Writing #tips from #fiction Authors
"Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money."
— Jonathan Franzen
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"Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money."
— Jonathan Franzen
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Merriam-Webster now lets you look up a certain year and it will list all the words that first appeared in print in that year
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#useful
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#useful
Imagery #expressions
The primary vehicle poets use to transport their readers to a new experience.
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The primary vehicle poets use to transport their readers to a new experience.
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Imagery
"That does not necessarily mean that imagery applies to all five human senses collectively. It merely means that imagery is the use of descriptive language that can be appealing to one or more of the five human senses." To clearly see an image, you want:…
Writing #tips from #fiction Authors
"Don't panic. Midway through writing a novel, I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me and see beyond it, in quick succession, the derisive reviews, the friends' embarrassment, the failing career, the dwindling income, the repossessed house, the divorce . . . Working doggedly on through crises like these, however, has always got me there in the end. Leaving the desk for a while can help. Talking the problem through can help me recall what I was trying to achieve before I got stuck. Going for a long walk almost always gets me thinking about my manuscript in a slightly new way. And if all else fails, there's prayer. St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers, has often helped me out in a crisis. If you want to spread your net more widely, you could try appealing to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, too."
— Sarah Waters
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"Don't panic. Midway through writing a novel, I have regularly experienced moments of bowel-curdling terror, as I contemplate the drivel on the screen before me and see beyond it, in quick succession, the derisive reviews, the friends' embarrassment, the failing career, the dwindling income, the repossessed house, the divorce . . . Working doggedly on through crises like these, however, has always got me there in the end. Leaving the desk for a while can help. Talking the problem through can help me recall what I was trying to achieve before I got stuck. Going for a long walk almost always gets me thinking about my manuscript in a slightly new way. And if all else fails, there's prayer. St Francis de Sales, the patron saint of writers, has often helped me out in a crisis. If you want to spread your net more widely, you could try appealing to Calliope, the muse of epic poetry, too."
— Sarah Waters
@WritersCafe
Coming Up!!
Top Ten Tips for Newbie Fiction Writers
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Top Ten Tips for Newbie Fiction Writers
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One: Write What You Know
There are stories inside us and even around us, dont let it go waste.
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There are stories inside us and even around us, dont let it go waste.
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One: Write What You Know
In my high school English class our borderline-highbrow teacher would feelingly repeat the above phrase after giving each assignment. "I am thoroughly tired," he would continue, "Of reading of spacemen and dragons and soldiers and knights who are baseless…
Two: Starting Out
How to plan and then begin writing..
Beginning your book is admittedly one of the most difficult parts about writing a lengthy piece. The best method to help spur the book along to fruition—that I have encountered as of yet-remains one of the most simple, conceptually: individual, successive chapter notes. While this concept may sound somewhat rudimentary it is invaluable as a writing tool, not only in starting the process with an informed ‘kick’ but it also aids the writer in keeping the plot on track (as far as where one wishes the story to go)... and lastly, it helps the writer remember to include all the important details and various tie-ins.
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How to plan and then begin writing..
Beginning your book is admittedly one of the most difficult parts about writing a lengthy piece. The best method to help spur the book along to fruition—that I have encountered as of yet-remains one of the most simple, conceptually: individual, successive chapter notes. While this concept may sound somewhat rudimentary it is invaluable as a writing tool, not only in starting the process with an informed ‘kick’ but it also aids the writer in keeping the plot on track (as far as where one wishes the story to go)... and lastly, it helps the writer remember to include all the important details and various tie-ins.
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Two: Starting Out
Making Your Sequential Chapter Notes: 1. Sit down. 2. Using either a blank notebook, computer word processing page, or a pad of ‘sticky’ notes, write the words “Chapter One”. 3. Under this title write out one-line details or phrases about what should be included…
Three: Characters 101
The Who!
Important considerations you must make to develop characters of your story.
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The Who!
Important considerations you must make to develop characters of your story.
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Three: Characters 10
The Who! Once you know what you wish to write about, how it will be laid out and from which perspective 'twill be penned, you need to focus on the WHO of the story: the characters, the Main Character(s) in particular. Here are some important things to consider…
Four: Writing Action
Not all books contain so much action but the things which happen to your characters act as a good stock does in a kitchen: it is the base of all main course recipes and the quality of it affects the flavor of the piece.
Some genres can only tolerate a little action, falling into the ‘enough is as good as a feast’ category. A few genres, however, like science fiction or adventure novels appear quite dead without a plethora of successive trials that the characters must endure. Then, there are the rare pieces which take a single bit of action and compile upon it, making it stretch out the entire length of the book, as in Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
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Not all books contain so much action but the things which happen to your characters act as a good stock does in a kitchen: it is the base of all main course recipes and the quality of it affects the flavor of the piece.
Some genres can only tolerate a little action, falling into the ‘enough is as good as a feast’ category. A few genres, however, like science fiction or adventure novels appear quite dead without a plethora of successive trials that the characters must endure. Then, there are the rare pieces which take a single bit of action and compile upon it, making it stretch out the entire length of the book, as in Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea.
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Four: Action
Here are a few things to remember when planning out and writing your bit o’ action: 1. Tragedy is a part of life; if you choose to include it in your book, remember that Tragedy is just like salt; it should be used to enhance the story, not drown out the…
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