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Holiday Movies, Stories and Baking…
What are some things that make the holidays happier for you? Do you love decorating, baking, reading or watching movies? Continue reading Holiday Movies, Stories and Baking…
Category: writing inspiration
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My Favorite Things
What are some of your favorite things about the holidays/ Continue reading My Favorite Things
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What Inspires Me?
Inspiration was everywhere and I just had to filter it out. Continue reading What Inspires Me?
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Welcome W C Furney to Creekside Cafe
God bless you, Sherri. You just introduced another three-beer conversation. Perhaps you should start a variation of the Algonquin Roundtable so we can entertain these fascinating questions at length…over adult beverages. Continue reading Welcome W C Furney to Creekside Cafe
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Research or Going Down the Rabbit Hole
all of this information is important and helps me as a writer understand my story’s time period and politics, how much of it is really necessary for the story itself. Continue reading Research or Going Down the Rabbit Hole
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The Making of a Novel
The kernel of an idea came about thanks to my husband, actually his grandfather. In our home that burned David had a whip that once belonged to his grandfather who’d been a performer in a wild west show. Continue reading The Making of a Novel
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Unmasking Our Truth
“if you feel uncomfortable when you read my poetry, you should because I felt uncomfortable when I wrote it.” Continue reading Unmasking Our Truth
Five Ways to Escalate – Savage Reads
Ratcheting up the tension will make your novel a page turner. Photo by Ruslan Alekso on Pexels.com We’ve talked about the importance of tension before and I offered examples from my work. I think tension is vital to a great story, regardless of genre. The book I’m reading, Story Trumps Structure by Steven James, highlights… — Read on savagereadsca.wordpress.com/2022/01/23/five-ways-to-escalate/ Continue reading Five Ways to Escalate – Savage Reads
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Starting in Medias Res
If I start reading and a character is being shot at or chased, I’m interested to see what happens next. BUT…I also enjoy getting to know a character a bit before they’re thrown into the pot of boiling water. The rom coms where we see a little bit of normal life before everything goes haywire, or the cozy mystery that starts with what appears to be just an average day in the life of the sleuth or the accused. Continue reading Starting in Medias Res
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