Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. In my last post, I spoke of story length. Today we’ll discuss writing a series of books. First, let’s talk about serial fiction versus a series. Serial fiction is released in installments. This type of fiction became popular in the nineteenth century. Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers was … Continue reading Series Fiction
Writing a series
Expansion Pack: One Upmanship
Hi Gang, Craig with you once more with another Expansion Pack. This one is going to be about One Upmanship. Might seem like a strange topic, but I’m a strange kind of guy. This post came to me first out of the three posts, and was brought to me by a modern friend we’ve all … Continue reading Expansion Pack: One Upmanship
Confessions and Questions
Hi Gang, Craig here again. I decided to park the Expansion Packs for a while. Writing posts here is kind of like dowsing, in that I really don’t know what our readers might want. There is a certain amount of guess work involved. I have a theory the Expansion Packs will return, but today I … Continue reading Confessions and Questions
Write Large
Hi, Gang. Craig here again with the conclusion to my bit of free-form thinking. It all began with Write Small, where we learned to include small details to help readers relate to our characters. These are the split-ends and hangnails of our stories. Then we moved on to Write Medium, where our main story really … Continue reading Write Large
Throwing Darts Blindfolded & Author Considerations
Making choices self-publishing choices can feel like throwing darts blindfolded. With all the changes to publishing in the last decade or so it gets even more confusing. For instance, now there are opportunities with hybrid publishers which can open more doors for authors and leave them more perplexed than ever. When indie-publishing really took off, … Continue reading Throwing Darts Blindfolded & Author Considerations
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