Fight to Write

Tag: setting

  • SMART SETTINGS

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    Jennifer Moffat’s “Love Comes into our Sight” in The Things We Leave Behind Jennifer Moffat is a talented romance writer whose character descriptions will lodge those people in your mind for quite some time. But she makes some smart choices with setting, too. Let me show you a few smart choices she makes in her…

  • STRONG STARTS: Dawn Miller’s “Howl”

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    Ace Baker
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    STRONG STARTS: Dawn Miller’s story “Howl,” in The Things We Leave Behind Storytellers are sometimes tempted to do the “James Bond”—start with a chase scene, an explosion, something quick and frantic to get the heartbeats going. Truth is, the opposite is often more effective. Early on, it’s important to include detailed description so readers can…

  • Neil Gaiman: the clothes make the man!

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    Ace Baker
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              I’ve just read Neil Gaiman’s The Ocean at the End of the Lane, and I highly recommend it. This week, I’ll be examining five techniques he makes use of, and the first is one he uses at the beginning of the prologue: I wore a black suit and a white shirt, a black tie…