Patricia C. Wrede

Having lost the past week to the Anthropic mess, I am going to indulge myself in a minor rant.

Pacing is one of those things that most writers have to learn by doing.

So last time we met, I mentioned the two basic ways of turning a single short story into a novel: adding complications, subplots, characters and conflicts within the confines of the original story, or continuing on from the end of the short story (and let…

So I got a little confused about dates last week, and forgot that this week is an Open Mic.

The “fix-up” novel has a long and honorable history in genre fiction.

I never had any formal academic training in writing novels.

A while back, I got asked about rearranging plot points.

Let’s talk about setting for a minute.

One of the things I’m currently struggling with in my WIP is the pace and timing of various revelations—about the world, about various characters, about the past, about secrets deliberately kept by characters and secrets deliberately withheld by the author

Another Open Mic for your chatting enjoyment….

One of the writing terms that I’ve been hearing a lot lately is “the inciting incident,” which has become steadily more common over the past thirty years or so.

Revising is one of those things that some writers love and others hate.