Stories always have to be about people and the ways the story problem forces them to change. Without that? We don’t yet have a sound story.
Tag: fiction
Sep 03 2020
Character Building: How Story Forges & Refines Characters
Ultimately, fictional characters reflect the real human experience in a distilled and intensified form. This, however, doesn’t give an automatic pass on authenticity.
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May 13 2020
Creating a Story-Worthy Problem That Will Captivate an Audience
The story-worthy problem is the beating heart of all superlative fiction. Unfortunately, creating this central core can often be overlooked. This is particularly true for writers relying on school training. English teachers didn’t mind we used twenty-five metaphors on one page because their goal was to teach us how to properly use a metaphor…not how …
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Aug 26 2019
Deep POV: What IS It & Why Do Readers LOVE It So Much?
Deep POV is one of those subtle tricks we writers have in our magic bag. Want to sell more books? Give readers what they LOVE. What do readers LOVE? Being IN the story.
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Jul 09 2019
Inner Demons: Soap Opera Drama vs. Story Drama
One key thing to remember about inner demons is they hide really, really well. If they didn’t, then shrinks would starve and be treated like writers.
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