Fiction
Throw in the Anchor! Writing a Hook week 3
Happy Friday~! Susan May Warren here hopping over from http://www.mybooktherapy.com (where we’re talking about Writing Tension in a scene), to continue or Friday Fiction Chat about HOOKS! We’ve been talking about the elements of a great HOOK – using the acronym SHARP S= Stakes (Public or Private) H = Hero Identification (or Sympathy) A stand for ANCHORING! …
When the dream’s big enough, the facts don’t matter
Several years ago, my husband bought me a laptop and, ever so romantically said, “Here, now go write something.” And, being the ever obedient wife, I did. Months later. I’d started reading Kristen Billerbeck‘s Ashley Stockingdale books because (are you ready for this?) I liked the covers. A voracious reader, I’d never picked up Christian…
Hooking the Reader: Week two!
Hey! I’m back (thanks for having me!) with more on HOOKS today on Fiction Friday. HOOKing the reader is essential for a great story. Last week, we started our discussion on HOOKS — with the acronym SHARP. The first element of a great hook is STAKES. Today, we’re moving on to: Hero/Heroine Indentification. I was…
Taking Time Off
As vital as BOC (behind on chair) time is for reaching our writing goals, so is time off. Maybe that’s politically incorrect to say in this day and age when most of us put in far more than forty-hour work weeks, but if we don’t take time away to recharge and live life, we’ll burn…
Elements of Scariness
by Gueast Author Mike Dellosso Scariness. I was going to use the word horror but from what I’ve read and heard through that proverbial grapevine, horror is a word that’s not held in very high esteem in CBA circles. Too worldly, too anti-Christian. But horror is simply scary, isn’t it? If you write a novel…
I got a Bite! The secrets to writing a HOOK
Hey all! I’m so excited to be Writer Interrupted’s Friday Post – thanks for having me! I’m hopping over from http://www.mybooktherapy.com(where we’re talking about Dialogue), to talk to you for a few weeks about… HOOKS! Now, it’s fishing season opener pretty soon up here in MN, and we take our fishin’ very seriously…we have store…
My Book Therapy with Susan May Warren
What is My Book Therapy and why do you spend your time telling everyone your secrets? The answer to the first question is easy: My Book Therapy is two things – a daily writing blog about craft and storytelling. My Book Therapy is also the gateway to a forum/community of fellow writers who help each…
A Family Adventure
Meet the most amazing PR people on the planet~ my three daughters! At my first book launch, my girls and wonderful husband handed out bookmarks, pointed folks to the chocolate fountain, helped choose names for door prizes and cheered me on as I met readers and signed copies of Ransomed Dreams. Why? Because this book…
Writer Interrupted…to research
Help! I need to find out what a dead body looks like after being in the water for 24 hours (a bayou to be exact). Or, I need to describe how an alligator sounds. These are just a few things I had to stop writing on my current story and dig around until I found…
Follow up on Fiction Editor
In her last post, Meredith Efken, freelance fiction editor and friend, shared about what a freelance editor can and can’t do for your! You might want to check it out first, then jump back over here and read what other great tips she has for us! As a freelance editor, I have seen my editing…