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Visit Our Write Side for the latest writing tips, upcoming events, and so much more. Newsletter Volume 2, Issue 2 August 4 2 016 SUMMER READING LIST Female Characters Get Reviews
Coldly Calculating Self Edit vs Pro Edit For the purpose of this prompt, we will be focused on the Seven Contrary Virtues. These virtues are known to be the specific opposite of the Seven Deadly Sins. They are as follows: Humility against pride, Kindness against envy, Abstinence against gluttony, Chastity against lust, Patience against anger, Liberality against greed, and Diligence against sloth. For this week’s challenge...Read More The Fichtean Curve “Editing is like killing your story, and very slowly bringing it back to life.” –Unknown That quote pretty much covers it. We spend months – or years – focused on one story, one group of characters, and one plot (for hours at a time). We then take that wondrous piece of art and beat the living crap out of it, word after word. Sometimes our manuscript drops from a nice, solid 90k words, down to a terrifying 72k. First drafts are basically...Read More Worldbuilding: It’s Not Just for Fantasy This week we continue on with our story structure series. Today we will be looking at the Fichtean Curve. The Fichtean Curve is a popular story structure used by writers across genres from YA to fantasy to short stories. This structure has proven to work well in crafting exciting stories and is my personal favorite to use. So let’s...Read More Every time we sit down to write fiction, we are worldbuilding. The term often brings the Science Fiction/Fantasy genre to mind but I know that in my genre, Romantic Suspense, I create worlds also. In my current book, SHARK BAIT, I created Belton Bay. It’s a nice little town on the coast of South Carolina...Read More
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