Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 9 2 Jul 202130 Dec 2021 I haven't quite finished with Oscar's struggle against the waves, and after that I'm going to throw in a few more challenges before Harry gives his confession. I don't just…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 8 25 Jun 202130 Dec 2021 In my original version of this story I was now approaching the final act, and my main concern at this point was that the resolution came much too abruptly. I…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 7 18 Jun 202130 Dec 2021 Firmly in the second half of the story now! Now comes the image of two ships tethered together, fighting their way through the storm. Now is the long, hard tow…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 6 11 Jun 202130 Dec 2021 In the heart of the storm and in the heart of the story! We're right at the middle of my tale, where the protagonist is about to face his great…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 5 4 Jun 202130 Dec 2021 The Storm is a very short story, and yet it still maintains three distinct acts. Thus far we have made it through the first, in which Oscar learns of Harry's…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 3 21 May 202130 Dec 2021 I have finished reviewing The Storm and have made note of the changes it requires. Now I will go through it piece-by-piece, correcting things as I go. I won't take…
Improving Technique Revising The Storm- Week 2 14 May 202130 Dec 2021 I'm continuing to review my short story The Storm, making note of all the areas I wish to improve on as I go. There is a line I just came…
Lessons Depart to Return Again 26 Apr 202130 Dec 2021 A Gap Between) There is an unspoken rule in storytelling that if two characters meet together for a scene and depart at the end, then the next scene won't begin…
Lessons The Shape of Change 4 Jan 202123 Dec 2021 The Underlying Sameness) The 2003 film Shattered Glass portrays the rise and fall of real-life journalist Stephen Glass and it employs a very interesting character arc for him. What is…
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