My ruminations today are on the delicate balance between presenting our readers with something they want to read vs. challenging them to read something that is uncomfortable and even unpleasant but that might stick with them a little longer. It starts with the photo I’ve included with this post. While browsing blogs and online news…
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The Game of Writing by Guest Kara Seal
So you successfully defeated the boss on level three and achieved a high score. You think to yourself, “that wasn’t so hard, this game is easy.” Level four is a little more demanding, but thanks to your well-honed skills, the dungeon is soon in sights and victory is inevitable! Only this boss has moves you’ve…
Attitude
Another note-to-self in the form of a blog … I’ll cut to the chase: what we do is a choice. We put ourselves in this situation—“forced” to think about stories and characters and plots and craft. The burden of it all; the agony! The tortured artist at work–just look. Over there in the corner, writhing…
Tone Up Your Setting – Western Slope Recap by Guest Samantha Ross
By Samantha Ross Our characters come to life through their attitudes, perceptions, personality, their point of view of themselves, and the their world. The reader knows this is a person. The reader is on this journey with them. Setting should reach out and grab the reader, pulling them into the moment. It’s just as important…
Rocky Mountain Podcast–Episode #11
Rocky Mountain Writer Podcast – Episode #11 Aaron Michael Ritchie Aaron Michael Ritchey, a highly productive writer and frequent workshop presenter, talks about the three writing workshops he’s part of at RMFW’s Colorado Gold Conference in September 2015. He talks about his daily dedication to writing and the series he’s producing for WordFire Press called…