Kate Jonuska & The Dictionary of Fiction Critique Fresh off the publication of her highly-praised first novel Transference last year, Kate Jonuska turned around right this year and released a book she wishes she had before she first started writing. It’s a dictionary. More specifically, The Dictionary of Fiction Critique: How to read like a…
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Rocky Mountain Writer #128
Teresa Funke & War on a Sunday Morning As a fiction writer, Teresa Funke celebrates ordinary people. In fact, she takes a very unusual approach to her stories—they are all based on interviews with real people. From there, the fiction begins. Teresa Funke’s latest is War on a Sunday Morning. Written for readers age nine…
Create Better Characters in Six Easy Steps
Readers may be intrigued by a good plot. But if your characters are interesting, readers will remember them long after they close the book. It can be tough to create fully fleshed-out, three-dimensional characters. But it’s much easier when you use the PERSON acronym: P is for Personality E is for Experiences R is for…
To Plot or Not to Plot
Pants or Plot? This is THE question. A confession: I am a pantser, sometimes spelled pantzer. No, nothing like a panzer. I write by the seat of my pants, plot on the fly and rake up scattered thoughts of villains, protagonists, settings and an occasional animal. When finished with a first draft of an historical…
Rocky Mountain Writer #122
Kristen Lamb – Stories & Branding Every Spring, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers puts on a day-long education event. This year, the event will be held on Saturday, May 12 and it’s a two-parter. In the morning, it’s The Art of Storytelling and in the afternoon, The Art of Author Branding. Both are being presented by…