This week, we stop by the Kill Zone where James Scott Bell warns against starting your story with a dream while John Gilstrap and Jordan Dane talk internal monologue. Over at Mythcreants, Oren Ashkenazi advises against writing prequels, but if you must, he offers a few tips.
From Writer Unboxed, Julie Carrick Dalton provides timely advice on dual timeline stories. Think you can become a writer on “talent” alone? Anne R. Allen would like to give you a rude awakening. Anne also has some strong opinions on how to begin your story in order to optimize Amazon’s “Look Inside” feature.
All that and a little more. Enjoy!
What’s the Deal on Dreams in Fiction? by James Scott Bell
Internal Monologue by John Gilstrap
5 Key Ways to Balance Internal Monologue with Pitfalls to Avoid by Jordan Dane
Chronicling a Non-Chronological Story: Writing a Dual Timeline Novel by Julie Carrick Dalton
Five Tips for Telling Prequel Stories by Oren Ashkenazi
8 Qualities that are More Important than Talent for Writing Success and The One Thing That Will Kill Book Sales Dead and 10 Ways to Avoid It by Anne R. Allen
How to Write a Novel Using the Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson
How to Spark Your Story with an Inciting Incident by Pamela Hodges
Veteran SF and Media Tie-In Writer, Michael Jan Friedman, Would Like to Take You Into Empty Space