Blogs about: Story Premise
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Mind the Gaps
Shamefully, I haven’t finished revisions to the 800-word or so short that I was hoping to post this week. Instead I’ve been… gasp… making progress. I thought I had a sense of t… more →
Runaway Muse
Perfecting Your Story Pitch with Lil Chase
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wrote 3 weeks ago: I was lucky enough to attend a SCBWI workshop a few weeks ago given by Lil Chase, entitled ‘Books th … more →
Concept Can Get You Published: Guy Saville Explains All
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wrote 1 month ago: I’m breaking a rule today, which is always a good thing to do once in a while. Usually my guest auth … more →
Techniques To Keep In Mind While You’re Constructing A Premise For A Screenplay
wrote 1 month ago: Vincent “stares…transfixed” into the glowing case, as specified in Tarantino … more →
A Tale of Two Premises
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wrote 7 months ago: Premise is a word I’ve seen used by some excellent authors of ‘how to write fiction’ books, and at f … more →
Mind the Gaps
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wrote 7 months ago: Shamefully, I haven’t finished revisions to the 800-word or so short that I was hoping to post … more →
Theme: Finding
wrote 8 months ago: Change can be terrifying or exhilarating (or anything in between). In the last year, this blog has b … more →
Let Chaos In
wrote 9 months ago: The nice neat order of a finished story is thoroughly intoxicating. Every detail working in harmony, … more →
Winding Threads
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wrote 9 months ago: It’s been a while since I sat down and looked at my habits with an eye on finding ways to impr … more →
A Kerosene Fence
wrote 10 months ago: By itself, a fence can be a great thing. It delineates territory. Some provide privacy. The right sp … more →
The Guest List
wrote 10 months ago: It’s been a while since I left this story unattended and returned to find… carnage. While that destr … more →
Of Questionable Decisions
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wrote 11 months ago: Last week I alluded to the idea that stories can make questionable decisions while I am away. It sho … more →
The writer as carpenter
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wrote 11 months ago: One thing writers love to discuss is the way in which they go about writing; almost, it seems, as mu … more →
Map? What Map?
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wrote 11 months ago: I have officially put the next short story on the clock. The target date is June 30. Though I am hap … more →
Plot Fixer - Part I: Your Premise Isn't Compelling
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wrote 1 year ago: Writers In The Storm welcomes Kara Lennox, a.k.a. Karen Leabo to our family of bloggers. Kara is an … more →
The Bird's Eye
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wrote 1 year ago: A lot of activities in life involve listening to your instincts. Does something feel out of place? I … more →
Paths
wrote 1 year ago: Writing a story is analogous to many activities. I’ve often thought of cooking as an apt metap … more →
Secrets, Wordchefs and Insta-pies
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wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a thought I loved from the children’s book, From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwei … more →
Commitment
wrote 1 year ago: In the last week I wrote out more than 100 “What If” ideas stemming from a story premise … more →
The Golden Hundred
wrote 1 year ago: I had a premise, a designing principle, a character change… So many elements of the story felt … more →
