Pacing is one of those things that most writers have to learn by doing. You need a feel for what’s working and what isn’t, the same way a marathon runner needs a feel for how much their body can do and still finish the race. Except that
Read more →So last time we met, I mentioned the two basic ways of turning a single short story into a novel: adding complications, subplots, characters and conflicts within the confines of the original story, or continuing on from the end of the short story (and letting the extra
Read more →So I got a little confused about dates last week, and forgot that this week is an Open Mic. That means that next week is when I will be talking about turning a single short story into a novel, and this week everybody else gets to talk about
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