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I’m co-teaching the Career Track at the Mount Hermon Writers Conference for the next few days, and as I’m hearing tons of book ideas from the conferees, I’m …
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Blogger: Michelle Ule, Books & Such Assistant
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How does the saying go? The United States and England are two nations separated by a common language? We’re laughing at the …
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Interviewers often ask authors about the connection between a fictional character and the author’s mother, father, husband, wife, child, and the author him or herself. Just last …
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Do protagonists have greater appeal to readers if they are human, or is it more important that a character simply exhibit some human characteristics? Animal characters …
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Last week I talked a bit about the Marketing Monster, that huge scary thing lurking in the shadows that promises to pounce without warning.
Many …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books&Such office, Nashville
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One thing is clear–a whole lot of people are writing about “fictional character development”! According to Google today, there are 372,000 entries for that topic. Reading a few of …
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Blogger: Etta Wilson
Location: Books & Such office, Nashville
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Some recent reading has caused me to think a lot about the role of character in our writing. The time-honored rule in …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Let’s start today by talking about point of view. In many films, the point of view shifts frequently. The audience sees a snippet of one character’s view, and …
What can be done in film, can’t always be done in print.Read More
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
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What makes a movie interesting? How does it keep your attention to the end?
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” a strange story about a boy who was …
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Blogger: Rachel Zurakowski
Location: Books & Such Main Office, Santa Rosa, Calif.
Dim the lights and grab some popcorn! We’re going to the movies.
This week, I’m going to talk about movie techniques and how they relate to writing. Each …