Category Archives: Writing
“Copper” and the Art of Conflict
This post contains no spoilers for the BBC America show, “Copper”. I also want to point out that the points I’m making apply to any well written TV show, movie or novel for that matter. There are many ways to tell a story. But Copper is timely for any number of reasons, not the least …
Fan Fiction: Am I Doing It Wrong?
Fan fiction is huge. No doubt about it. FanFiction.net has hundreds of thousands of people on it, with millions of words of stories based on the works of other people, crafted, (obviously) by fans of said work. There are authors who turn a blind eye to it, and authors who get offended and lawsuit happy …
Writing Under Pressure
I need to get better at writing under pressure. And I don’t mean deadlines. Deadlines are a type of pressure, and I have been meeting deadlines as a writer for years. I’m proud of my record when it comes to that, in fact. The sort of pressure I mean is being able to write under …
Setting As (Changing) Character in Fiction
I’ve mentioned a few times that I’m now writing a series of short stories which take place in the same setting as my first novel. (A community playhouse.) I’ll be putting them in a collection and probably self-publishing them like many of my friends have, as a prelude or interest-sparker for the novel. But that’s …
Critique Progress
I can’t say enough about how helpful the comments from the novel review group have been in regards to Flowers for Dionysus We have met only twice so far, each meeting covering about ten thousand words of my novel. Be that as it may, things that have been brought up, praised and suggested have already begun …
Ty Unglebower 