PM EDT --
David Gerrold, a science fiction writer, is presenting this discussion. He doesn't know that he is; I only know him through his book, Worlds of Wonder . Although it is a book on how to write science . . . more
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June 18, 2008 11:47 AM EDT --
Characters interact with the setting as much as they do with the plot and other characters. In fact, setting can be used as another character, one that is implacable and without reason. Like . . . 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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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 09, 2008 10:43 AM EDT --
My writing tends to be a little too matter-of-fact considering the complicated plots I prefer. I start out using plenty of similes and metaphors, but when I analyze them, they all sound trite or forced . . . more
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April 30, 2008 11:23 AM EDT --
The main reason editors give for rejecting my work (when they give a reason) is that they didn't fall in love with my characters as they had hoped. This puzzles me because I have never fallen in love . . . more
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May 21, 2008 11:19 AM EDT --
Thomas Harris's book Red Dragon really blew me away when I read it years ago. It was the first book of its type, or at least the first of its type that I read. Since then, hundreds of books about . . . more
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July 09, 2008 07:16 PM EDT --
Color is an important part of life, and we should honor that importance in the stories we write. Although we can simply name any color for our characters' bedrooms or the clothes they wear, by choosing . . . more
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