Last week we talked about the basics of scene building in fiction. You can check out that information here: Scene Building Basics . Today, let’s focus a little more deeply on one aspect of a scene: the launch. It’s the kickoff for your scene. It’s the opportunity to pull readers into the action or hook…
Here is an excellent and detailed review of ProWritingAid, written by Lewis Parrot for The Freelance Effect.
2018 Indies Choice and E.B. White Read-Aloud Award Winners Announced ADULT FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: Sing, Unburied, Sing: A Novel by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner) ADULT NONFICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR: Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI by David Grann (Doubleday) See the rest by clikcing the link below….
Jessica Page Morrell is a top-tier developmental editor for books and screenplays. Her articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest and The Writer magazines. She is known for explaining the hows and whys of what makes for excellent writing and for sharing very clear examples that examine the technical aspects of writing that emphases layering and…
ur 2017 publication, Curses of Scale, by Stephen De. Reeves, has been nominated as a finalist for The Wishing Shelf Book Award 2017 in the books for adults (fiction) category. This is a reader-voted award.
Sarah Davis Goff The book that made my year: We spoke last year about Mike McCormack’s wonderful Solar Bones, which garnered rave reviews and a rake of prizes including the Goldsmiths and two BGE Irish Book Awards. We suspected it was only gathering speed – and we were so delighted when it was longlisted for…
Sixteen-year-old Niena wants nothing more than to attend an elite bardic college, but when the dragon that shattered the empire awakens again she finds herself on the run, through the fey realm of Fairhome, to the city where she was born. On her trail are her army veteran grandfather, thrown into a commander’s role he…
Sulis Academic Press publishes scholarly and academic titles under the general imprint of Sulis International Press. These include titles in theology, law, and other academic fields. We publish books, monographs, and journals. Sulis International Press also publishes reprints of important works in those areas, especially older works that are not readily available in print or…
The debut novel from author Markus McDowell, this literary work is a re-imagining of an old-fashioned story of grief and the search for meaning in a world that seems not only uncaring, but vindictive. To and Fro Upon the Earth is a captivating (and disturbing) story about a man who rejects the common answers to…
Here is an interesting article from the Harvard Business Review on the effects of storytelling on the brain. Here are some excerpts: Many business people have already discovered the power of storytelling in a practical sense – they have observed how compelling a well-constructed narrative can be. But recent scientific work is putting a much…