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Conflict or Conflicted?

OK. Back at it. What can I say? Life’s been hectic — and I’ve been sick for the last week. Anyway, let’s tackle something adjacent to January’s post on plotting and pantsing – conflict. Now I’ve talked about conflict in several posts, but I haven’t really discussed why and how to twine inner and outerContinueContinue reading “Conflict or Conflicted?”

tone and ‘tude

(sorry so late; this will also be the only newsletter this month. ~LZ) Flaubert is absolutely correct about the writer. Now, consider this axiom: What your characters do and say will show readers what they believe. Carefully choosing your descriptive words will create the tone and ‘tude (attitude) of your story. We’ve all read aContinueContinue reading “tone and ‘tude”