Tag: writing tools

Emulate, don’t imitate! By Jackson Dean Chase

Jun 15, 2014

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Ace Baker

in choose your weapon

I’ve always spoken of “putting tools in your toolbox” by reading other writers. Here’s a link to an article by Jackson Dean Chase on the power of emulating, not imitating. A recommended read! Click here: TOOLBOX
TC Boyle Week #4–Boyle, meet Picoult, the Simile Queen!

Jun 12, 2013

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Ace Baker

in fancy footwork, fiction, short stories, writing technique

Yesterday’s simile work with T. C. Boyle reminded me of someone he should meet (if he hasn’t already): Jodi Picoult, the Simile Queen! What I mean by that is in My Sister’s Keeper, a 411-page novel, she uses at least 41 similes! That means, by my account, that about 10% of her pages in that…