Heart of Story: part V Resolution |
Now we come to what I consider the true art of storytelling and writing. Resolution is not just the end of the story. A true resolution does several things. First, and foremost, it resolves the con...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:23:00 GMT |
Heart of Story: part IV Setting |
Setting is the end result of world building. Your setting is the portion of your world that can be viewed through the characters eyes. Many writers get hung up on setting. It needs to be interestin...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:26:00 GMT |
Heart of Story: part III Conflict |
Conflict Conflict is sometimes another word for plot. Some writers and industry professionals see them as different things but I dont. When someone asks me what the plot is I go into my 30 s...
Posted by on Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:20:00 GMT |
The Heart of Story: part II Character |
CharacterThis is usually characters, plural, but were dealing with concepts not specifics. Though I usually come up with my characters last, I agree with the idea that this is the most important par...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:20:00 GMT |
The Heart of Story part I |
No two people write the same, but there are some things about writing and storytelling that are universal. Maybe you already understand all these things and just never really broke them down to their...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:02:00 GMT |
Heart of Story: Introduction |
I'm going to be posting a series that I call, The Heart of Story, which examines the four elements that create a good story. This is something I've been working on and actually planned on posting bef...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Feb 2009 15:53:00 GMT |
Loneliness and Lithium |
There was no one there. There never was anyone there but still I looked and hoped and worried. "Why do you keep doing this you idiot? You're alone. You've always been alone and, goddammit, you des...
Posted by on Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:44:00 GMT |
show, don't tell |
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It's the writing mantra and I really do hate it. It
sounds so simple and strait forward but, for the beginning writer or anyone who
is still trying to define their craft, it's...
Posted by on Sun, 18 Jan 2009 22:24:00 GMT |
randomness |
Pain lost it's meaning after about the fifteenth hit. He had no sense of his own facial features anymore either. He imagined them ballooned out in cartoon proportions, his nose pushed way ...
Posted by on Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:13:00 GMT |
Breath of Doom |
There was nothing left to do. The time had come and other worlds awaited. They could hear him, feel him, sense his impending approach and all shivered in fear and perverse excitement. Behind him a ...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:54:00 GMT |
