Source: First Page Tips

What do people on the business end of writing look for on page one of a manuscript? This was the subject of the Friday night event that kicked off Write On The River’s 2017 conference. Held yearly in May in Wenatchee, Washington, the weekend conference’s opening event takes advantage of great views from the ninth-floor […]

Originally posted on Life in the Realm of Fantasy:
Some aspects of writing craft were never taught in school. I know! I was shocked to discover this too. Many people learn these things through getting their MFA, but the rest of us must educate ourselves. One concept I discovered through reading is how my favorite…

Source: A New Summer Class: Thrill Me, But Make Me Weep

“No stakes means no urgency means a stillborn story,” claims Benjamin Percy writing in Thrill Me. Percy is full of advice on how to take anemic fiction and give it spine, to pack in more suspense. But in the end, so what? If you can’t write stories with characters  capable of bringing us to tears, […]

Originally posted on Life in the Realm of Fantasy:
All works of fiction, no matter what their genre have several commonalities. Protagonists and side characters begin in a comfortable place. An incident/event occurs, throwing them out of what they know and into disarray. This is the inciting incident. Once they recover from the first stumbling…

Source: How To Achieve Satisfying Reversals