Making a Great Deal of Trouble

It can be the steady snowball that rolls down the hill to create an avalanche, or instant doom. Either way you look at it there is nothing like making room for a whole lot of trouble. I am not talking about the small misunderstanding or the one off fight. I mean the creature that awakensContinueContinue reading “Making a Great Deal of Trouble”

Bringing a Cause or Two, or More

A story is bound to have more than one character, maybe many. This is where the plot can become rather entangled because every character has a need or desire. No matter how well characters get along their needs and desires may not be the same, and even if they are it can still cause conflict.ContinueContinue reading “Bringing a Cause or Two, or More”

Tales of Old to Fill in the Gaps

This is the important back story that takes a great deal of planning only to be used in glimpses in the writing. Yet the background determines the current setting. It can also influence the future sequences of events. This is the omnipresent part of writing where actions have already been set. Allegiances made, agreements broken,ContinueContinue reading “Tales of Old to Fill in the Gaps”