What elements make for a believable character? What can writers add that aids in the complete and utter suspension of disbelief? Lots of thing come to mind like quirks, back stories, associations, inner thoughts, tribulations - and the list goes on and on. However, something many authors have done with beloved recurring characters is to give them hobbies. Certainly Sherlock Holmes had several and varied 'pursuits'. Agatha Christie had Miss Marple constantly knitting. Let's try rounding out
Author Branding
One of the greatest parts of being a highly creative person who shares their work with others who enjoy it is this...no one can ever ever take it from you. It can’t be taught, forced, or manipulated, by anyone else. It’s hard for most people to even understand, to be honest. How can someone create something out of nothing? No order given, no guidelines, no rules or regulations, no fixed direction on what to do or where to go. I assume that most of you reading this right now
I always wondered if famous authors stare at a white sheet of paper or a blinking cursor, wrestling with the very first word, the first sentence, like me. There is a story somewhere, but how to begin? Or do the words just pour out of them?
PT#77
Let’s borrow an opening line of a famous book and write a short piece of fiction or a poem.
I’m pretty much f*cked. (The Martian by Andy Weir)
All children, except one, grow up. (Peter Pan by J.M: Barrie)
He was born with a gift
The anthologies are an important part of GA, and have always been eagerly anticipated by both authors and readers. We’re in the final stretch for this year’s anthology, with the deadline for submission to the proof team a week away. That’s still plenty of time to complete the final edits and get stories to me by or on September first. I’m going to let the final number of stories be a surprise, so you’ll have to wait until it goes live to find out if we met our goal of at least twenty stories.
Stay tuned to this spot.
Currently I cannot do the weekly update as I have a caching issue. I'm lucky to get this far. I will try again in the morning
Edit to add: I'm swooping in because I was online doing homework. I can see what Mr. Wildone cannot for some reason, so I thought I'd help out! Thank you all for being patient with this horrible bug; Myr is working diligently to track it down every day since that last IP update. It's not an easy one, and he's swamped! ~ Cia
Monda
Intimacy
In order to really connect your readers to the romantic stories that you write, you’ve got to keep in mind that it’s not always some giant swing of the pendulum that brings the mood and the tone from one extreme to the other. I think that it’s important to be able to recognize opportunities for all of those little giddy moments in between that can sometimes come off as being your biggest strengths. In fact, I’ve found that they can end up being the most touching and engaging parts o
When writing a story, we need lots of different tools and techniques. Sometimes these may include using different styles of writing or even bringing to life challenging or even repugnant characters. To practice these different techniques, I've given a couple of exercises.
#75 - Use the Passive Voice in a vignette. For example, "Jenny was a great writer who once won an award. She had written a story that garnered lots of attention and cause quite an uproar. That excitement pass
A couple of questions that come up for discussion frequently here are “How long should I make my chapters?” and “How long should my story be?”. The truth is, there is no right answer. My response would be, “Long enough to tell what you want to tell.” It’s a bit of a glib response, but I’m going to go more in-depth in this blog post.
In terms of the anthology, there is a right answer. It needs to be between 1,000 and 25,000 words. So how do you decide if your story is going to be a 1k
We're moving on to the 2nd post in this week's Signature author feature for AC Benus's story, Campires and Starlight. Where do you like to camp? Do you think your favorite spot is as beautiful as the one AC Benus describes in this story?
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Welcome to our first Signature author feature of 2022! We've been focusing on our Classic authors for a few years, and now we're going to showcase stories by our Signature authors starting with AC Benus. August is a month of many camping trips here in the US, so I wanted to share this great short story he wrote back in 2018 that features... camping!
Length: 23,478
Description: Remembering summer nights and lakeside settings, best friends come together to renew their camping trad
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Firstly, @Paladin, you are most welcome.
I think I will hold on to my two cents worth, in the hopes of getting yet more feed back from the membership. I await and watch, till later, bye.
Although I've been in the UK many times, I've never had marmite. Since it's salty, I'd likely try it in porridge. After trying it on crackers first.
Vegemite is a maybe too. I've never had it either.
As I said once in my youth when I mixed bourbon with grape soda, it might be good.
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BTW - I did drink two, but my taste buds were quite dull at the time. It did look rather pretty when it came back up.
This word prompted me to pause for breakfast, porridge.
Since I like my porridge savory, I put odd things in it. People typically make faces when they hear my additions. This led me to consider inporridgibility. Are there things I wouldn't put in porridge? Yes, there are. Tuna for one.
What would you dear readers never put in your porridge?
Thanks @sandrewn for making one of my favourite words even more interesting. I have used it in relation to people and their behaviour and some people have used it in relation to mine.
Even so I had not come across it in Philosophy. Unfortunately I don't have access to the full article at present and will need to go through a library. The concept is that a proposition is incorrigible if it cannot be corrected; that is, it is not possible that belief in it should be found to be mistaken. Robi
Never used some form of incorrigible? I find this hard to believe. But I suppose I have an unfair advantage. I've been called incorrigible more than a few times.
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