10 Mistakes I’ve Made in My Writing

by | Oct 4, 2018 | Podcast

Firsts in Fiction 10 Mistakes I’ve Made in My Writing: (Aaron) Writing with a thesaurus. My first draft of The Bargain was a very showy affair, a real, “look what I can do!” type of a novel. This kind of flashing neon light pointing to the author is distracting and...

GROSS ANATOMY OF A NOVEL: DIALOG

by | Aug 22, 2018 | Podcast

Firsts in Fiction Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Dialog What is dialog? “Dialogue is not a break in the action. It’s an intensification of the action. Here’s something else dialogue is not: It’s not the way we speak. Dialogue must appear realistic without being realistic....

GROSS ANATOMY OF A NOVEL: PLOT AND STRUCTURE

by | Aug 8, 2018 | Podcast

Firsts in Fiction Gross Anatomy of a Novel: Plot, Pacing, Structure First, what do we mean when we talk about plot? Plot refers to the course of events in a novel. Typically, this also refers to the order in which they occur. A lot of times this is what we describe on...

ASK THE AUTHORS

by | Jul 25, 2018 | Podcast

Firsts in Fiction Ask the Authors How do you prefer to handle typesetting words in made up languages? Italics? What if you are including thoughts in dialogue? Here is an example: Kata’s brow furrowed, “Snack?” Zeta looked around warily before she whispered, “Snack –...