Category Archives: Writing
Character Counts
Before Friday evening’s rehearsal for Richard III, our director talked to us for a few minutes. She is pleased with our progress and is excited about how the show is already coming together in places. Many of us feel the same way. Yet she shared with us her belief that for the last few days …
Simpatico?
I sometimes worry about how little I seem to relate to other writers. I’m in a writing group now that I quite enjoy. I like those folks as people. I tweet things about writing fiction and naturally here on the blog I discuss the same thing. Much of what I say, if not read by …
Where in the World Are Ty’s Characters?
A few weeks ago I was having a discussion with another writer. The topic turned to settings for our stories. My novel came up and I mentioned that I had started out with the intention to set the story in a real town near where I live. I mentioned however that soon after I started …
Writers and Observation
Observation is a crucial skill for the writer. That’s a given. However it is so much a given that it is almost hallow advice. Almost like saying a writer must write. Many will ask “what does it mean, (and not mean) to be observant in life, from the perspective of improving one’s writing?” I think …
Fan Fiction
Yesterday afternoon, after about six weeks of writing, including one major overhaul that was tiring, and a week or so of editing and formatting, I submitted a story to the 2012 Winkie Con Oz Fiction contest. I could have probably edited it for another month and never felt like it was quite ready. But, that …
Ty Unglebower 