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Discovering Imre
February 12th, 201211:59 PM ETWrite what you know. Haven't we heard that pronouncement since our first class assignment, "How I Spent My Summer Vacation?" Naturally, there are those who can flaunt exceptions to every rule, and plenty of great works have been written from a terrific imagination. But try to describe the taste of pistachio ice cream when you've only tasted chocola... -
The Top 10 Movies for Writers
January 05th, 201212:46 AM ETAs both agent and writer, I collect movies that I think have a particular lesson to teach to writers or contain some good examples for writers. Here’s my Top 10 List: 1. My personal favorite writer movie is Sixth Sense, with Bruce Willis. It made the list when I was so thoroughly fooled by the plot resolution and had to immediately watch it agai... -
From Transformers and G.I. Joe to Fatal Reality: I Can’t Stop Writing Stories.
November 22nd, 201112:13 AM ETIn fourth grade, I discovered I wasn’t normal. Often my teacher would have our class write a short story anywhere from a half to a full page. Mine were typically seven or eight, featuring intricate plots populated with transformers and G.I. Joe characters. I loved writing stories. I couldn’t help but make them long. In seventh grade I dre... -
How I Start a Novel (Part 7): Sequence of…and in Scenes
September 07th, 201112:26 AM ETSequence is the time-based formation of the action and of the scenes. This applies to time within the context of the novel as well as your writing. Let's take them separately. First, time sequence in and of scenes. You could experiment with non-sequential based time flow in a scene, but I don't do that. I do like to use scenes in some novels to go ... -
How I Start a Novel (Part 3): Writing a Scene
September 03rd, 201112:32 AM ETIt would be impossible for me to tell you everything you need to know to write a scene. There is already a lot of great writing on this specific subject. What I will try to do is tell you how I write a scene. First, I need an input and an output. The scene has to have something that is the cause of it—that's the input. It has to have an end with ... -
How I Start a Novel (Part 2): From Scenes Grow a 100,000-word Book!
September 02nd, 201112:47 AM ETI write in scenes. This is why all my novels are centered on a scene and a theme question that then develops into the overall plot and storyline. The scene in my latest novel Dana-ana http://www.Dana-anal.com/ (working title Diana—I'm still searching for a title) that started everything is the first one. In it, Dana is being "beat up" b...
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