by lzadmin | Oct 9, 2013 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
“Ain’t no river wide enough…ain’t no mountain high enough…to keep you away from me, babe.” We know it’s not a real river or mountain but a symbolic obstacle to overcome. Geography is more than just the setting of your novel!...
by lzadmin | Sep 29, 2013 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
Have you created a character who sickens and/or dies? Or maybe a character—for plot’s sake—just has TO GO! Make it awesome by having their illness be SYMBOLIC or IRONIC or DIVINE . Writers often use illness to reveal a character’s: flaws or...
by lzadmin | Sep 24, 2013 | Reading & Writing, ROCK your Writing
YOU see the characters in your mind…more importantly, does the reader? And is it necessary they see your vision? Although physical descriptions and a thorough biographical summary of each major character is found in older fiction, the current trend is to reveal...