Monthly Archives: August 2014

Writing Dialogue, “Part 2!”

Posted on August 30, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

And let’s kick off with a little recap: In Writing Dialogue Part One, I talked about what we use dialogue for. The three things that your dialogue should be talking about (that I know of) were listed as: a) ADVANCING THE PLOT b) … Continue reading →

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Writing Dialogue “Part 1!”

Posted on August 28, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Here it is, as promised! An article about writing Dialogue. I’ve been writing my ears off with all my characters chattering to one another lately, so it’s a good time for it. This is only an intro really… 1. WHAT … Continue reading →

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What’s Up Wednesday #3

Posted on August 27, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

  What’s Up Wednesday is a weekly blog hop created by Jaime Morrow and Erin Funk, to help connect writers on this writing journey. If you’d like to join, check out the blogs each week, get to know some of … Continue reading →

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Flash Fiction Challenge: And, Action!

Posted on August 26, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

So, another fun short story challenge from Chuck Wendig’s blog, Terribleminds. This time: action. A short action tale, 1000 words, action start to finish. I’ve posted a longer version (about 2000 words) to my free short stories section, here. Here … Continue reading →

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Short stories, the editing thereof, and dialogue. A brief update

Posted on August 25, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

So, the writing is going gooood. Got a big chunk written towards the end, and I’m writing a stack of dialogue, so guess what? “What’s that, D.R?” “Well I’m glad you asked. I’m going to do a post about dialogue!” “Oh. Now?” … Continue reading →

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Writing Action Scenes, Part 2

Posted on August 23, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

And here we are for part two of “Writing Action Scenes”. Do we. Remember what we. Learned last time? (Sorry, sorry, remember not to push it quite that hard. We’re not all Christopher Walken) If memory (and the link to the … Continue reading →

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Writing Action Scenes, Part 1

Posted on August 21, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

Today I’m going to talk about writing action scenes. I’m just hopping off the back of re-writing an old action scene, and thought I’d share my freshly sprouted thought mushrooms. Do try. 1. STAKES Not the kind you hammer into … Continue reading →

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About Writing Themes. A Rare Rant. Also, 111,345 words. #amwriting again.

Posted on August 19, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

My wordcount has gone up for the first time in weeks. Booya. I kept cutting more than I’ve added, a result of trapsing through very old chapters for the first time in a long time. So themes in fiction. I’ve been … Continue reading →

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So, progress. Also, baby related chaos.

Posted on August 17, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

#amwriting a fair bit these days, but I’m not chasing word count at the moment. I’m culling more words than I’m writing. There’s been a lot else going on too, with a friend’s 30th birthday in sci-fi / fantasy dress … Continue reading →

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You’re a writer? Cool. Let’s write lists.

Posted on August 15, 2014 by D.R.Sylvester

It occurred to me the other day: back when I started writing in the early nineties, I wrote uber-lists. One hundred types of weapon? Bowling ball, shoe lace, squash racket strung with razorwire… Fifty types of vehicle? Skateboard, parasail, monster … Continue reading →

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