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Into the Mist

{ Posted on Jul 15 2009 by Allison Lane }
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Tags : Allison Lane, Books, Craft, editing, outline, Revision, Seat of the Pants, write, Writing
Categories : The Inclined
I just finished one of those high/low weeks I always hit when writing a book. The high was finishing the first draft. The low was embarking on step one of the revision process. I’m what’s called a seat-of-the-pants writer. ...Read More »

GMC — the Trust Dilemma

{ Posted on Jul 01 2009 by Allison Lane }
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Tags : Allison Lane, Characters, Craft, GMC, goals, write, Writing
Categories : The Inclined
As happens often when authors gather, I fell into a discussion on GMC last week – for those who haven’t heard this term, it stands for Goal, Motivation, and Conflict, which collectively form the basis of all successful storytelling. ...Read More »

Characterization Isn’t Just for Heroes

{ Posted on May 20 2009 by Allison Lane }
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Tags : Allison Lane, characterization, Craft, write, Writing
Categories : The Inclined
The current chapter isn’t going well. The action feels right. My hero is behaving in a solidly heroic fashion. But the villain is starting to sound clichéd, which means I don’t understand his motivation well enough. ...Read More »

Stand Up and Write

{ Posted on Sep 07 2008 by Keri Ford }
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Tags : Personal Life, write, Writing, Writing Life
Categories : The Inclined
You may have noticed a pattern in my posts talking about getting started writing and keeping yourself going. Anyway, a few weeks ago I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Big long word that’s kinda fun to say. That’s all I knew ...Read More »

Going the distance

{ Posted on Aug 18 2008 by Leigh Royals }
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Tags : feel, Leigh Royals, pain, sense, write
Categories : The Inclined
Ok. I think in most historicals I've read, at one point either one or both the hero or heroine have an injury at some time. We all know pain, so writing pain isn't difficult.  So it is in a moderate ...Read More »
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