by Pat Marcello | Jan 7, 2011 | Writing
One of my favorite things to do is create characters for my stories, and that’s really where a good story starts. Create a three-dimensional protagonist, who’s not all good or all bad, who suffers the same issues as we do in our day-t0-day lives and then,...
by Pat Marcello | Jan 5, 2011 | Writing
Image by koalazymonkey via Flickr So, endings can be tough. You’ve told your tale, the conflict is solved, and well… then what? Then, you need to satisfy readers. You have to tie everything up in a neat little bow so that they’re not left hanging....
by Pat Marcello | Dec 22, 2010 | Writing
Image via Wikipedia Research is a hated word by many. Personally, I love it! I could do that and not write, believe it or not, and I’m sure that many of you are wondering why. I’m a learner! I love to learn new things and will take on any topic to fill my...
by Pat Marcello | Dec 17, 2010 | Writing
As we’ve discussed here before, our “young adult” group involved teens, but it involves 12-14 year olds, so not all of them are teens. Yet, some magazines are directed straight at them. No magazines directed at the older group would have much on...
by Pat Marcello | Dec 13, 2010 | Writing
When thinking of middle-grade readers, we’ve established that they’re not in middle grades. These are kids in 2nd to 7th grade, and the group requires diverse information. The younger ones like silly funny, while the older ones like a little more...
