Foreshadowing Done Right with Carole Brown
How was I to know our destinies would forever be entwined together? If I’d but have known what would happen, I’d never have agreed to meet him at that café. As a rebellious teenager, I didn’t realize what would happen to me. As an adult, I should have known and [...]
Book Review: No Other Will Do by Karen Witemeyer
Men are optional. That's the credo Emma Chandler's suffragette aunts preached and why she started a successful women's colony in Harper's Station, Texas. But when an unknown assailant tries repeatedly to drive them out, Emma admits they might need a man after all. A man who can fight--and she knows [...]
The Nine Plot: Character vs. Himself
Self-discovery. Self-discipline. Self-anything-you-can-think-of. When you’re writing a novel, the ‘self’ prefix is the foundation of the Character vs. Himself plot. The essence of the Character vs. Himself: the inner struggle. There may be many difficult circumstances in the character’s life, but the heart of the issue is the battle he [...]
Author Interview: Carol Keen
Welcome back for another author origin story! Today I'm happy to introduce Carol Keen, a coffee-loving novelist who just wants to share her stories: Hi, and thanks for your willingness to appear on my blog. I'm looking forward to sharing your knowledge and advice with the rest of the world [...]
The Nine Plots: Character vs. Character
Photo Credit Two weeks ago I introduced the idea of nine main fiction plot points. When you decide to write a novel, you'll need to decide the main conflict for your character - who (or what) will come against your character to keep the story moving forward? Today [...]