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On the Vulgar Appetite for the “Fact”
I am asked, with a frequency I have come to find wearying, whether the events of my novels "really happened...
by Leo Nakamura
The Tyranny of the “Relatable” Protagonist
There is a peculiar sickness that has crept into historical fiction...
by Leo Nakamura
Here a cat, There a cat
Still trying to decide what to actually DO here.
by Kim
The Wright Word
Chekhov's Gun
by Clive Wright
vegas bound(again)
lost in the Horseshoe Casino/Hotel
by Kim
Two Wayward Writers
Adventures in Podcasting
by Rachel McCarron
Read and Wright
Novels that have influenced my writing
by Clive Wright
brain scatter
dropping seeds all over the place
by Kim
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  1. Paul Whybrow

    Thought for the Day Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like ...

    “Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half a kitten. It is not half as cute as a whole kitten; it is a bloody, godawful mess. A half-good sex scene is not half as hot; it actually moves into the negative numbers, draining any heat from the surrounding material.”...
  2. RK Wallis

    Craft Chat Scene breakdown

    I really connected with this teaching of writing:
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    Please Comment: More Haste, Less Speed?

    New blog post by Claire G More Haste, Less Speed? What Do We Mean by ‘Pace’ And Why Is It Important? We often hear that books are fast-paced, slow burn or ‘saggy in the middle’. In a nutshell, pace is the speed at which a story unfolds (note that this is not the same as the speed at which a...
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