Watch a story develop over time
After reading the beginning of the new science-fiction story I posted a few weeks ago, an astute writer/reader friend commented that the focal character (Megan) seemed a lot like some of my other characters, that I should consider altering her…. Read More ›
Today I am posting the first chapter of a story idea I am contemplating. The target audience is middle graders (age 8 to 12). I hope you’ll let me know what you think of it. Notice that I introduce the… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 12 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” In this excerpt, you will see that Eddie has accomplished the final step in his preparation phase. He now has… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 11 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” I don’t have much to write about this short excerpt other than we get to see this brother/sister duo interact… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 10 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” In this excerpt, Eddie and Sam prepare to use their gifts in the outside world for the first time–Eddie, his… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 9 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” In this excerpt, Eddie and Sam prepare to set out on an initial journey, hoping to gather what Eddie needs to… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 8 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” During this excerpt, the new goal clarifies, which allows some back-story tidbits to come to light. Notice that the back… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 7 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” Now that Eddie has failed in his first goal, I needed to make sure the failure led to a new… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 6 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” This is a shorter-than-usual excerpt, because it completes a chapter, and I want to save the beginning of the following chapter… Read More ›
In our ongoing lessons on story development, I give you part 5 of “Wanted, A Superhero to Save the World.” In this excerpt, we come to the protagonist’s crisis. A huge calamity strikes. Eddie’s original quest to help keep the… Read More ›