Tag: writing
member name: Pat Bertram
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May 05, 2008 09:47 AM EDT --
In March, John Philipp wrote an article about writing calendar humor, though what is funny about calendars, I sure don't know. Mine has yet to tell a single joke. It's all about numbers, and numbers, . . .
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December 17, 2009 01:55 PM EST --
How was your writing week? What are you focused on now and what do you hope to be focused on next week? What are your writing concerns? What writing activities have you been involved with this week? . . .
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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 . . .
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January 28, 2008 12:13 PM EST --
If I hear one more person say he is going to give a hundred and ten percent, I think I'll scream or vomit or do something equally repulsive.
What does it mean, anyway? A hundred and ten . . .
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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 . . .
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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 . . .
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May 14, 2009 02:16 AM EDT --
While I was writing More Deaths Than One, I always parked next to a silver Toyota truck in the grocery parking lot. Needing a vehicle for my characters, I decided to use that one -- I knew exactly what . . .
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November 14, 2009 09:26 PM EST --
My Daughter Am I blog tour is winding down — I have seven days to go (eight if you include today) and I don’t know whether to be sad or to rejoice. Since my promotion . . .
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December 03, 2009 01:32 AM EST --
How was your writing week? Or rather, how was your writing fortnight? We missed last week because of Thanksgiving, and we will miss December 24 and December 31 for obvious reasons. But that's . . .
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December 09, 2009 07:13 PM EST --
How was your writing week? Or rather, how was your writing fortnight? We missed last week because of Thanksgiving, and we will miss December 24 and December 31 for obvious reasons. But that's . . .
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October 29, 2009 01:51 AM EDT --
How was your writing week? What are you focused on now and what do you hope to be focused on next week? What are your writing concerns? What writing activities have you been involved with this . . .
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November 05, 2009 01:25 AM EST --
How was your writing week? What are you focused on now and what do you hope to be focused on next week? What are your writing concerns? What writing activities have you been involved with this . . .
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January 08, 2008 01:55 PM EST --
Plot without characters to give it life is merely a recitation of activity, and characters without plot to give them meaning go nowhere. The best way to learn about your characters is to throw . . .
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January 10, 2008 12:28 PM EST --
Nope. Sorry. Can't do it.
Although I know that to get published in today's market you need to start with a character who wants something desperately, I've never been able to do . . .
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January 27, 2008 12:54 PM EST --
To be real, a character must have strengths and weaknesses. I have been creating a profile for Chip, the hero of my work in progress, and I know some of his strengths: he is independent, can . . .
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November 08, 2008 12:23 PM EST --
An odd thought struck me this morning: what if people actually like my books? Over the past few years, I've racked up hundreds of rejections. I told myself the agents and editors were only . . .
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November 19, 2009 01:46 AM EST --
How was your writing week? What are you focused on now and what do you hope to be focused on next week? What are your writing concerns? What writing activities have you been involved with this . . .
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January 17, 2008 12:33 PM EST --
On Tuesday I received two encouraging emails. The first was a rejection letter from an agent:
"Thank you for allowing us to review your manuscript for Light Bringer . Your writing is very . . .
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September 05, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
I am stunned at the generosity of some writers. Warren Adler generously accepted my offer to host my blog. (It's like getting Einstein to do your homework!)
Please stop by Bertram's Blog . . .
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November 17, 2008 01:11 AM EST --
We are always told to show not tell, yet new writers often have a hard time understanding the difference. And apparently, so do professional writers.
I found this example of tell in a book by . . .
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