Tag: fiction writing techniques
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Novel Basics Online
The online version of my Novel Basics class starts here and on Facebook tomorrow, March 27, 2020. Here’s an introduction. Novel Basics Online Class How to Brainstorm a Novel with 20 Index Cards I know you’re out there. I’ve met you in some way or another. Maybe you’re the less than confident young woman…
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Helen MacInnes’ Snare of the Hunter
Classic Romantic Suspense I can in no way fault Helen MacInnes’ Snare of the Hunter, originally published in 1974 and republished last year along with some of her other spy thrillers. Though forty years old, the book doesn’t feel dated. Sure, characters must drive to the nearest village to make critical phone calls instead of…
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The Hunger Name Games
Naming Characters Can Be Hard When I joined an online fiction writers group some time ago, the current topic of discussion was naming characters. I identified with this since I had a terrible time naming a set of characters in Walls, a Cinderella, P. I. Novel. I won’t say who they are precisely but here’s…