Today’s blog will help you give life to great characters. How? By teaching you not to kill them.
Tag: Kristen Lamb
Jun 17 2009
Warrior Writer: Blood Lessons—Deadly Sins of Writing (Sin #4—P.O.V. Prostitution)
P.O.V. used properly can create entire worlds, and breathe life into characters. Used improperly, it can make your reader feel as if she is being held hostage on a Tilt-a-Whirl—not good.
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Jun 11 2009
Warrior Writer: Blood Lessons—Deadly Sins of Writing (1-3)
To believe college English constitutes proper schooling for commercial fiction is like saying Home Economics is proper training for a chef.
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Jun 11 2009
Warrior Writer: Blood Lesson Number One—Kill the Little Darlings, They’re Rigged!
William Faulkner is said to have advised writers to kill their “darlings,” those little bits of glitter a writer thinks are simply marvelous. To the reader lacking that maternal attitude, they are at best distracting, at worst a reason to stop reading. I sincerely believe these little darlings are like fluffy beds of leaves covering pungee pits of writing death. Be truthful. Are your “flowers” part of a garden or covering a grave? We put our craftiest work into buttressing our errors, so I would highly recommend taking a critical look at the favorite parts of your manuscript and then get real honest about why they’re there.
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