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Some Days it’s a Good Thing I don’t Own a Gun

Some days I want to shoot my computer. My choice of firearms often depends on the degree in which I am irritated with my writing. If I am having scene detail issues I could easily break out the BB gun....

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Character Studies – Don’t Spoil Your Characters

A good writer will create meaningful and full-rounded characters. A great writer will create characters that are meaningful and full-rounded who can think for themselves. Think for themselves? Whatever...

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When Things are Tense…

I have an 11 year old daughter. She has a bit of a learning challenge in that she still has trouble with tense. She will often say something with the wrong tense and we have to correct her which...

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A Sandwich Always Requires a Good Amount of Meat

I love a good sandwich. Give me a good sandwich, a handful of chips and an Izze and life is good. But here’s the thing, screw up that sandwich and I will be one unhappy camper; especially if you skimp...

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The Rule of Thumb is ….Use Your Fingers

Rules…. I almost don’t have to say anything else. I can hear many of you cringing as you read the word out loud. Do you know why? Because rules, while necessary in things like gravity and physics, can...

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Wait…No…Hey…You..Character…Go THAT Way

Writer’s Note: This is Friday’s Column. Sorry it’s late. I am the type of writer who allows their characters to do what comes naturally. You won’t find me being the control freak writer who needs to...

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Questions You Never Want Your Reader to Have to Ask: Where the Hell Am I?

Now there’s a question you never want your reader to be asking themselves in more than one chapter of your book. I mean, it’s okay if you purposely lose a character and take the reader along for the...

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Writing the Story with a Different Perspective OR Find a New Crowd to hang...

Writer’s Note: Here is Saturday’s actual column….the earlier one was Fridays…. A good writer sees the world through different eyes every time they look at it. A great writer uses that different...

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THERE ARE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN HERE! When You Have Too Many Characters

Creating characters is fun. I know that personally there are times when I get all excited because the writing is really flowing and I start over creating characters. Over creating? Yep, I start over...

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Do Not Disturb…I’m Killing Someone

I hate to be interrupted when I am killing folks. Nothing is more annoying than when, in the middle of offing someone, the kids come in and bug me. Seriously…don’t they realize how hard it is to kill...

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