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Tag Archives: character
Writing-Tip Wednesday: Dialogue Attribution Revisited
So why am I revisiting the topic now? The short answer is it’s Joshua Palmatier’s fault. Maybe I should give you the long answer. Back in the early spring — it feels like a hundred years ago now — … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Friendship, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged anthologies, blogging, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, dialogue, dialogue attribution, dialogue tags, editing, how to write, Joshua Palmatier, short fiction, Thieftaker, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips, Zombies Need Brains
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: Call For Stories, and Submission Advice Revisited!
I am co-editing a new Zombies Need Brains anthology with my friend, Joshua Palmatier, who is the founder and owner of Zombies Need Brains. Joshua is co-editing all three of the ZNB anthologies this year, which to my mind is … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Character, Fantasy, Publishing, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged business of writing, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Derelict, editing, Galactic Stew, guidelines, ideas, Joshua Palmatier, narrative, proofreading, publishing, publishing business, short fiction, submission guidelines, writing, writing life, Zombies Need Brains
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: The Quickening
Okay, writers, raise your hand if any of your characters have ever done things you didn’t expect. Yeah, I figure that’s most of us. Now raise your hand if your characters have ever done things you really didn’t want them … Continue reading
Posted in Character, kids, Novels, parenting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, DragonCon, how to write, kids, narrative, novels, parenting, the quickening, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: Descriptions and Point of View
Description does not — cannot — take place in an emotional or circumstantial vacuum. Not that long ago, I offered tips on writing scenes involving sex and violence, and essentially said that dealing with such encounters is almost entirely a … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Setting, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, description, emotion, how to write, point of view, setting, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: “Pitch Inside”
In the mid-1980s, my favorite baseball player on the planet was a young pitcher for the New York Mets named Dwight Gooden. Gooden had a meteoric career that was shortened by injuries and chronic drug abuse. But for the first … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Ethan Kaille, Fantasy, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Short Fiction, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged baseball, blogging, Blood of the Southlands, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, challenges, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, how to write, Islevale Cycle, LonTobyn Chronicle, plotting, risks, Thieftaker Chronicles, Winds of the Forelands, world building, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: SEX and VIOLENCE, and How To Write Them
Title got your attention, eh? Yeah, figured it would. I might not be a marketing genius, but I’ve learned a little bit over the years… Last week, I wrote about using profanity in our writing, and at one point likened … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged a.j. hartley, action scenes, blogging, character, Children of Amarid, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, how to write, Jane Yellowrock, point of view, sex, violence, Will Hawthorne, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: How To Handle Profanity In Your Writing
Have you watched the HBO series Deadwood? It’s a Western, the creative child of the brilliant David Milch. It’s violent, brutally realistic, and absolutely the most profane thing I have ever watched, with the possible exception of the Academy Award-winning … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publishing, Setting, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of writing, character, cursing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, fantasy, how to write, narrative, novels, profanity, publishing, publishing business, short fiction, Thieftaker Chronicles, worldbuilding, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: Short Fiction Anthologies — When Does an Idea Become a Story?
What is the difference between an idea and a story? It sounds like a basic question, but we have just begun the Zombies Need Brains Kickstarter for the coming year’s anthologies, and once again I am hoping to co-edit one … Continue reading
Posted in Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, creativity, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Galactic Stew, how to write, ideas, Joshua Palmatier, Kickstarter, narrative, short fiction, story, Temporally Deactivated, writing, writing advice, writing tips, Zombies Need Brains
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Writing-Tip Wednesday: The ABCs of Character
Last week, I wrote about befriending our characters, as a way of using empathy to improve our character development. This week I would like to continue the discussion of character work by taking a slightly different approach to creating and … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged ABCs of character, attributes, backstory, blogging, character, character development, circumstance, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Gollum, how to write, J.R.R. Tolkien, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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