Archive for May 2014

How important is your setting?

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by Maria GeraciThere's three rules in real estate and we all know what they are. Location, location, location. Where your house or real estate is located will not only determine the asking price, but it will also influence how quickly it sells. Everyone wants prime real estate, and...

Writer Hell and Chutzpah

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by Michele Young-StoneMichele is the author of THE HANDBOOK FOR LIGHTNING STRIKE SURVIVORS and the forthcoming ABOVE US ONLY SKY (Spring, 2015). A good many years ago, a dear fellow writer friend sent me a quote that I keep above my desk.  "Talent is cheaper than table salt....

Ellen's 12 Rules for Novelists

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By Ellen Meister1.  Start your story as close to the inciting incident as possible.Avoid the temptation to provide your reader with backstory first. Best to hit the ground running, and weave in the backstory as you go. 2.  Never try to hide exposition in your dialogue....

Setting: Where the Heart Feels at Home

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My husband and I in front of the Trevi Fountain in Rome.Have you ever visited a place for the first time and felt as though you were finally at home?That's what it was like for me when I first set foot in Italy. And—more incredibly—it's felt that way every time I've been fortunate...
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