How Misunderstanding Can Drive a Plot in Crime Fiction Like all writers, I’m great at procrastinating. One of my favorite guilty pleasures is Reddit’s AmItheA**hole thread. If you haven’t yet succumbed to this black hole, random people submit real life hostile encounters to a jury...
Writers can get into heated arguments over the use of present tense in fiction writing. These arguments never go anywhere, because the main objection to present tense is that some people don’t like it – because they don’t. While present tense writing may not be your cup of tea or the...
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 freedom. The story of how someone overcomes their fear set in a dystopia after World War 3. Octavia Butler comparisons...
Question: ...certain chapters in my novel, the flashbacks are written in present tense (I know I know ) and my question is when writing a sentence in … Writing two POV in one chapter Question: How can I change the third person POV to the first person POV? to let the readers feel...
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It’s the first person, present-tense narrative of a young man born in 1914, who has become a soldier mostly because he has had very few other opportunities in life. He was living on the streets, unable to get a job, became involved in petty theft, his life seemed to be a pointless...
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Her equanimity is not surprising, when you consider she’s already recognized her own tendency to do the same: “Not that the future had ever stopped me from pursuing what I wanted in the present.” I’m going to complain a lot about this story. That’s not a bad thing, really; I ...
We’re trapped in a Never-Ending Now — blind to history, engulfed in the present moment, overwhelmed by the slightest breeze of chaos. Here’s the bottom line: You should prioritize the accumulated wisdom of humanity over what’s trending on Twitter. ...
Admin_99 posted a topic in Crime Reads - Suspense, Thrillers, Crime, Gun! Like all writers, I’m great at procrastinating. One of my favorite guilty pleasures is Reddit’s AmItheA**hole thread. If you haven’t yet succumbed to this black hole, random people submit real life hostile enco...