Some time ago I ran across this article. While I don’t advocate using all of these very often, there might…
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Writer Wednesday – Twitter for Writers
For those of you who have followed me from the beginning, you know I am not the biggest fan of…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Coming to Terms: Big Dumb Object
The term itself deflates the power imparted by the concept. It is believed to have been coined by a reviewer…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Taking the Day Off
There is nothing wrong with taking the day off. Don’t make a habit of it of course, but once in…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
As with On The Road, I am going to be visiting the real meanings and understandings of an author. We…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Coming to Terms: The MacGuffin
The fact that this term was popularized by Alfred Hitchcock leads some to believe it is something new. In fact,…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Don’t Tell Her It’s Me
The title of this entry is the same as a somewhat low budget movie released in 1990. It was fairly…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Five Senses Fallacy
All our lives, we have been told we have five senses. Taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell. These five senses…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Novel Dissection
You may have noticed that I am sometimes pretty hard on people who have published famous books and who have…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – 99 Cent and Free Books have 0 Value!
Blasphemy! Double Blasphemy coming from a writer. Of course your work has value! How dare I say that there is…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Coming to Terms: Chekhov’s Gun
On the opposite side of the Deus ex Machina, where the answer is dropped in from out of nowhere and…
Continue reading →Writer Wednesday – Universal Truth: Ever Learning
You hear over and over again to write what you know. The logic behind this is that you are bound…
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