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Hot WritingTips from the Philly Writer’s Conf: On Plot

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Kelly Simmons, Author of Standing Still & The Bird House on Plot Kelly gave us great ideas on how to prepare the plot of our book BEFORE writing it so we don’t get 80 pages in & have to re-write it all. On Plot: Ride the 7 C’s Combustion Coordination Conflict Characters Conclusion Completion Commitment Tip: Combustion and Coordination are most important Combustion Most plot problems from beginning. Creating a premise with such interesting characters and high stakes will Read more [...]

Hot WritingTips from the Philly Writer’s Conf: On Character

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Back from the Philadelphia Writer’s Conference June 3-5. Lots of good stuff to report on! I will post hot tips and techniques over the next week on what I learned during this past weekend from a round of excellent presenters. On Character – presented by Gregory Frost, Author of ShadowBridge and many more works.“You paid for this pain” – quote on his critiquing our work. Darn right. All good fiction is 3D Desire + Danger = Drama The danger part is the impediment – add it. Get Read more [...]
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