The opening has to be the single most difficult element of fiction–especially for a novel. At the same time, you have to do something that will make people want to continue to read, while you're introducing a 60,000, 90,000, or 125,000 word book. What to do? You don't want to go too far overboard with [ Read more...]
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I'm always astonished by the number of people who are writing novels. And the ages, too! After speaking in a church a few weeks ago, I had three teens talk to me about the books they were writing, and a mother talk to me about her teenage daughter's writing. There seems to be a strong [ Read more...]
I was writing a scene around Paul Manziuk, my police officer in Shaded Light, and suddenly he decided to swear. I told him he couldn’t. I don’t swear myself. Why would I swear when writing? He said he wasn’t me. True. He said that he was hot, tired, and frustrated, and he really needed to [ Read more...]
Writing fiction would be easier if I wasn’t a Christian. I’d just sit down and write whatever I wanted. No problem. But I am a Christian. And it has been a problem. When I began writing 30 years ago, I had a BA in English along with the English medal for my graduating class. And [ Read more...]
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