by Patricia Bradley, @PTBradley1 You know what I’m talking about when I say Too Stupid to Live—cue the dark music, there’s a serial killer on the loose and the heroine hears …
Seven Ways to Look Like a Beginning Writer: Part 2
by Tari Faris, @FarisTari There are 7 things that seemed to repeat to me when I recently worked with a group of beginner authors. I am convinced that what separates …
The Easy Fix to creating MOTIVATION (and adding tension to your scene!)
Extreme Book Makeover: Saggy Scene Solutions – Creating powerful MOTIVATION Have you ever read a scene where the character says or does something that seems to come out of the …
What the Lord of the Rings Taught Me about Crafting Tension in My Novel
In our daily lives, we’re all about doing whatever we can to decrease tension. But when it comes to the lives of our fictional characters, we have to be willing …
Act 2: Scene Flow..Suspense and Romance, what’s the difference?
Sceneflow: the difference between a suspense scene and a romance scene? If you read the last two weeks of posts and chapters about Limelight, you’ll notice that I took a …
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