This week, Anna Elliott offers three tips for “kicking your readers right in the feels” while Chris Winkle and Damon Suede explore various facets of character. Peter Selgin boils fiction down to two plot types and explains how to introduce foreshadowing in your story’s opening.
Juliet Marillier defines the fantasy genre, Blake Morrison delves into the often distressing burden of managing a deceased writer’s estate, and Olivia Mason presents a top-ten list of best works from one of my all-time favorite writers, Harlan Ellison.
All that and a little more… Enjoy!
3 Tips to Hook Your Reader’s Emotions by Anna Elliott
What Is Fantasy, Exactly? by Juliet Marillier
Take Cover! by John Gilstrap
The Six Traits of Strong Characters by Chris Winkle
Characters: More Than Just Imaginary People by Damon Suede via Jami Gold
How Works of Fiction Can Be Boiled Down to Two Types of Plots and How Your Story Opening Foreshadows What’s to Come by Peter Selgin
Up in Smoke: Should an Author’s Dying Wishes Be Obeyed? by Blake Morrison
The Best of the Best: 10 Must-Read Works by Harlan Ellison by Olivia Mason
Scam Down Under: Love of Books Brisbane / Julie “Jules” McGregor by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware