How should I give and get fiction critiques? Here are 10 Tips for Giving Fiction Critiques:

1. GOLDEN RULE - give critiques unto others as you would want to get critiques
2. ASK & UNDERSTAND - genre, intent, areas for feedback
3. BIG PICTURE - you’re not a copyeditor
4. READ LIKE A READER … of the g
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The novella “Werewolf” was written in the “Pantser" method, one of the 3 ways to develop an idea into a story. That is: writing "from the seat of my pants", discovering the story, letting it grow organically in the telling.

Of course, there are spoilers, so if you haven’t read the story yet, ...

How do I write dialogue? Dialogue is the interplay between PLOT and CHARACTERS within the SCENE. Here are 7 DOs of Dialogue:

1. MUSICAL - get the rhythm right, make it sing
2. NATURAL - conversational, how your characters would speak in real life
3. VARIED - give characters distinct speech pattern
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This is Part 4 (the final part) of the story.
If you haven't read Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 yet, please start there.  

Bice is dead.

And our party is now down to thirty men, three women.

Twenty fighters left last night, joined the other cowards.

There is no way, no way now, that we c...

This is Part 3 of the story.
If you haven't read Part 1 or Part 2  yet, please start there. 

“So, why do we stay here, then?” Aureliano is a broad shouldered man who resembles a monkey, a great ape, both in his features — the small narrow-set eyes, the small up-turned nose, the wide mout...

What are unreliable narrators and how do I write them? There are 4 Types of Unreliable Narrators (LIAR):

• Lunatic - insane, delusional 
• Innocent - naive, manipulated, amnesiac
• Ape - trickster
• Rat - criminal, villain

We will also review 7 Tips and Tricks for Writing the Unreliable Narra...

I want to improve as a fiction writer, both in my writing craft and the writing process. What is the best way to master the art of writing fiction? Deliberate Practice is a proven 3-step methodology to master any topic, and we can apply it to writing fiction:

1. TARGET - pick one specific as

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This is Part 2 of the story.
If you haven't read Part 1 yet, please start there.

We find Segundo some distance from the camp. Why did he leave the safety and security of our little huddle of tents, alone? Had someone, something, tempted and tricked him to leave the camp?

Primero is inc...

I don’t feel ready to write my story yet, so I think I’ll do some freewriting. What are the benefits of freewriting? Just like playing scales, there are 7 Benefits of Freewriting:

1. Warming Up - just start, get into the groove of writing
2. Ear - get in tune with writing, improving your “ear” f
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You wake to the singing.

The soft voices have infiltrated your dream, become part of it, carry you with them into the waking world. You, who normally sleep heavy and wake from a deep, black unremembered. This time, because of the singing, the dream is still with you, all of it clear, remember...

I want to write fiction with emotional impact, so that the reader feels the sweep of emotions from the beginning to the end of the whole story. What are emotional arcs, and how do I use them to plot a story and character transformation?

There are 6 Emotional Arcs:

1. Rise - like “Rocky”
2. Fall...

I want to make the characters in my story come alive. How do I write character descriptions in a story? Consider 3 layers of character description:

• SKIN - the “surface” level, the externals

• FLESH & BONES - “below surface”, things you could research about a character

• SOUL - the “

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