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Focus on the Facts

By on March 3, 2008 in Nurturing the Soul

Cancer A death in the family A house fire A tragic accident A baby’s birth A new job The “phone call” from a publisher… We all have those “inciting incidents” in our lives that change everything. From that moment on, our road veers from its previous course, the landscape changes and we’re venturing into unknown territory. It’s easy to feel scared. Alone. And, if we let the trees and unfamiliar surroundings overwhelm us, we can feel lost, and tell ourselves that God has abandoned us. We’re going to be talking this week in MBT about the “Inciting incident” – that moment in the life of our hero when everything changes. But as we focus today on our own “inciting incidents” I thought I’d share something with you I got from […]

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Great Storyworlds!

By on February 29, 2008 in House Calls, What is Storyworld, and how do I write it?

Wow, I’ll tell you we have some excellent writers among us! I really loved the entries I received – so many just captured their story world with such active description they pulled me right in. It was so hard to choose! Here’s a couple of my favorites: ***** The minute she stepped onto the beach, hot sand filtered into her shoes. The faint scent of coconut tanning oil carried on the scorched breeze. Sweat trickled down her ribcage. A gorgeous hunk of a man jogged around the edge of the lake. Talk about eye candy. Too bad she was on the career advancement diet. No sweets for her **** When I stepped out of my dressing room into the dim hallway, I should have heard death’s gentle taunting. I should […]

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Wooing your Reader with Words

By on February 28, 2008 in What is Storyworld, and how do I write it?

What makes a great book stand out? Is it the story? The words? The characters? All of the above. In today’s competitive market, a story has to sing, it has to woo the reader with its premise, a hero or heroine who stands out from the mundane, and sentences that connect with oue hearts. However, the truth is…most readers don’t even notice these components. They say – wow, what a story, I loved the characters. Or, it made me cry. But, most don’t know the secrets that are embedded in every page. But you will. *g* We’ve been talking over the past weeks about premise, and characters, even setting, but today, we’re going to turn our attention to the words we put on the page that beckons our reader into […]

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Populate your Storyworld

By on February 27, 2008 in What is Storyworld, and how do I write it?

Every book, regardless of what kind – Suspense/Romance, Fantasy, Thriller, Historical romance – every book starts out someplace. In a world. At a moment. And, in today’s literature, with a person. Whether it’s a firecracker start to a book, or something that begins with a wide-angle view, drawing into the scene, it needs to have action. Movement. A place for your reader’s eye to land, and a perspective with which to view it. A good way to see storyworld is to watch the opening scenes of a movie. Note the details of the scene, and how they pinpoint on just a few and then move into the action with the character. I recently wrote a book that started in Night Market, in Taiwan. I could have started with description, the […]

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