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Tue, 25 Sep 2018 14:07:11 +0000

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By: Cherie White

Cherie White — Tue, 19 Jun 2018 15:11:50 +0000

Great blog post! I can so relate to this. For many years, I either neglected the backstory altogether or put too much of a backstory. Also, I wanted to add more and more adversity to my characters until I had to trim quite a few parts from the story. Thank you for this!

By: excessivelyperky

excessivelyperky — Wed, 23 May 2018 03:05:04 +0000

Ah, tired tropes! Love ’em. (I shouldn’t write fanfic, but the title “The Talented Mr. Riddle” is waving its tiny hands at me).

Seriously, I did twist a trope, the old ‘I have magic and no one understands me’–instead, I did ‘I don’t have magic and no one understands me’, which resulted in a novel that actually made me money (working on the sequel now). So it can work.

By: Robert Kirkendall

Robert Kirkendall — Mon, 21 May 2018 19:20:50 +0000

Cinderella as a serial killer? I like it!

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Mon, 21 May 2018 18:43:12 +0000

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By: Foster Haskell

Foster Haskell — Sat, 19 May 2018 14:05:38 +0000

I just finished reading Stephen King’s IT, and noticed there is exactly zero purple prose of any kind. He uses maybe two adjectives to describe every character, yet you know exactly who they are with just a paragraph of backstory.

By: Barbara Meyers

Barbara Meyers — Fri, 18 May 2018 17:09:50 +0000

“Far too many authors don’t need better marketing skills, they need better storytelling skills.” Well said.

By: Stephanie Scott

Stephanie Scott — Fri, 18 May 2018 03:05:41 +0000

a great reminder of story over gimmicks. The gimmicks can be necessary at times, if I’m being honest, but they can become too much of a focus.

By: Deborah Turner

Deborah Turner — Thu, 17 May 2018 21:52:14 +0000

In reply to Nemo. LOL. I saw his eyes hanging on his cheeks. But it's a great colour for eyes.

By: Deborah Turner

Deborah Turner — Thu, 17 May 2018 21:51:07 +0000

Jack and the Beanstalk where cutting down the beanstalk is just his entry into a life of crime? LOL.

This was great. I agree; try harder. And description is a pain. I run out of original on “his hair was brown.” Not really, but it feels like it, and there’s only so many face shapes, but within that, you can do all sorts of things with the landscape of the face. Not all men are buff, or women a size 6. I wrote something about a “lumpy toad of a man” and wondered … but it worked because he was warty with dark hair and a smarmy smile. He creeped me out, and he’s in my story. It needs work, and I harder try, I’m sure, but there he is in a first draft.

Always good to read your blog.