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  • Promotion Wednesday: Funky Ducks Newsletter

    Critiques lead to Zine Guest post by Anne Marie Pace The members of our critique group, The Funky Ducklings, had known each other online for years, but July, 2008, was the first time most of us were able to meet in real-life. After a year of planning, we finally came together with some other writer…

  • SCENE 30: Scene Checklist

    10 Checkpoints for a Scene 30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents Does your Scene Pass this Checklist? We’ll wrap up this 30-day series on scenes with a checklist. Where/When. (Setting) Did you orient the reader at the beginning of the scene? Does the reader know where this takes place: room in house,…

  • SCENE 29: Dear-Editor Talks about Scenes

    The Stuff Between Scenes Guest Post by Deborah Halverson Join us on Facebook for a discussion of scenes. As you give thought to what happens in your scenes, give thought, too, to what happens between them. There’s a trove of information and emotion lurking in the white space separating the last line of one scene…

  • SCENE 28: Scene Length

    30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents Featured Today in Fiction Notes Stores Best Length for Scenes? What’s the best length for a scene? IS there a best length? In his book, Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing, action/adventure author, David Morrell (creator of the Rambo character, among others), says he tries to…

  • SCENE 27: Love Scenes

    30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents 3 Tips on Writing Love Scenes Love scenes are integral to the stories we tell whether it’s a boy/girl relationship, or parent/child, or even a kid loves a horse. (Or a whole host of other loving relationships that humans are capable of.) We know these are…

  • SCENE 26: All Dialogue Scenes

    30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents Featured Today in Fiction Notes Stores Teen Fantasy EBook: All Dialogue Scenes? Not Really What if you’re one of those writers who like to develop the conflict in dialogue. Great. It’s a popular technique these days. But it’s very rare to really see a scene with…