by Pat Marcello | Jan 18, 2011 | Writing
No, not the Dark Side. LOL Your writing voice, and yes, there’s great power in it. It allows your readers to feel your characters, too. And when people can empathize with their troubles, you’ve got a great story. So, how to come up with it? Image via...
by Pat Marcello | Jan 9, 2011 | Writing
If you’re a fiction writer, you need three-dimensional characters. If your characters are flat and boring, you won’t have a very good story. I like to start any story I write by creating my characters, or at least the main characters in my stories. In a...
by Pat Marcello | Jan 8, 2011 | Writing
What are we good at as fiction writers? Making things up, right? That’s fun for us, though often frustrating when we don’t know where to go. So, I’m going to give you a simple starting point — create your characters first. Image via Wikipedia...
by Pat Marcello | Jan 3, 2011 | Writing
Don’t you hate it when you get to the end of a book and nothing happens? That’s why you should take the time to craft your ending carefully. Readers don’t want to be let down. They want an ending that gives them closure to the story. Image via...
by Pat Marcello | Jan 1, 2011 | Writing
Though the beginning of your story is crucial and needs to draw people in, your middle is what keeps them reading your story or book. You have to give them rising action, a climax, falling action, and the denouement or the resolution of all conflicts. Here’s...
