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Writing a scene spine for an emotional journey using cognitive behavior...
Readers look for patterns – writers have to provide them. If I give you a list of action, dialogue, thoughts of the pov character, and emotions, my job isn’t half-way done: and you will understandably...
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The fractal nature of plotting a novel
This is a ‘crazy way Alicia writes’ post – be forewarned. I just came in from a wonderful bike ride (I can’t walk, but I can ride reasonably well), with all kinds of questions floating around in my...
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Scrivener one-click ebook for busy writers
PRIDE’S CHILDREN, BOOK ONE SUCCESS! EBOOK IN 10 SECONDS AFTER EDITING CHANGES The proof is in the pudding. I have: Chapter headings Chapter titles Epigraphs Epigraph attributions Scene descriptor (the...
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Drastic change in writer habits during final editing
PRIDE’S CHILDREN, Chapter 1, Scene 1 final editing changes. DIY PROBLEMS OF THE FINAL EDIT BEFORE PUBLICATION: DAS INTERNET I need my brain ON to edit. That’s basically it. I can’t edit with my regular...
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Structure is necessary and integral to fiction
DO YOU WANT A TALE – OR A STORY? I’m not only an extreme plotter, but I’m a structuralist. I’m working on the first scene of Book 2. And making very, very sure that it works structurally, with the...
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Is it a mistake to gut your readers emotionally?
OR IS IT YOUR JOB AS A WRITER? To give them the biggest emotional journey you can, the most stress and pain they can take vicariously? At least, it is your job to consider their feelings – and how...
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There is always a new writing fear
FEAR OF LOSING WHAT YOU HAVE IS PARALYZING One of fear’s main jobs is keeping us safe: safe from falling, safe from making mistakes – from failing. But, as many things, it is a more useful servant than...
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I knew what to do a year ago
SKILLS NOT USED GET RUSTY I spent my working time today gathering everything I have in the way of text for the short story, a prequel to Pride’s Children, that I’m getting ready to publish on Amazon....
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A writer’s Patreon can be fun
FOR THE CHATTY WRITER! I just finished another free public post in my new Patreon: Workspace notes for Scene 21.2 https://www.patreon.com/posts/18317676 984 words I’m using this Patreon as 1) a place...
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Liberate the writing mind from the tyranny of time
PLAYING WITH TIME IS THE WRITER’S TOOL Freeing the mind from the constraints of the linear computer screen. My ‘left brain’ is linear. Orderly. And must eventually win: the words I produce on the...
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