Lynette M. Burrows shares a short writing lesson. A character Dogged by Guilt can provide your story a protagonist, antagonist, and story question.
Tag: writing fiction
Is There a Time and Place in Your Story?
Set the time and place in your story. It makes a big difference, like the difference between Sleeping Beauty’s castle and Windsor castle.
Can You Write When You Are Sick?
Can you write when you are sick? I’m still fighting off my cold. It’s getting better, but breathing well, sleeping well, and having enough energy and attention to do my best work are still challenging. So, have I been just laying around feeling sorry for myself? Well — if I’m honest with you, mostly. But…… Continue reading Can You Write When You Are Sick?
Reviewing 2011: Measuring Success
As I read year-end reviews in the various online magazines and news sites that I follow, I realized that I have never done a year-end review of my own goals for the previous year. How can that be? I am an over-analyzer of epic proportions. I analyze things for my day job, for every major…… Continue reading Reviewing 2011: Measuring Success
Are Your Character’s Goals Golden?
The second installment
in Lynette M. Burrows’s “Re-vision Your Story,” discusses how to make your character’s goals golden.