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  • Character vs. Conflict, and Does it Really Matter?

    Character vs. Conflict, and Does it Really Matter?

    I’m part of a writers’ Facebook group, and a recent discussion centered on the question of which was more important to the story — the characters or the conflict. Many people answered that character is more important. I answered that conflict is more essential. Maybe it’s because I enjoy playing devil’s advocate, but it’s mostly…

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    October 12, 2018
  • Writing Prompts 10

    The spookiest month of the year has arrived! Here are some writing prompts for your bag of treats.

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    October 5, 2018
  • Friday Flash 7: Doomed

    Friday Flash 7: Doomed

    They must know by now. They’ll come for us. Someone will find us. Someone will break in.

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    September 28, 2018
  • Idea You Can Steal 11: Patient Zero

    Ordinarily, I’d make some poetic remark about the leaves changing color and the weather cooling. But the only signs of the season I’ve seen so far are pumpkin spice lattes.

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    September 21, 2018
  • Writing Prompts 9

    It’s back to old routines, and a new season is around the corner. Here are five prompts to kickstart your fall (or spring) writing.

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    September 7, 2018
  • Idea You Can Steal 10: The Moon’s Champion

    August has one more Friday left, so here’s a bonus story idea for you.

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    August 31, 2018
  • Eight Points of View: Second Person

    Eight Points of View: Second Person

    Throughout this series, I’ve described the relationship the writer has with the story — the roles he assumes to write it. The reader’s relationship to the story has been irrelevant. That’s not the case with our final two points of view: second person and second person observer-narrator. You can even say these points of view…

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    August 22, 2018
  • Second Person Observer-Narrator: Garrett Morton

    You, Dora, and the professor reach the center of the warehouse and enter the strangest room you have ever seen. In the dim light, you can make out hundreds of skulls lining the walls. They must have belonged to Vasco’s previous victims. You knew that Vasco was a monster, and now you have proof.

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    August 22, 2018
  • Second Person: Niles Vasco

    You’re rubbing alcohol onto the blade of your dagger — the ritual demands a clean blade — when you notice a change on the monitor hanging above your desk. The security cameras catch three people entering the warehouse. One is Professor Ellar. You watch them weave their way across each camera’s view. Should you stop…

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    August 22, 2018
  • Idea You Can Steal 9: Stone of Fascination

    Summer may be ending, but your writing doesn’t have to. Here’s an idea you can use as the season winds down.

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    August 17, 2018
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