Category Archives: WRITING

NEW MEDIA & WRITING: Characters & Building through Sims, or Storytron, or…

Posted on October 6, 2006 by Susan

An author does develop a caring for his characters,  and often doesn’t want to let them go.  This becomes a problem when he tries to direct them within a setting he’s laid out for them, or when, the story just … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Could it be?

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Susan

Could I really, after seven years, have finally come up with a premise and theme for a story that can run novel-length? It all reincarnated with a novel I wrote at that time, the writing of fiction that I hadn’t … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Novel Ideas – What to do about the aging generation

Posted on October 5, 2006 by Susan

Honestly, I’ve spent most of the morning with a mental hand clamped over my mouth. One thing I’ve come to realize is that this weblog is also for thoughts that fly in, and with any luck, out into the great … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Influence

Posted on October 3, 2006 by Susan

Joshua Cherney was a man’s man, conceived in and evermore bound to drive a pickup truck, guzzled down four beers on Friday between the closing whistle at the factory and his supper table, and necessarily cheated on his wife. McCarthy’s … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: More Hmmm’s…

Posted on October 1, 2006 by Susan

I was about to post under the heading of REALITY?: Peaches and Cream clouds in a blue china sky, strawberry clusters on the snowball bush, the colors of a rain-washed sunsetting day. I also intended to take a picture of … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Feedback

Posted on September 30, 2006 by Susan

Just threw a short story, Gazpacho, up at the Crapometer because there’s a point, just as with middle age, where the vision is not clear close up.  The timing was right: they were looking for submissions, and frankly, I was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: The Trap

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Susan

Winding down from a nice long bout of inspiration.  Unable, however, to polish up and finish. I used to like this part–still do, but not when I seem to just be spinning my wheels.  Why is it so hard to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Time

Posted on September 27, 2006 by Susan

Not the usual meaning of time though, in that how much it takes on a daily basis and how to juggle the writing gracefully along with the less glamorous but more necessary doings of life.  I’m thinking of the time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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NEW MEDIA & WRITING: The Question of Parallel Time

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Susan

In plotting out a new story that’s fighting its way out of my head, the question comes up right from the opening line: Mrs. McLaughlin woke up every morning at seven a.m. on May 23rd, 1997. It’s not going to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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INTERACTIVE FICTION: Book and Volume

Posted on September 26, 2006 by Susan

Well here am I, feeling perky and adventurous, and I amble back into Nick Montfort’s Book and Volume.  Where I left off, I had all the original tasks complete but evidently missed on picking up some new ones as well … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Till it Hurts

Posted on September 23, 2006 by Susan

When each sentence is scrutinized, paragraphs highlighted in yellow as if they weren’t awkward enough to stand out on their own, you know the rewrite’s going on. The one that started after the first few pages were done but the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Fumbling About

Posted on September 22, 2006 by Susan

I suppose that when you reach a point where you don’t know why something’s not working, or if you do but have no clue how to fix it, it’s time to go back to the basics.  Story arc:  the series … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Crap

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Susan

Well, a fourth reader didn’t get it, so it’s time to go back over the elements of story.  One can get lost in language and tone and lost sight of structure and plot. Questioning as well my tendencies lately to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING & REALITY?: Plot

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Susan

Easy to find plot in reality, harder in my stories I guess.  A friend just read my latest and found nice imagery, but little plot to carry the story.  Not easy to fix, based on the concept, unless I change … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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WRITING: Punctuation Style

Posted on September 21, 2006 by Susan

Hhmph.  Somewhere along the line I missed out on this–it appears that the period no longer requires two spaces after it.  In fact, most prefer a single space because of computer and printing technology.  It also saves space and time … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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