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Tag Archives: point of view
Professional Wednesday: Learning From Each of Our Projects
Ideally, every new book and story we write is not just an adventure in imagination, a chance to discover new characters and settings and narratives, but also a learning opportunity. I continue to improve my writing with each project, and … Continue reading
Posted in Bell Bridge Books, Belle Books, Character, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Radiants, Short Fiction, The Chalice War, Thieftaker, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Bell Bridge Books, Belle Books, blogging, Blood of the Southlands, Case Files of Justis Fearsson, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, humor, Islevale Cycle, journaling, LonTobyn Chronicle, narrators, point of view, Radiants, The Chalice War, Thieftaker Chronicles, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Professional Wednesday: What Matters Professionally, part II
If you follow my blog at all, you know that in this month’s posts I have been asking the question “What matters?” in a number of personal and professional contexts. Last week, in my first Professional Wednesday post of the … Continue reading
Posted in Business of publishing, Novels, Publicity, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged Artifice and Craft, blogging, business of publishing, business of writing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, editing, Edmund R. Schubert, genre, marketing, pacing, point of view, publishing business, revising, writing, writing life
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Professional Wednesday: “Hidden Brain,” Perception, and Fiction
On a recent drive I began listening to the Hidden Brain podcast, with the brilliant Shankar Vedantam. I had listened to scattered episodes before, but never in a systematic way. But this was a long drive and I wound up … Continue reading
Posted in Novels, Reading, Research, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, dialogue, emotion, Hidden Brain, narrative, point of view, psychology, reading, science, Shankar Vedantam, Tessa West, writing, writing life
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Professional Wednesday: Hampton Roads Writers Conference, and the Hardest Writing Topic to Teach (For Me)
This week I head to the Hampton Roads Writers Conference in Virginia Beach. I’ll be teaching several workshops over the three days I’m there — a two-hour master class on “Point of View and Voice,” a ninety-minute class on “Character … Continue reading
Posted in Appearances, Character, Novels, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of publishing, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Edmund R. Schubert, Hampton Roads Writers Conference, how to write, John Hartness, narrative arc, pacing, point of view, publishing, teaching, world building, writing, writing business, writing conferences, writing workshops
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Professional Wednesday: Thoughts on Teaching Writing
As I have mentioned previously, this past weekend, and the weekend before, I participated in the Futurescapes Writers’ Workshop as both a lecturer and a workshop instructor. I gave a talk on writing epic fantasy, and then ran critique groups … Continue reading
Posted in Friendship, Publishing, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, business of writing, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, friendship, Futurescapes, how to write, point of view, publishing, teaching, 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: 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: Single Point of View v. Multiple Point of View
If you know me, if you have been with me in panel discussions at conventions, if you have ever received any sort of writing advice from me, or even heard me give such advice to others, I need for you … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Fantasy, Islevale Cycle, Novels, Thieftaker, Urban Fantasy, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged blogging, Blood of the Southlands, character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, Faith Hunter, how to write, Islevale Cycle, Jane Yellowrock, Justis Fearsson, LonTobyn Chronicle, narrative, point of view, Thieftaker, Winds of the Forelands, writing, writing advice, writing life, writing tips
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Struggle
Writing is fits and starts. It is slog and glide. It is by turns frustrating and exhilarating and frustrating yet again. This is hard. Anyone who tells you otherwise is doing you a disservice. Earlier this week, I found myself … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Writing
Tagged character, D.B. Jackson, David B. Coe, point of view, writing, writing life
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Quick-Tip Tuesday: Giving Secrets to Your Characters
Giving secrets to our characters sets up plot points for our stories. But secrets do more than that. They add dimension and richness to our characters. Those secrets become the source of our characters’ vulnerabilities, and often their strengths as … Continue reading
Posted in Character, Novels, Short Fiction, Writing, Writing Life
Tagged character, David B. Coe, how to write, magical words, Odyssey Online, point of view, quick-tip Tuesdays, writing, writing life
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