Pacing means that the events of your story glide into each other, whether it’s a romantic scene followed by a violent scene, a violent scene followed by a humorous exchange, an action scene followed by a quiet denouement, or any combination of different sequences. If at any point during ...
Everyone who has hung out with either pitchers or pitch-hearing agents has heard at least one horror story about a pitch that went on for an hour, because the author did not have the vaguest conception what was and was not important to emphasize in his plot summary. Trust me, you do n...
it doesn’t have to be an entire poem. An idea can be as simple as noticing a fun rhyme and writing it down to use it later. In my notebook, I often write down single words that I think are funny or interesting, such as “linoleum” or “Bermuda” because...
LAUREN:1989is one of my favorites, a story that tells the funny tale of how I met my husband, and how I’m so grateful now, that after 34 years of being happily married to each other, 35 years together, he is my best friend and I am his. We complement each other. Communication i...
Enthralled by the golden age of Science Fiction, Jim has been a reader of same and counts among his SciFi author gods names like Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein, Dick, Serling, Ellison and Chandler. And it was this love of SciFi that turned Jim into a new hard-SF short-story writer who has...
Here’s the darker side: make (a statement or story) more interesting or entertaining by adding extra details, especially ones that are not true. There is just the slightest difference between good and evil. My daughter was correct. Would wearing them bring in the height of satisfaction viewer...
For example, a sign at the bus stop helps you to know which bus to take. A sign on the wall of your school helps you to find the library. Signs on doors tell you where to go in or out. Have you ever noticed that there are a lot of signs around you and that you receive ...
Besides, unless a writer’s gender (or sex, for that matter) is crucial to the story being told, why should it come up before then? See earlier commentary about being judged by one’s writing, not one’s sex. But if a writer is genuinely worried about it, s/he could always embrace...
Humorous anecdote example In the Stephen King short storyThe Body, as well as its movie adaptationStand by Me, a group of preteens goes on an adventure through the woods. One night while camping, the protagonist—a fledgling writer—tells the other boys an elaborate and fictional anecdote over...
Funny thing is; he discovers this in the most humorous way, at his best friends house, regardless of the fact that he is 2000 miles away at school. His best friends name is Andrew, and he goes to school in Colorado. Andrews house was always the 2nd home in his life. Single mom, ...