Dialogue is responsible for not only conveying the plot, but it also helps us understand the characters and get to know them, love them, hate them, whatever.
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Jul 10 2015
Barnes & Noble, Dead Nooks, and Brave New Branding
The company had an identity crisis and failed to make the full transition away from being BIG. Instead of leading the charge to being small and lithe, they tried to use Nook only to prop up the same old way of doing business.
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Jun 17 2015
More than Just a Flashback—Introducing the Easter Egg
So we have spent a couple posts talking about “flashbacks” and I need to take a moment to expound on something. I was a naturally good editor. It’s how I got my start. But I would cut things out or change things because in my gut they didn’t work. And, I was pretty much always correct …
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Mar 23 2015
Series and Psychopaths—The Author Sadist & Why Audiences LOVE the Pain
To write great stories, we have to channel some sadism. The relationship between author and audience is actually pretty toxic, but it’s the only “toxic” relationship that’s GOOD for people. We throw a rock in sanity and readers want more.
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Feb 05 2015
A Country in Crisis—How Pop Culture is Devaluing Men AND Women
If I had a dollar for every commercial that implies grown men are idiots, I’d be writing this blog on a beach somewhere.
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