Category: Writing
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THE THREE STORIES
Thursday afternoon I had the great privilege of participating in a writer’s workshop presented by Athanatos Christian Ministries. The whole endeavor was very encouraging for me and I learned many things. In the afternoon I made my presentation about the hooks which make the story interesting. Part of what it addressed was the three basic…
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GRINDING OUT THE NOVEL
I’ve spent a lot of time this week working on my upcoming novel. As I continue to grow and learn as a writer, I’ve discovered that it is not very often that stories just ‘pop’ into the mind completely finished. A lot of time and care must be taken to work out story, plot lines,…
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SIPPING COFFEE, THINKING HARD
I had a missing-time experience this morning so I decided to take advantage of it. No, not an alien abduction kind of missing time, but the other kind of missing-time. Someone I was supposed to be seeing was suddenly unavailable and I had a hole in my schedule. I took advantage of this hole and…