Jacques Gerard –” Yes, I do hear my character’s voices and would love to be included in your blog. I just finished an erotic short story. It has a lady DJ doing a podcast. Her voice is low and velvety. Her male lover who calls into her show has a deep baritone voice and sound...
‘Story’ by Robert McKee – how to create a character and how to use structure to ‘show, don’t tell’. Having to incorporate more structure in the writing day with children Jesmyn Ward – Salvage the Bones, Stephen King Frederick Douglass inspiredThe Record Keeperwith his spirit of freedo...
Maybe the character knows the secret, or maybe he doesn’t (Luke Skywalker’s father, for example.). Maybe the secret leads him to make wrong decisions. Perhaps the secret is so debilitating it affects everyone your character encounters (a serial killer, for example.). Here’s a quick gu...
As they reached an intersection the cabbie stood abruptly on the brakes, with enough force that Marc was reeled back hard by his seatbelt, his breath gushing out of him in a whoosh. He saw a black Mercedes rolling to a halt alongside the taxi, clocking the tinted windows and the way it...
BEHIND THE SCENES—Ever wonder how a crime thriller takes shape? I’ll pull back the curtain and share insights into my writing process. Expect musings on character development, plot twists, and the occasional blunder.BOOK BUZZ—Discover what’s on my bookshelf! I’ll recommend thrilling reads...
For example, a creative writing prompt for fiction writers might be: Your main character has a car accident and starts to hear voices while in the hospital. Write a short story about the conflict between the character and the voices and what really happened at the time of the car accident....
Andy Cline
When he finds an old tin box at a farmhouse, he’s sure his luck is about to change. But instead of a treasure, he finds the trophies of a serial killer. Four photos of four girls. Murdered over the course of one year, beginning in 1985. Current cases are hard enough, but...
Become a Serial Word Killer (without incurring a long sentence) Published byKeith HoughtononApril 9, 2016 Bloat is mostly gas, and is better out than in. Let’s talk waffle . . . And I don’t mean the yummy variety, even though I could talk about those delicious delights… ...
The character study and mystery aspects of the book complement each other and make for a riveting read. In my mystery, Burn This Night, I build a novel around two families of decent people, struggling to communicate and relate to each other. Kate, my protagonist, is an agnostic, divorced ...