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Conflict fuels story Conflict is the engine that keeps a novel moving forward. Without it, even the most beautifully written paragraphs begin to feel…
COnflict Matters
Riding the Short Story Rollercoaster Writing short stories often feels like trying to park a bus in a compact car space. You need precision,…
Just finish...
The struggle is real! Let’s be honest—finding ideas for short stories is the fun part. It’s everything that comes afterward that turns writers…
You won't finish if you don't start.
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Passion is defined as a powerful emotion or intense feeling about some one or some thing . It can be positive, like joy or romantic attraction or…
Every writer I know is waiting for something. The right moment. A longer stretch of time. The fully formed idea. The confidence that what they write…
A Not-So-Quiet Revolution My novel series is called: Kenora & Jake: Investigations, Mystery and Seasoned Romance . Seasoned romance is a sub-genre of…
Your character’s Wound-Want-Need Triangle is the story engine that drives everything.
Here’s a snippet from a conversation early on in Kenora’s interactions with Jake... "It's worse for females. A couple of gents I met for coffee…
The Lake Decision - 3 This was to be my last day of being un-wived, divorced by a stranger with whom I’d shared a bed for twenty-eight years, until…
The Lake Decision - 2 I’d risen from my empty bed an hour before dawn and crept outside to quiet my pain, in a manner of my choosing, in the place…
The Lake Decision - 1 Here I am, as day commences to alleviate the night, my greying hair pulled back in a fuchsia scarf. Despite the grip of a hot…
...About the word 'Black' I attended a writing workshop years ago and the speaker talked about ‘black moments’, alluding to the despair and…
Bernice was my mother's name. It's still difficult for me to say that out loud. She's been gone for years, but I have so many happy memories..…
