Feb
25
Iron Council - First Pages
Try reading the first few pages of one of your favorite author's books.
I could choose The Lord of the
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Erik van Mechelen
As simply a gardener or even a companion on a long walk to Mordor and back (or something in between), I'll be for your writing project as Samwise was to Frodo: loyal, strong, and true to the spirit.
Feb
22
Novel Structure
China Miéville said the following in a talk over 10 years ago...
I was wondering if you could give me
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Feb
22
Character in Fiction
What do characters do for a story? How is it that the writer crafts such an entity with whom readers
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Feb
09
Anyone, everyone, can write
The comforting thing, perhaps, is that somehow, within you already is the capability to tell your story. The pull to do so would not have come if you were not ready.
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Feb
01
The mountaintop glimpsed
No one is the same after any amount of writing, which if done well is really about traversing treacherous landscapes within.
Which is why I'm humbled to go along on such journeys with friends and strangers alike. Every Frodo needs a Samwise.
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