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Braunstein: Contrast and time shift

Jul 8, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, novels, poetry, short stories, Uncategorized, writing technique

Check out a few interesting techniques that are being combined in Sarah Braunstein’s short story, “Marjorie Lemke.” The first is that it is like she’s holding a conversation…with herself. The second is a time shift: the “selves” who are talking with each other are the person she used to be and the person she…
PNWA EVALUATIONS IN THE MAIL TODAY

Jun 11, 2013

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Ace Baker

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I just got my evaluations back in the mail today for two of the three categories I entered in the PNWA contest this year. One set was for the creative nonfiction / adult short topics category, and I scored 92% and DIDN’T MAKE FINALS! The other was for a literary novel category, and, you guessed…
TC Boyle Week: #2–STRONG SOUND IMAGERY

Jun 10, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, short stories, Uncategorized, writing technique

Writers often use imagery–appealing to the senses of sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch–to help create a mood. While examples of stunning sight imagery abound, it’s rare to find stellar examples of the others. Today, let’s look at another short passage from T. C. Boyle‘s short story, “The Night of the Satellite”: A truck went blatting…
TOUCH GLOVES–Welcome to FIGHTTOWRITE.COM !

Jun 6, 2013

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Ace Baker

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Touch gloves—great to meet you! Welcome to fighttowrite.com, a site for writers of all kinds who care about their craft… I’m Ace Baker, and I write poetry, short stories, novels, magazine articles, picture books, chapter books, scripts, and other types of writing too, and yes, I understand that most people don’t understand anyone who…

Category: Uncategorized

Braunstein: Contrast and time shift

PNWA EVALUATIONS IN THE MAIL TODAY

TC Boyle Week: #2–STRONG SOUND IMAGERY

TOUCH GLOVES–Welcome to FIGHTTOWRITE.COM !