Character and Dialogue
Character A writer can’t actually create people. The characters are only scratches on the page....
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Syntax & Diction and Narration & Voice
On the continuum of how much voice (in a sense, style) can be infused into a particular piece of fiction, I have always thought first-person narration allows the fiction writer the most latitude, the most difference.
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Word Counts, and Story & Plot
Word Counts Getting the material down is the hardest part for me. Because of this, I often find it...
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Openings and Process
This is the best advice I have learned concerning different ways to think about openings, process, story and plot, language and sentences, acoustics, syntax and diction, narration and voice, character, dialogue, description and details, figurative language, endings, revision, and punctuation.
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