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Macro vs Micro Conflict

Life is conflict.  Story is conflict.  One of the reasons we seek out great stories is for help dealing with conflict in our lives.  We learn lessons from our characters, […]

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Keeping Secrets

Keeping Secrets

Withholding information just to mess with your readers doesn’t work. If the character would know something, the reader should know it, particularly if you write in first person or deep-dive […]

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Working the Humor Scale

One aspect of character that can be hard to pin down is:  How funny should they be? Most of us aren’t comedy writers.  We write fantasy or science fiction or […]

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Don’t Break Your Promises

This month in Fictorians, we’re discussing things we love and things we hate about stories.  What works and what doesn’t?  Check out the excellent posts. As authors, we make lots […]

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Life vs Story

This month in Fictorians, we’re discussing Stranger than Fiction.  Check out all the great stories people are sharing that would never work in a story because they would break readers’ […]

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Get Out of Your Own Head

This month in the Fictorians, we are sharing the advice we would give ourselves if we could go back in time and talk with ourselves as new writers.  This post […]

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When to Rein in Your Characters

This post was released on the Fictorians blog on April 8th.  Read it there, along with lots of other great posts in April dealing with characters, perspective, and how they […]

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When to get Stubborn . . . And when to get Smart

This post is also featured on the Fictorians. Just this month, NYT Bestselling Author, and well-known author mentor David Farland wrote an excellent post titled “A Question of Balance”.  He opens by […]

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Exploring Story Concepts Prior to Writing

This post is part of this month’s Fictorians theme on games and how they relate to writing.  Find it here. This month we’ve discussed great games that inspire, games that […]

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Pirates of the Caribbean – The Curse of the Black Pearl

This month, the Fictorians are reviewing movies, and discussing lessons we can learn from each of them to help improve our own storytelling.  Check out the posts here.  As part […]

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