by Jeanne Takenaka, @JeanneTakenaka The idea of creating characters was the one thing that kept me from jumping into fiction writing for, well, decades. One of the first writing lessons I heard …
What’s The Point?
by Michelle Sass Aleckson, @MchelleAleckson As authors we talk a lot about goals. The main character needs a clear goal for a story to have any momentum. Goals can present themselves as …
How to Write Believable Medical Fiction Part 4: Know Your Objective
by Beth K. Vogt, @bethvogt I was talking with my husband Rob about how to approach today’s blog post and I said, “Maybe we try this …” I reminded him how …
How to Write Believable Medical Fiction Part 3: It’s not All About the Drama
by Beth K. Vogt, @bethvogt It’s not that I don’t watch medical TV shows or movies with my husband. It’s that I know what to expect when we do watch medical …
How to Solve the Problem of a Manuscript’s Muddled Middle
by Beth K. Vogt, @bethvogt I was watching Chopped, a popular cooking competition on The Food Network, when one of the judges taught me something about writing. Just in case you’re …