This Christmas I received a copy of The Irresistible Novel by Jeff Gerke. I’m just getting around to working my way through this book. It’s been perfect for this season of editing as each chapter is centered on an issue in writing. With each chapter the author explores how to add to your own writingContinue reading “Prologues: The Irresistible Novel”
Category Archives: fiction
I Wrote a Book?
Whoever said writing was easy was a big fat liar. Writing is difficult. It is so much more than words on a page. Writing contains emotion, creativity, and a lot of time. Lately, the time portion of the equation has been the hardest for me to balance. On December 30, 2015, I finished the firstContinue reading “I Wrote a Book?”
A Short Story About Mermaids
Lately, I’ve been trying to work on honing some of my writing skills by sitting down to craft a short story for a fifteen minutes or so each day. With each story I am focusing on something. Sometimes I choose to focus on characterization and really take time to develop a vivid character. Other ideasContinue reading “A Short Story About Mermaids”
Five Minute Friday: Morning
This week the topic for the Five Minute Friday link-up post is Morning. What is a link-up? Essentially a link-up is when you join other bloggers and write on a similar topic. You share your blog posts with one another and begin conversations via a host site. You can head over to Kate Motaung’s page to check out otherContinue reading “Five Minute Friday: Morning”
The Bionic Neurosurgeon
Just a little fiction to wet your palette. This is a short piece I wrote this week based on a prompt from The Write Practice. It’s a bit random, but was fun to write. The Bionic Neurosurgeon The snowboard landed a few feet from Weston in a mound of thick powdery snow. For a matterContinue reading “The Bionic Neurosurgeon”
Fan Mail Murder-Draft 2
The following is draft 2 of my short story I’ve written for the contest First Anniversary Beginning Writer. During the first round of submissions I learned many things about the art of short story writing. I’ve done research and reworked the story giving it a new spin and trying to fit it into the genreContinue reading “Fan Mail Murder-Draft 2”
An Exercise in Characterization
As many of you know I am in the final phase of draft 1 of my first novel. I’m in the process of tying up loose ends in the plot and bringing forth a resolution. This is definitely the hardest part thus far of writing as I’m trying to make sure that all conflicts areContinue reading “An Exercise in Characterization”
Murder of a Pen Pal
Below is a copy of my first draft of a short story I’ve entered in to a contest for the First Anniversary Beginning Writer. This story has been submitted to the workshop and I have already received extremely valuable feedback from other writers across the country. One thing that I have learned from this processContinue reading “Murder of a Pen Pal”
A Writing Contest
To those of you in my writing community I wanted to tune you into a writing contest opportunity that I am taking part in over the next three weeks. This is a short fiction contest put on by Joe Bunting, editor of the blog, the Write Practice. I find this blog and forum to be reallyContinue reading “A Writing Contest”
Character Framing
Welcome to my very own Creative Writing Month where each day of the month I am focusing on a topic and spending fifteen minutes reflecting and writing as inspired by the topic. For more information about why and how check out my post, Writing Down the Bones. Today’s topic: Write about someone you have loved dearly.Continue reading “Character Framing”
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