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Showing posts with label tension. Show all posts

Showing posts with label tension. Show all posts

Monday, August 24, 2020

Writing Distractions and Building Tension

I have a confession to make. Other than this blog, I haven’t written a word in three days. I’m easily distracted and the last few days ha...

Monday, May 18, 2020

Real World Tension

In my creative writing class that I was teaching for our local college, cut short by the pandemic, I stressed the value of ratcheting up ten...

Monday, January 27, 2020

The Movie 1917, Action, and Characters

In my last blog, I talked about how and why you need tension to keep a story moving forward. A week ago, my wife and I saw the movie 1917. ...

Monday, January 13, 2020

Tension

I received this by private messenger in Facebook this morning: “Good evening, any idea when Shadow Hill will be hitting the bookshelves? ...

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