Prologue: Yea or Nay for My Story?

Prologue: Yea or Nay for My Story?

Image by Markus Spiske from Pixabay Tailor Your Fiction Manuscript in 30 Days is chock-full of practical techniques. Numerous examples clarify problem areas and provide workable solutions. The action steps and blah busters McCarthy suggests will help you improve...
A Coincidence in a Story Can Be a Good Tactic

A Coincidence in a Story Can Be a Good Tactic

I’ve blogged on coincidences, and Steven James’s article, “What a Coincidence” (Writer’s Digest November/December 2017) hits on similar ideas. But James discusses a fresh angle. James says that at the beginning of a story, we can capitalize on using a coincidence,...

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