Lee Goodman I’m thinking about “want.” as in: “What does a character want?” When talking about screenwriting, this issue gets pushed right to the front. Your protagonist must want something, there must be obstacles… etcetera. With regard to prose fiction though, the element of wanting is less overt, maybe because it’s just instinctive to us […]
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Bill Vaudrain I’m once again on the Seward Highway, headed south out of Anchorage. Another trip to Alaska, this is the latest of many that over the course of the past several years have helped keep my battery charged and life in focus. I pull into the Tesoro in Girdwood, stopping for gas, some coffee,
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Are you our next Executive Director? Applications close at 5pm today. 49 Writers is seeking a visionary and detail-oriented executive director to take over from Linda Ketchum when she departs Alaska to travel and write. For the job description and information on how to apply, visit the 49 Writers website or click the logo at the top of
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Christine Byl at a reading event; photo by Mollie Foster Near top the list of my greatest riches is the gang of artists I call friends: poets and painters, musicians and quilters, collagists and photographers. Our conversations, across medium and genre, stimulate me to consider the world at angles skew to my default impulses, and
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Word count. My goal for each installment of this 4-part experiment was 750 words or fewer (remember?). I’m painfully aware that I was never able to meet that goal and always wrote more. I think I’m not cut out to be a blogger (!) Not only do I write too much, but I also do
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Wondering how to make the characters in your story “developed” or real? Then start with reality. The reality is that we as humans have deep seated needs, wants, and often hidden desires. So too must our characters if they are to somehow come to life on the page and become important and memorable to our
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K.M. Perry I tried to be a good girl so I wouldn’t need to sit on her lap anymore. Every morning I went to mass with my friends before attending the local parochial school with my favorite nun who wore blue jeans when she played kickball with us at recess. I wanted to be a
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Could this be you?? One more week left to apply! 49 Writers is seeking an energetic, enthusiastic executive director to fill the shoes of current leader Linda Ketchum, when she departs for distant shores at the end of this year. For the job description and information on how to apply, go to the 49 Writers website or
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At the Little Free Library on Hiland Mountain Never has there been so much noise about books, publishing, and authorship. Or so much handwringing. Amazon vs. Hatchette. The Big Five vs. the Little Guys. Sound bites vs. sustained immersion. Upheaval, bottom to top. Let’s set that aside for a moment to focus on one simple
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I did not intend to devote this third installment of “The Non-Conforming House” to a single night-dream of mine—so I won’t, for fear you won’t understand. Instead, I’ll begin with a brief comment on my creative process and some background about Carl Jung. True to my resolution to treat this blogging opportunity as an extended/extending
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