One way and another, a lot of pixels get used talking about making “well-rounded” or complex characters. I put “well-rounded” in scare quotes because it always makes me think of the advice I got in high school about being well-rounded – take many kinds of classes, try
Read more →“Getting an idea” is a bit like having a bowl full of flour. You can stir in some sugar and salt and baking powder and spices, and you still have a bowl of white powder that doesn’t stick together to make anything. You can cut in a
Read more →Let’s talk about query letters for a minute. Specifically, let’s talk about the plot summary portion of a query letter. (Note: This post is going to have a bunch of spoilers for Mairelon the Magician, which I’m using as an example.) Query letters are conventionally limited to
Read more →Today is our regularly scheduled Open Mic, during which people can make announcements, wish belated holiday greetings, whinge about how their writing is going (or celebrate how well it is), complain about being stuck at home, or pretty much what you want. My announcement is that yesterday,
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