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“if a man does not master his circumstances then he is bound to be mastered by them.”
― Amor Towles, A Gentleman in Moscow
Tag Archives: analogy
Fiction Writing – Like Your Own Political Convention?
Fiction writing is like your own political convention. Pardon me? Really? Okay, hang with me on this. First, let’s look at what happens when you’re writing a short story. I attempted to analyze this conundrum with a story I just … Continue reading
Posted in fiction writing, Reading, short story, Writing
Tagged analogy, antagonist, fiction writing, pantser, planner, protagonist, reading, setting, short story, steps in writing the short story, writing, writing process
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Writing that lights your marquee …
The house is quiet. I’m reading a really good book. In fact, I’m buried in it. As I read, I come upon a sentence that sends an Oh! to a little niche in my brain. There the sentence lights up like a … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Books, Creativity, fiction writing, novel, Reading, Writing
Tagged Alice Mendelssohn, analogy, apartheid, Botswana, creating an image, description, Eleanor Morse, great sentences, heightening meaning, honing and idea, Ian Henry, imagery, Isaac Muthethe, shedding light on a character, South Africa, White Dog Fell from the Sky
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