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Tidbits and Nuggets – Making Characters Real

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 3 Comments

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“Have your characters misunderstand one another once in a while. Have them answer the unspoken question rather than the one asked out loud. Have them talk at cross purposes. Have them hedge. Disagree. Lie. It will go a long way toward making them sound human.”

 Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
 Renni Browne & Dave King

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Stories to Share

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When time is pressing, but you still want something to read, check out these stories.

Short and impressive and worth sharing.

 

 

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Tidbits and Nuggets – Narrative Summary

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 2 Comments

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The use of narrative summary in our stories has its purposes.

  • To slow things down for the reader.
  • Provides continuity to the larger story.
  • Work extra time into a scene.
  • A useful way to summarize minor characters rather than develop.

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“Be careful…not to convert all your narrative summary into scenes… The main use of narrative summary is to vary the rhythm and texture of your writing. Scenes are immediate and engaging, but scene after scene without a break can become relentless and exhausting.”

 Self-Editing for Fiction Writers
 Renni Browne & Dave King

 

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Tidbits and Nuggets – Repetition

/ Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 2 Comments

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It’s easy, even as a novice writer to notice those pesky instances of repetition. There’s another type of repetition that causes problems – repetition of effect. Two sentences that convey the same information or two characters that serve the same role are examples.

1 + 1= 1/2

“When you try to accomplish the same effect twice, the weaker attempt is likely to undermine the power of the stronger one.”

Self-Editing for Fiction Writers 
Renni Browne & Dave King

 

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I’d love to hear your comments. Talk to me. Tell me your story. I’m all ears and look for me on Facebook at SheilaMGood,  Pinterest, Bloglovin, Twitter@sheilamgood, Contently, and Instagram. You can follow my reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.