Archive for January, 2007
Size doesnt matter. Such is the case with the memo. Isnt it amazing how one relatively short document can be such a huge pain? The following tips show you how to construct a formidable, readable memo.
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The center of interest in almost all short stories is the dynamic interaction between characters; what people do and say to each other, how they affect and influence each other, and the effects of their actions on each other.
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The time covered by the action of a short story should be short, and preferably continuous. Generally speaking a day or two, a week, or at the most two weeks is enough.
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This swashbuckling adventure novel is an example of great creative fiction writing. Can one woman save a country? Can she do it as a lady musketeer and fencer in seventeenth century France, and can she and the musketeers grant a hero’s final wish? Check back often to see the next posting of the book.
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As with every other aspect of short story writing, under ideal circumstances you won’t need any rules about plot, and won’t need to analyze what you are doing. A story will just arrive in your mind and demand to be written.
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Suspense does not mean we have to think in crude melodramatic terms - with someone’s life being at stake, some injustice being done, or someone betraying someone else. It simply means the reader should be held in a state of anticipation
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