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Showing character emotions – even more research sources – Part 3
(Part 1 is here, Part 2 is here.) Putting the last touches on body language research: The ChangingMinds website is a repository of learning about all forms of persuasion and influence. I’m using the...
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Using Scrivener to store structure – Scene template, Part 8
Update 10/25/13: If you would like a blank Scrivener file with all this structure stuff already in it, drop me an email address to abehrhardt [at] gmail. I tried really hard to upload it – but...
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Consistent point of view (pov) in writing and revision
In the process of revising the scene I’m working on, I made my self a note: It’s a credible draft, and everything I wanted to put in there somewhere is there. But it lacks 1) a consistent pov – Andrew...
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Writing the triangle story: bending Dramatica to the writer’s will
I seem to be attracted to writing triangles. My work-in-progress, Pride’s Children, is an adult love triangle. A play I wrote, Tangled Webs, is another triangle story, this time about a young woman who...
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The art, science, and necessity of epigraphs in novels
Epigraphs are curious little pieces of text. Almost like roses made out of frosting, they feel decorative – and somewhat frivolous. My dictionary on the Mac offers two recognized meanings: an...
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Group characters, epigraphs, and Dramatica – a novel use
Dramatica was developed for screenwriters, and some of the features are much harder to implement in a script than they are in fiction, with its variable length and format. One of these is the concept I...
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Plot twists and the Moment of Truth – a customer service analysis for writers
Novelists don’t think of themselves as being in ‘Customer Service.’ But we are – we are in business to satisfy our customers – readers – with our work: a constant stream of words, properly presented,...
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Incrementalism: the art of fine-tuning change
I call incrementalism a basic principle of life: if you don’t work every day to make it better, it will get worse. ‘It’ can be anything at all. Not all change can be effected by a sweeping...
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Freedom to write means responsibility
I realized a week ago that I am just as weak – and as strong – as I have been for a long time. Getting a bit more energy to function because of a fortuitous connection to an experiment with vitamin B1...
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A year of blogging: what did I learn about me, ME/CFS, and writing?
Happy 1-year anniversary to me… A whole year has somehow gone by since I started this blog in a fit of bravado: do it, or forever hold your peace. My first post is still true: the only thing I truly...
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