First, a little disclosure. I am not a master of social media. I have made no money from Twitter. I have not sold a book via Twitter. I have a small number of followers (approx 300). So, I’m not going to give you keys to the kingdom or anything; which is fine because that’s not […]
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In this, my third article about the genesis of stories, I’m talking about a Concept related start that links between the World Concept, and starting with Characters. That is the Scene Concept. Ever had a dream that you couldn’t shake? One where you watched something unfold between one or more people you didn’t know, but
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I’m looking at how stories begin. Where do they come from? What compels a person to dedicate so much of their time to put words in order, just to tell a story? In my post on Starting with Characters, I talked about how some authors start with an interesting character. Today, I’m going to discuss
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My love of anime, and therefore large, powerful robots, dates back to my childhood. At that time, shows like Robotech, Grandizer, Gaiking, Getter Robo & Voltron were the center of my world. Little wonder then that I was also a Transformers, ahem, enthusiast. As I grew older and my geeky interests expanded, I found myself
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How do you start a work of fiction? What is the initial spark that lights the fire? In these series of articles, I’m going to be looking at what starts the ball rolling. This isn’t about the first line or paragraph, this is about what made you want to start writing your story in the
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I just had to post this video here. I’ve made no attempt to hide my love of anime. Recently I ordered a figure for a character named Black Rock Shooter (who is going to figure prominently in a future post). Anywho, an anime that has proven to be immensely popular is K-On! a story about
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It’s funny how much changes in the matter of a year. This time last year, the Apple iPad had yet to be released. We all wondered just how revolutionary a product it would be. Initially, people seemed underwhelmed. But if you followed bookish type people on Twitter, you started to see an increasing ripple of
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