Tag: Under Water
-
On Writing or Viewing Sex Scenes
Sex scenes are too often fillers in a less than fleshed-out script. They make me think, tsk, tsk, lazy writer! They’re technically a lot easier to think of and write than a strong storyline, than an emotion, than action.
-
My Readers Are Smarter Than I Am
You’d think that, when I sat at down with an open laptop, I knew what I was writing about, wouldn’t you? Nope, not true. It took a long time—and many comments by readers—for me to understand the point of my own writing. I don’t mean the characters—those came to life in the file with little…
-
Talking about Writing Novels on Online for Authors Podcast
On Teri M Brown’s Online for Authors podcast, we talk about buying a pre-revolutionary house sight unseen, pantsing versus plotting, writing endings, and beta readers who don’t pull any punches. Teri M. Brown asks me about my favorite character… that everyone seems to hate. I especially enjoyed discussing historical fiction and the difficulties of fathoming…