Short Stories To the Great Infinite: Part One 31 May 20188 Nov 2021 Dimension jumping was not to be approached lightly. Quite frankly, it probably was not to be approached at all. Yet he had gotten over worrying about that long ago. He…
Lessons Comfortable with the Strange 28 May 20188 Nov 2021 Last week I finished up a series examining the way we combine plot, descriptions, and dialogue to create a directed, focused storyline. Throughout the entire series I chose to ground…
Short Stories Wedding Rice 24 May 20188 Nov 2021 The reception was drawing to its close, the tables had all been cleared, the music had ceased to play, and all of the guests had flocked to the front-lawn, waiting to…
Lessons Plot, Descriptions, and Dialogue 21 May 20188 Nov 2021 Over the past few weeks I’ve been sharing a few short pieces, Caterpillars, The House's Finest Hour, and Scars and Soothing, all of which have shared the same setting and theme,…
Short Stories Scars and Soothing 17 May 20188 Nov 2021 "Okay, so who was that one?" she asked, half-laughing at how many times she had queried this of the well-wishers coming through their wedding reception line. "Barry. He, uh--" She…
Lessons Lacking Character 14 May 20188 Nov 2021 Stories, as a general rule, need characters, because characters, as a general rule, satisfy two of the most important needs of a story. The first is that they provide the component…
Short Stories The House’s Finest Hour 10 May 20188 Nov 2021 It’s not every day that a house sees a wedding, indeed many homes are built and unbuilt without ever seeing a single such occurrence in between. But to the home…
Lessons Pruning Your Story 7 May 20188 Nov 2021 On Thursday I posted a story about young girls and caterpillars (they have more in common than you might think!) and it started at a home during a wedding reception.…
Short Stories Caterpillars 3 May 20188 Nov 2021 WHAM! The door to the living room slams open and the master of the house enters, a good deal more quickly than he’d intended. It couldn’t be helped, though. One…
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