A couple of links to look at:
https://careerauthors.com/from-the-slus ... our-dream/
Most of these should be no-brainers, but you'd be surprised ...
https://careerauthors.com/setting-the-silent-character/
Setting is much more than a description of where the character sits or stands or looks around ...
https://careerauthors.com/5-smart-ways- ... this-year/
Get the real feel of the big deal.
Breaking through
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Re: Breaking through
1. Yes, they are no-brainers. (For me, at least).
2. Interesting! Yes, I sometimes (read: often) forget the setting, and when I don't forget, I forget other things ... thanks, Cage!
3. I'm already part of an author's group. I'm not sure about investing in Writer's Digest, but I do have a few Writer's Digest books on order - and the shiniest one, the one I'm most eagerly anticipating, is Matt Bird's "The Secrets of Story". (I already got a copy from the library and am going through it, and have already used one of its lessons IRL .............. but it'll be good to have my own copy. Hooray.)
I've been to a conference once, and didn't get anything out of it. Alas.
I don't have or need a laptop. When the muse strikes, it strikes unexpectedly - it could strike on a crowded tram for all I know - which is why I use my mobile phone's note-taking app to make quick-and-dirty notes until I can get to my computer. (I used to use a notebook and pen (yes, I'm a dinosaur
), but the crush of the morning/evening commute means I can't always reach them).
Anyway, that's it for me ...
2. Interesting! Yes, I sometimes (read: often) forget the setting, and when I don't forget, I forget other things ... thanks, Cage!
3. I'm already part of an author's group. I'm not sure about investing in Writer's Digest, but I do have a few Writer's Digest books on order - and the shiniest one, the one I'm most eagerly anticipating, is Matt Bird's "The Secrets of Story". (I already got a copy from the library and am going through it, and have already used one of its lessons IRL .............. but it'll be good to have my own copy. Hooray.)
I've been to a conference once, and didn't get anything out of it. Alas.
I don't have or need a laptop. When the muse strikes, it strikes unexpectedly - it could strike on a crowded tram for all I know - which is why I use my mobile phone's note-taking app to make quick-and-dirty notes until I can get to my computer. (I used to use a notebook and pen (yes, I'm a dinosaur
), but the crush of the morning/evening commute means I can't always reach them).Anyway, that's it for me ...
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