By Robin D. Owens “I’m getting into the writing business,” my ex said as we walked through the spring sunshine last month to the ice cream shop. What my ex knows about writing can fit on the point of a pin. “I have this GREAT idea. You can do the legwork.” And now you know…
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Writing the Gender-Flipped Character
By Susan Spann Good fiction requires both male and female characters, and every author needs to learn to write both types convincingly in order to put a compelling cast on the page. Few authors have experience living as both a male and a female. Most of us are only dealt one hand of gender-cards. The…
The Sane Writer: Nurturing Healthy Expectations
I don’t want to wake up on Monday mornings with regret. I want to live my life and adjust my expectations so that when the alarm goes off and my eyes open my first thought is gratitude for the weekend past and the next is happy anticipation for the week to come.
Guest Post: Samantha Ross – Recap of Carol Berg’s Western Slope Workshop
Are they real? Are your characters real people? According to Carol Berg at the RMFW writers meeting on the Western Slope the answer has to be yes. Readers know it is a story, but the characters need to be alive. The goal should be that they are not characters, but people. How do we do…
Guest Post: Stephen A. Benjamin – Ideas: Where Do They Come From?
By Stephen A. Benjamin How many times have writers been asked, “Where do you get your ideas?” If we all had the proverbial nickel for each . . . Every time I give some nebulous and unsatisfying answer to the cocktail party query, I wonder if I should have something more cogent in my reply, and…