Plotting – Divide the Plan by Two
For some of us, writing is a constant study in planning, in looking far down the road of a half-formed story arc or into a set of possibilities and defining what it’s going to be. For others, we work...
View ArticlePlot and the Power of OR
“Depth” is a word people have used different ways about fiction, sometimes not being that clear what they mean–just some sense that a character winds up with more layers, a situation more reality, and...
View ArticleWriting for Five Senses – Description on the Run
It’s one of the most common writing tips: “Write the scene using all five senses.” But whenever I hear one writer give another that advice, I feel like one of my own trickster characters, and not just...
View ArticleWriting for Five Senses – Combining Them All
Can you write a description with just sight and hearing? No, but those two can organize how all five senses fit together. (The Unified Writing Field Theory — searchings and findings on what makes...
View ArticleEnhanced Senses in Shadowed
The ability that has changed Paul Schuman’s life is easily described—he sums it up as: What we have is the power to increase our five senses by connecting them to whatever we focus our attention on....
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