By Lori DeBoer Whether you write genre or literary fiction, you must be able to bring your characters to life. When characters are first conceived, they invariably seem a little wooden, too recognizable as constructs of the author’s imagination. The people that populate your stories need room to grow; they do so by going out…
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A Different Kind of Literary Journal
By Jim Heskett Way back in 2011, while hiking the Royal Arch trail in Boulder and cursing the Egg McMuffin I’d had for breakfast, an idea for a novel popped into my brain. The general premise came from a simple idea: what if we thought the world was going to end, but then it didn’t….
Writing and Reading and Podcasts. Oh my!
By Mark Stevens If you’re addicted to reading and writing—like me—I’m here with a few tips so you can pack more into your day. First, an important fact: I only write—pen on paper—for about 45 minutes a day. Sometimes, it’s an hour. But most days, 45 minutes. However, I’m thinking about those 45 minutes frequently…
Colorado Gold Conference Master Class: Scene Craft
The five master classes scheduled for the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference are featured on this blog August 7, August 8, August 12, August 20, and August 29. Scene Craft Instructor: Sharon Mignerey Friday, September 20, 8:00-11:50 Big Thompson Scenes are a basic building block of storytelling, but what makes for effective scenes?…
Know What You Write
By Nicole Disney Write what you know. It’s the one rule everyone knows, writer or not. It’s the only piece of advice your mother could give you when you came to her with the masochistic plan to be an author. It’s an automatic answer to the blank page problem. But it’s not as simple as…