Ten Things to Consider When Revising Your Novel
Revising a novel can be “like beating up a nice friend.” Without a little pummeling, all you have is a “nice draft”.
Create Your Own Archetypes
Stumped for your next story or character? Try an archetype, says Ceres, who offers up a few to help get your creative juices flowing.
Andrés Díaz Sánchez—Escritor español por M. C. Carper
M. C. Carper interviews Andrés Díaz Sánchez.
Quique Alcatena—Dibujante por M. C. Carper
M.C. Carper interviews Quique Alcatena about his work and interests.
MAGNUS DAGON – Escritor de CF – por M. C. Carper
M. C. Carper interviews science fiction author Magnus Dagon
Characters: Devi from Fortune’s Pawn
Sometimes when you’re looking for the ordinary, a badass girl will have to do.
Jorge Pérez Perri –“EL Centinela de Uruk” por M.C.Carper
M. C. Carper interviews Jorge Pérez Perri for Amazing Stories.
To Expose Or Not To Expose…That Is the Question
In fiction, exposition breaks away from the ongoing action of a scene to give information. It can be a paragraph or go on for several pages. Exposition often provides contextual information critical for the reader to buy-in to character-motivation or the ideas promoted in the story.
Ten Questions You Need to Ask Your Characters Before They Can Stay In Your Story
our story lives and breathes through your characters. Through them your premise, idea and your plot come alive. Characters give your story meaning; they draw in the reader who lives the journey through them. Without them you wouldn’t have a story—you’d have a treatise.
Characters: Tomb Raider’s Lara Croft
Like many good journeys, Lara’s begins with disaster which thrusts her into the unknown
Characters: Jet Black frmo Cowboy BeBop
Rounding out the characters from Cowboy Bebop, we end with Jet Black, the Black Dog. Yes, there’s still Ed, but what else can be said about her than, he’s a seven foot ex basketball pro, […]
Playing the Short Game: How to Sell Your Short Fiction (Part 3)
Why Short Fiction?: The benefits of the short game to a writing career Welcome back. This is the third in my weekly series of posts on how to market and sell short fiction. This week, […]
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