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Tag Archives: Storytelling

Strong Enough for a Man, But Made for a Woman

I’ve spent the last week now talking to you about Joshua Unruh, whether it was my role as his writing coach or his masterful answer to my writing challenge. Today, I’m going to give him a chance to speak for himself. Ladies and gentlemen, Joshua Unruh! I love Young Adult fiction. Most of the time [...]

A Writing Challenge

This blog post is coming to you extremely late. I’d have skipped it altogether, but I left you hanging last Tuesday and I really need to finish laying this foundation, because tomorrow we’re going to build on it. For what it’s worth: I’ve got a great excuse. I’ve just been so busy with the final [...]

A Writing Coach

I wear a lot of hats. Metaphorically speaking. I’m a Technical Writer and a grad student. I’m a publisher and a husband and a father. I’m a CEO and an Executive Director and a President. I’m a programmer and a web developer and a blogger. And I’m a bestselling novelist. That never gets old. I’m [...]

Advanced Fiction Writing (Part II of II)

On Tuesday I shared some insights from a short story class I took last semester. I talked about one line of characterization, and how it completely mischaracterized my character in the exercise’s context. I said the single line got at the heart of what I learned, but in the end it was a really minor [...]

Advanced Fiction Writing (Part I of II)

Last semester I took a class at OU called “Advanced Fiction Writing.” It’s one course in the midst of an entire Master’s degree that features only two classes not associated with advanced fiction writing, but that’s beside the point. “Advanced Fiction Writing” is an English class. The rest of my Master’s work has taken place [...]