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By: WriterStrong – Creating Nail-Biting Suspense | patricailiff

WriterStrong – Creating Nail-Biting Suspense | patricailiff — Thu, 16 May 2013 18:47:22 +0000

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By: Catie Rhodes

Catie Rhodes — Wed, 15 May 2013 17:19:16 +0000

Great post, Stacy. And I learned a lot from the comments, too. 🙂

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It’s Wednesday Again? | Catie Rhodes — Wed, 15 May 2013 16:20:06 +0000

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By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:54:24 +0000

In reply to kenthinksaloud. That is so important for me, and Scrivener is great. I am notorious for notebooks and notecards, and they work well to flesh out ideas, but I have never been good at organizing. Inputting all my rambles into Scrivener as part of the main book file has been a God send. Thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed!

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:53:14 +0000

In reply to Joel D Canfield. I completely agree. Sentence structure is something that is overlooked by a lot of writers, and it is crucial. I am lucky to have a line editor who is very sensitive to it. Thanks!

By: lauradennisca

lauradennisca — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:25:37 +0000

This is such a helpful post, thank you. I love the Red Herring questions -- I am definitely implementing this into my wip. --Laura

By: kenthinksaloud

kenthinksaloud — Wed, 15 May 2013 04:32:05 +0000

Excellent advice! I particularly enjoyed the idea of keeping a separate file for all the characters who COULD be the one who 'did it' and why! I shall employ this idea forthwith! 🙂

By: Orly Konig-Lopez

Orly Konig-Lopez — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:06:11 +0000

In reply to Kaye Munroe. Thanks, Kaye! Glad you find the WITS posts helpful.

By: Joel D Canfield

Joel D Canfield — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:12:16 +0000

Reading as a writer, sentence structure is always what convinces me the feelings in the book are real. It's fairly easy to orchestrate circumstances in our writing. It's also, sometimes, pretty obvious.

Sentence structure is more subtle, which makes it more powerful. Our readers deserve powerful.

By: Stacy Green

Stacy Green — Tue, 14 May 2013 14:15:41 +0000

In reply to patriciasands. Thanks so much, Patricia. Keeping tension is definitely important with any genre, so I hope these are useful tricks for everyone.