Fiction Every Bit as Appealing as Protose
Early in my fictional career as a literary writer, I established milestones that would build my confidence on my way to publishing success.
The first milestone: profoundly impact at least one person with …
Tag: character
Copyright Gargoyle
When is it OK to rip off copyrighted material? It all depends on the ambiguity of fair use. Difficult to define, but you know it when you see it. Here are some examples of fair use, as far …
Yog-Soggoth Jr is a native of the Vortex dimension. The dimension is home to Yog’s tribe of Old Ones, who devour the fried skin of their enemies, cooked the way Kassigtha used to make. While in the Human dimension he …
Moments that grip, surprise, twist, amuse, frighten, and seduce have no business in fiction. The unpublishable writer must consider half-baked, haphazard moments. The story won’t elevate to the level of unreadable unless it’s stuffed full of these moments.
- The moment
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A character from my novel in progress.
Sleepy Ahab’s Baader-Meinhof Clones
Sleepy Ahab runs the motel, where the main character of the novel has been staying. The motel is located along highway 19. Sleepy Ahab has crazy Albert Einstein hair
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09.18.11 , In
Notes on my Novel in Progress , by
Unpublished Guy
All the Starring Characters in Lost
You may think that I haven’t blogged in a while, but you’d be wrong. Actually, I’ve blogged plenty. Unfortunately, those entries were virtual blog posts—virtual in the quantum sense, not in the Lawnmower Man…
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05.25.10 , In
All Sorts of Reviews , by
Unpublished Guy
I have read stories that have started off rather badly in my opinion with an extended physical description of the main character. In some cases, every new character is introduced with an extended physical description. Of course, these descriptions include …
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01.19.09 , In
My Questionable Point of View , by
Unpublished Guy
