by Martina Boone | May 18, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
Making a character true to life while simultaneously making her larger than life is one of the hardest tricks a writer has to pull off. Success requires balancing strengths and weaknesses, and introducing sympathy and lovable, memorable quirks. In the two earlier... by Martina Boone | May 11, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
Last week, I put up the character worksheet I use for character development, and went over some of the questions I use to decide whether my characters are novel-worthy. A lot of you were kind enough to comment about the post, so today, I’ll tackle...
by Martina Boone | May 8, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
Since a lot of you seemed to find my complications worksheet useful, I’m going to also share the character worksheet I use. Fair warning though, it’s long and complicated. I’ll add some discussion and break it down into several... by Martina Boone | May 2, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
The Story Idea Machine is a free online tool based on The Marshall Plan Novel Writing Software by Evan Marshall and Martha Jewett. It’s designed to help writers develop a novel or story idea in five steps. The tool asks you to provide: The... by Martina Boone | Apr 30, 2010 | Imported from AYAP
A couple of days ago, I blogged about Nathan Bransford’s Agent for a Day experiment. On Wednesday, he posted the first thirty pages of the five random queries used in the experiment on Wednesday, and then yesterday he posted his takeaway from the experiment....
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