Month: April 2018

A Home for Aspiring Writers

Timing Better Flashbacks

Hey, writers. For better or worse, many stories feature a flashback or two. Personally I tend to prefer seeing a flashback in a story (though I know that isn’t true for everyone). Even if you never plan on using a flashback in your stories, writers, I still think it’s good to ponder a bit on…
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Happy Holidays: Things a Writer Can Learn from Friday the 13th

Hey, writers. My head was swimming with the ideas for this Happy Holidays article.  There’s so much surrounding the Friday the 13th phenomenon.  There’s the history of it, the blurry creation of it, the stacks and stacks of Jason Voorhees stuff (the guy with the weapons and the hockey mask). And, of course, the superstitions.…
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Writer Resource: Better Action Scenes

Hey, writers.  This is a new series that I wanted to share with you all.  So I carry around a stack of notes everyday and I’ve been asked things like, “What are those?” and “Why do you carry that everyday?” So here’s one of the sheets.  I call it a Writer Resource.  I’ve referred to…
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