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Since you are the writer, why not play God? In a previous post on deepening POV in fiction, I focused on the third person limited mode, wherein the point of view is limited to a single character for the duration of a scene, chapter, part, or the whole story. The gist of that Read More …
I’m lucky. When I started coding, back in the day of the Commodore Pet and Apple ][ and Ohio Scientific C8P and this weird new IBM PC thing, programming was still a form of High Magic. Approached and treated as such. Now it’s just a career path. The only barrier to entry Read More …
As a lifelong polygeek, I’ve found that toolset and workflow are key things to sort out before you can really get serious about doing productive work in any creative field. For Recording… You need software and devices for composing, generating sound, capturing sound, recording it, mixing it, converting it to digital and back to analog, filtering Read More …
The Ending: Sweat this above all. So, you have crafted a terrific book with an engaging plot, memorable characters and settings, and prose that flows like honey. But after asking a reader to spend several hours of her valuable time with your characters and their ordeals, delivering an unsatisfying ending would be a deeply-felt affront. Particularly in Read More …
Without a doubt, narrative voice is the most important thing to really nail about your fictional characters. In a previous article on establishing and maintaining your character’s point of view, I touched on narrative voice and how it is affected by the author’s choice of POV. While POV (and your way of expressing Read More …