You don't have to tell readers everything. Not only should you avoid info-dumping your poor readers in the beginning of the story, you should avoid info-dumping your readers AT ALL TIMES. Remember - bring out world details through action and dialogue - NOT description and exposition! Sprinkle these tidbits throughout - icing is tasty, true, but good lord, no one wants a fist-sized glob of icing all at once! Even as the author, you don't have to know EVERYTHING about your own story. ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: Progress on short story "The Transference"
Comment: Today for my Wednesday writing, I completed 733 words on my current short story WIP, tentatively entitled "The Transference" for the moment, but previously called also "Blackmarket Body". I'm attempting to complete this before June 3rd so I can submit it to the Writer's Digest Writing Competition. Toward that end, wish me luck! :P I have included a small excerpt here for your reading pleasure. Hope you enjoy! *** Dimitrii smiled. His teeth were remarkably straight. “No, they ... View Post
Writing Prompt Wednesday: Another excerpt from the novel!
Comments: Whoops! Almost entirely forgot that today was Wednesday! Today's snippet comes again from the novel-in-progress, a young adult fantasy entitled "Cheetah on the Roof". I almost told you who this conversation was between, but decided that instead I would love to hear who you infer these people to be from the conversation itself! Hope you enjoy! And thanks for reading! - JRF *** Arrelious smiled, looking up at him. “And what do you think became of Lua Mater, Loremaster?” “I’m still ... View Post
What I Learned from my Writer's Digest Workshop…
In case some of you weren't aware, I recently enrolled in a Writer's Digest online workshop. It began October 4th and ended December 27th of 2012. It was entitled "12 Weeks to a First Draft", and consisted of 12 assignments, each of 2- 2500 words, which were submitted weekly for individual critique by the instructor, a published career author or a literary agent. In my case the instructor was Stephen Mertz, who has published over 30 books in his ... View Post
Dialogue Tags…. Detail or Distraction?
So obviously it wasn't REALLY the Return of Me last time I wrote in here.But it is now. ;)I am being forced to find another job and it's making me cranky and upset. But, it also made me decide to stop F-ing around and actually get to REAL WORK on this novel thing. If you've been keeping up with this journal, you are probably shaking your head and laughing right now. I know. How many times have I said this, right?Well. I enrolled in "12 Weeks to a ... View Post
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