Did you ever read or write a character who was well put-together, but just laid there on the table and wouldn’t live? Like, “Mate, this bird wouldn’t “voom” if you put four million volts through it!” Well, you know what I always say — okay…
Tag: the writing process
First, I’m happy to announce that FORCE OF HABIT, my sf/cop/farce novel, is FREE for Kindle for another four days, 12/23-27, 2012. Go get it! Here is (are?) the rest of my notes on Alice Friman’s Poetry presentation: Mechanics Rewriting–has two basic purposes: To take…
NOVEL-WRITING — SUGGESTED PLAN 1. Read — Read the sort of novel you want to write. Read the classics of the genre, and read what’s being published now. Read other sorts of novels. Read poetry. Read non-fiction, on subjects that pertain to the sort of…