I can’t believe we’re already over halfway through September. Yesterday was lovely and warm, but today feels like Fall. I’ve accepted that my summer is over, so I thought today would be a good day to talk about my progress in the Readers Imbibing Peril challenge. I linked each of the titles to the book’sContinue reading “Readers Imbibing Peril (R.I.P. XVIII) Update”
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The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Five
When we last caught Moxie, Nettles had just accused her of wrong doing . . . “What do you mean what did I do? What did you do? You just contaminated a crime scene! I saw someone in dark clothing with green eyes run out the back.” Moxie waved her arm up and downContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Five”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Four
When we left Moxie, she was buying shoes and overheard Nettles making mysterious plans . . . Moxie signed her receipt with her well-practiced illegible scribble and hurried around the side of the tent, but Nettles and his conspirator were nowhere to be seen. She didn’t have an appetite for greasy fair food, soContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Four”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Three
When we last joined Moxie, she thought she had witnessed a jewel heist, but when the dust settled nothing appeared to be missing . . . During the rest of the parade Moxie felt accosted by stench. Every few feet brought a wave of yet another foreign smell. A hint of honey or beeswax loftedContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Three”
Writing a Page Turner: Chapter Endings
Our exploration of conflict and suspense sprinted out of the gate in the first month of 2016. We have great books to read, a study plan, tools for evoking emotion and Moxie Sharpe is having weekly misadventures to put it all into practice. Exciting! So what’s in store for February? Application. Writing Moxie’s misadventures isContinue reading “Writing a Page Turner: Chapter Endings”
Writing a Page Turner: Evoke emotion in your readers
In my continued study of conflict and suspense, I found some great information in Chapter Six of Writing for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias. The majority of the book is specific to screenwriting, but chapter six is stuffed full of great information about creating emotional engagement to hold a reader’s attention from beginning to end.Continue reading “Writing a Page Turner: Evoke emotion in your readers”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode One
Episode One She Only Hears What She Wants to Hear Moxie Sharpe felt increasingly uncomfortable as a young costumer pushed and prodded her breasts into the highest possible cleavage while tightening laces through each layer of metal holes. Pearl had messed up before, but this time was the worst. “Take a deep breath.” TheContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode One”
Read to Write: Conflict and Suspense
Improve your writing while you read Experience Writing is all about bringing you along on the roller-coaster of my writing life. Changing my focus from my writing life to yours means I need to let you in on my plans, so you can join me, right? To do that, I typed up my plan ofContinue reading “Read to Write: Conflict and Suspense”
The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe: Conflict and Suspense in Practice
My current area of interest is conflict and suspense. How do I write scene after exciting scene to keep my readers turning pages? I realize that to become a better writer, I can’t just read about writing suspense and read suspense novels, I need to write using the techniques I learn. So, for ourContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe: Conflict and Suspense in Practice”
Conflict, suspense,tension: Keep readers reading
What keeps readers’ eyes on the page? What makes a book that you can’t put down? These are the questions I’m exploring to start the year. It’s an important topic so I’ll be covering different aspects each week this month. As usual, I’m reading, watching, and listening to everything on the subject. I amContinue reading “Conflict, suspense,tension: Keep readers reading”
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