41 WAYS TO CREATE AND HEIGHTEN SUSPENSE IN FICTION PART ONE – CHARACTERS AND THEIR PROBLEMS According to top New York literary agent Noah Lukeman (The Plot Thickens), if a writer can maintain suspense throughout the story, many readers will … Continue reading
Today we’re going to hear from 2 members of the RWA Paranormal Romance e-group, who have been driving their writing craft and writing careers forward by entering writing competitions. For anyone writing a book that contains characters who are motivated … Continue reading
Last week Rita asked about ‘beats’ in dialogue. This was a term I had only seen used in plays or scripts when the author leaves a ‘beat’ before the character answers to create suspense. It appears the term ‘beat’ has … Continue reading
Kathleen from the VISION writing group has asked for an insight into first person narrative*, particularly in the area of conveying emotion. (*First Person — I did this, I did that). Deciding which Point of View (POV or VP) to … Continue reading
Ok, I’ve promised to blog here every Thursday. Perhaps I should have prepared something earlier. I’m in the middle – if we’re generous about what constitutes middle – of a first draft of book three. This is the book that … Continue reading
Over at the Mad Genius Club-Writers’ Division, I did a post the other week about favourite movies and everyone started quoting The Princess Bride. Not only is is fun and cool, with terrifically quirky characters, but the dialogue is so … Continue reading