By Jeanne C. Stein How do you keep a reader engaged? Creating and Maintaining Suspense Our goal as a writer is to entertain, and make the reader care about your story. How do you do this? By creating and maintaining an emotional bond with the reader, by manipulating their emotions, by creating and maintaining suspense….
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The Real Deal Isn’t
A couple of weeks ago an ex-MFA (Master of Fine Arts) teacher published a – I’m calling it a bitter rant – about how he can tell the “truth,” now that he’s no longer teaching. I think that’s a fair representation, given that the article is titled “Things I Can Say About MFA Writing Programs…
Beyond the Page: Your Writing Career
By Liesa Malik As a marketing professional, I’m always looking for the next great thing to grab attention and make my clients’ products or services successful. I watch for ways to build awareness and markets of buyers, vendors, and supporters, and believe that these efforts lead to financial success. That success often doesn’t come in…
The Bloody, Gory, Awful Choices We Make To Write Books
By Aaron Ritchey “Don’t demand that your art supports your life. Instead, make a promise that your life will always support your art. –Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love, from her interview with Luc Berthelett “Life isn’t a support system for art. It’s the other way around.” –Stephen King from On Writing Okay, so…
That Fleeting Magic
By Colleen Oakes It happened last night, in the middle of a long day of writing, editing and brain-storming. My writing buddy and I had hunkered down for a five hour session of hammering out the problems in our respective novels. Seriously, it’s such a perfect working relationship that it’s a little scary. This is…