The Dirty Birds are over at Ana’s blog to talk about Story Trumps Structure Chapter 21, which is all about character status, what makes some characters feel like cardboard, and tips and tricks to make your character a high-status player in the story.
I’ve narrowed down the pool–it’s pretty shallow at this point, which is the way it should be. Now, beyond checking out sales rank, I’m into the next stage–checking out editors. At this point, I’m eternally grateful for Amazon’s ‘Look Inside’ feature, because it saves me a pile of money. (Blatant plug here –> 😀...
We’re looking for meaning and theme, or maybe not, over at Zoe’s blog. Flap on over!
Three Dirty Birds, back chirping up your Tweet (and blog) stream. Today we’re talking about Story Trumps Structure, and what Mr. James says about putting your characters on the horns of a dilemma. Zoe: This was another chapter where all of my notes had to do with my story instead of thoughts on what...
Check out our Chapter 18 discussion over on Ana’s blog. 🙂
Flowing smoothly from Zoe’s blog…
It’s summer. I keep forgetting what day of the week it is. And I have two days to pull a rabbit out of hat, but all I keep finding are these little raisins… I knew the first book I wrote after my husband’s passing would be hard. I wasn’t expecting quite this hard, or...
Three Dirty Birds, tweeting about Story Trumps Structure, chapter 16. Kate: He calls this chapter Continuity, but I do not think that word means what he thinks it means. (/mutilated Princess Bride reference) Zoe: Yeah, it wasn’t quite what I was expecting based on the chapter title. Kate: No, I was expecting something about...
I’m getting to the point in my career where I think I need to branch out in terms of publishers. Don’t get me wrong–I’ve very happy with Loose Id, and I have no plans to leave them. I’ve got several stories lined up to be written, or to finish editing, that should take me...
We’ve moved to Ana’s side of the nut tree, to talk about reader expectations and genre blending and to basically shake our heads in wonder at Mr. James and his apparent conviction that no one reads romance anyway, so he doesn’t need to do his research on that topic.