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Writing and Self-Publishing
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 …
Everyone knows that first person is the most intimate mode for the narrative voice in fiction. The protagonist is telling you his story, and you’ll get the full impact of his emotion as he tells it. But what if you want to tell the intertwining stories of several people, being as intimate Read More …
In December of 2012, I began to rework what had been a two-thousand word short story into something much, much larger. That original piece, a mildly-humorous alien invasion yarn, was called “Once, Upon the Dark Matter Highway.” It was basically an elaborate setup for a zinger punchline. The kind where the drummer in the corner goes bah-dum-tshhh! at the Read More …