I heard him speak and I study and dis
cuss his book At
www.fictionworkout.com
Sunday, October 4, 2015
Sunday, August 2, 2015
Go your own way...
Rob Parnell my internet friend sent me a news letter.....
Its always a joy to hear from him... but going your own way in important....
I have to study, experiment, try to emulate the past, the present.... then go my own way...
Then stir slowly and start over.... LEON DAVIS
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Best regards and keep writing.
rob@easywaytowrite.com
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Hi Leon,
Greetings and felicitations! Glad you're still
with me. Only two more lessons to go!
Lesson Eight
"Go Your Own Way"
Believe it or not, I get many messages from
students asking me to clarify what OTHER English
and creative writing teachers have said to them.
Now, I have to be careful with my replies in these
situations. Not least because I don't want to
start needless arguments about what's right and
what's wrong when it comes to fiction writing!
Its always a joy to hear from him... but going your own way in important....
I have to study, experiment, try to emulate the past, the present.... then go my own way...
Then stir slowly and start over.... LEON DAVIS
kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
Best regards and keep writing.
rob@easywaytowrite.com
Creating better Writers
http://easywaytowrite.com
The Easy Way to Write, PO Box 485, Morphett Vale, SA 5162
To unsubscribe or change subscriber options visit:
http://www.aweber.com/z/r/?TMys7BwctKzsnKwsbKystGa0jByMTKw=
Hi Leon,
Greetings and felicitations! Glad you're still
with me. Only two more lessons to go!
Lesson Eight
"Go Your Own Way"
Believe it or not, I get many messages from
students asking me to clarify what OTHER English
and creative writing teachers have said to them.
Now, I have to be careful with my replies in these
situations. Not least because I don't want to
start needless arguments about what's right and
what's wrong when it comes to fiction writing!
Monday, July 20, 2015
It Is Bueatiful
Some description I like ...at the beginning of a book... or even a random thought that has a chance of entrancing the reader ...and also I like suggestive ideas and thoughts that connect to the next scene...this lets the reader know.......I'm telling you a story and I do know what I am doing....so in addition to the theme of the over all story ( the message you want your reader to consider in your over all tale) another message says DON'T WORRY... this will be worth you time.
Of course... this is my goal ... this is what I aspire to. Community is a special way we progress... it's beautiful... it's ugly ... and if we don't give up it's beautiful...
Of course... this is my goal ... this is what I aspire to. Community is a special way we progress... it's beautiful... it's ugly ... and if we don't give up it's beautiful...
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Just by chance.......?
When I got an email ad about the MASTER Class with James Patterson ... I bought in. It is so inspiring it is the best thing to being his friend in real life, no better. It is a personal injection of his thoughts and ideas and from a GREAT AMERICAN who happens to be a GREAT WRITER.
The best lesson for me has been JP on Outlines. And Scenes and Sequels. By Steve Alcorn...posted on my FB is the link. When I open my course it always starts there.... like magic....like do this... study and listen to every word... so I did and do...it inspires me and reminds me. The Group is awesome... they compare notes and share critiques.
The late Jack M. Bickham published
Bickham, Jack (1999-03-15). Elements of Fiction Writing - Scene & Structure (Kindle Location 3051). Writer's Digest Books. Kindle Edition.
If you have unlimited kindle this book can been had to free with your membership. This is a support for to any one who writes.
The best lesson for me has been JP on Outlines. And Scenes and Sequels. By Steve Alcorn...posted on my FB is the link. When I open my course it always starts there.... like magic....like do this... study and listen to every word... so I did and do...it inspires me and reminds me. The Group is awesome... they compare notes and share critiques.
The late Jack M. Bickham published
Bickham, Jack (1999-03-15). Elements of Fiction Writing - Scene & Structure (Kindle Location 3051). Writer's Digest Books. Kindle Edition.
If you have unlimited kindle this book can been had to free with your membership. This is a support for to any one who writes.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
Rob Parnell's Easy Way to Write: How To Write and FINISH Long Works
Rob Parnell's Easy Way to Write: How To Write and FINISH Long Works: Writing short pieces - say up to around 5000 words - is fairly straightforward. You can, in most cases, just start writing and kee...
Fix my first chapter...
tell me how to fix this.........
1
A young farmer dismounted a tractor in a field and walked in the
heat of the day to a shady yard next to clapboard unpainted frame house.
Walking to an outdoor water spicket, where a fresh towel hung
on an abondond pump handle, he turned on
the water, twisting the squeaky water valve. Bending to wash his hands, splash
his face and neck, he heard a screen door slam. Eyes closed he felt around for the
towel. Holding a baby the farmer’s wife passes him the the towel. He wipes his
face and the lets out a holler of extreme joy. His eyes opened and he sees his
son laughing. They make faces at one another. “Peek-a-boo.”
“Here Daddy, play with him a few minutes?” she said. He takes
the baby into his arms. Patting both on the head, she runs back in the house.
The farmer raises the baby to the sky.
“Billy, want to play baseball?
“BaBa.”
“Baseball.”
“Baboo.”
Saturday, July 11, 2015
Act 1 The Hook
Leon Davis.... The
real story is in the middle...the first Act is: hook, set up, background ... then
something happens to the protagonist that kicks off the long...quest or struggle of ACT II. THE Trigger...or turning plot point introduces and triggers events... the logical thread
The Hook....Has a purpose that needs to be understood, if we are writing commercial fiction. My observation is it shows the reader you can fulfill the expectation of a good story. In other words, here you sell the story and your ability to write a compelling tale. Most people, new to writing fiction, struggle with this. Don't worry or fret, this is where you send a message to the real YOU...
I have instructed the real me... COMOS. YOU plus the COSMOS is the . COMOS... When we find that access and tap into the harmony of the COSMOS we gain what wise folks through the ages searched for. It will appear different on the surface, but it's your way home, to truth the light of understanding. Begin like a child. You don't need a special book or school or status. and there are many ways to do this... there are guides to writing a hook ... many resources. Instruct yourself and you will find you are smarter than you were before. You are in action, and you are being guided by the harmony of the universe... now don't quit your day job. But don't stop learning reading and writing.
Let's say our goal is to write better fiction...
A method we jump on is to get lost in our imaginations... yes , good, that is OK.. but it but move from chaos to order.
That's what the Cosmos is all about... order of the highest degree, of the highest purpose, this is you resource and guide. It's part of creation. Like gravity. Energy. So we study human analysis and we compare it to the message we hold as self evident.
All men are created equal , not exactly but under the theme of the Constitution we form a nation dedicated...in theory to strive to make it so... it is like a prayer. Our founders programed themselves to seek truth, justice and pass a system that had a chance of perfecting it.
When I write I try to write something that takes a short term idea and a long term theme....
This is why I study what writer's write and what thy say about writing. I don't take anything at face value but test it... in the lab of knowledge, logic, and long term consequence.
The Hook....
L. Brooks says....The mission is not to fully introduce the story's main antagonistic force, but rather, to foreshadow it. If Part 1 does show antagonistic force at all, it shows only part of it, without explaining what it means. And it's not to show the reader the big inciting incident in the first few pages — that's called a hook, which is an important part of the setup.
Let's look at an example. In the first few pages of a story we might see someone following the hero, though the hero remains unaware. This presents tension and conflict, because we fear for
the hero's safety. It's a great hook and it foreshadows the conflict of the story. But it doesn't mean anything yet. We don't understand how this conflict, this antagonist force, will thrust the hero down a certain path in quest of a specific outcome, or what the stakes of that quest will be. Larry Brooks (2011-01-27). Story Engineering (p. 146). F+W Media, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
This is a great writer's manual and I wish I could discuss it page by page. I have read it for 5 years.... talking about the nuts and bolts of writing is like being a evangelist. But I believe someday I will write a book people will read, and then they will wonder how that happened.
something happens to the protagonist that kicks off the long...quest or struggle of ACT II. THE Trigger...or turning plot point introduces and triggers events... the logical thread
The Hook....Has a purpose that needs to be understood, if we are writing commercial fiction. My observation is it shows the reader you can fulfill the expectation of a good story. In other words, here you sell the story and your ability to write a compelling tale. Most people, new to writing fiction, struggle with this. Don't worry or fret, this is where you send a message to the real YOU...
I have instructed the real me... COMOS. YOU plus the COSMOS is the . COMOS... When we find that access and tap into the harmony of the COSMOS we gain what wise folks through the ages searched for. It will appear different on the surface, but it's your way home, to truth the light of understanding. Begin like a child. You don't need a special book or school or status. and there are many ways to do this... there are guides to writing a hook ... many resources. Instruct yourself and you will find you are smarter than you were before. You are in action, and you are being guided by the harmony of the universe... now don't quit your day job. But don't stop learning reading and writing.
Let's say our goal is to write better fiction...
A method we jump on is to get lost in our imaginations... yes , good, that is OK.. but it but move from chaos to order.
That's what the Cosmos is all about... order of the highest degree, of the highest purpose, this is you resource and guide. It's part of creation. Like gravity. Energy. So we study human analysis and we compare it to the message we hold as self evident.
All men are created equal , not exactly but under the theme of the Constitution we form a nation dedicated...in theory to strive to make it so... it is like a prayer. Our founders programed themselves to seek truth, justice and pass a system that had a chance of perfecting it.
When I write I try to write something that takes a short term idea and a long term theme....
This is why I study what writer's write and what thy say about writing. I don't take anything at face value but test it... in the lab of knowledge, logic, and long term consequence.
The Hook....
L. Brooks says....The mission is not to fully introduce the story's main antagonistic force, but rather, to foreshadow it. If Part 1 does show antagonistic force at all, it shows only part of it, without explaining what it means. And it's not to show the reader the big inciting incident in the first few pages — that's called a hook, which is an important part of the setup.
Let's look at an example. In the first few pages of a story we might see someone following the hero, though the hero remains unaware. This presents tension and conflict, because we fear for
the hero's safety. It's a great hook and it foreshadows the conflict of the story. But it doesn't mean anything yet. We don't understand how this conflict, this antagonist force, will thrust the hero down a certain path in quest of a specific outcome, or what the stakes of that quest will be. Larry Brooks (2011-01-27). Story Engineering (p. 146). F+W Media, Inc.. Kindle Edition.
This is a great writer's manual and I wish I could discuss it page by page. I have read it for 5 years.... talking about the nuts and bolts of writing is like being a evangelist. But I believe someday I will write a book people will read, and then they will wonder how that happened.
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