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Hooking The Reader

One of the cardinal rules in writing, whether it be short or long, fiction or nonfiction, is that the writer is pretty much required to “hook” the reader right at the beginning of the piece, usually within the first page. You gotta grab him/her/it right away, and never let him go, they say. Many authors…
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Captain Bill

I’ve become a proponent over the past few years of taking a minimalistic approach to the description of characters in a story. Whether it be a novel or a short story, or anything in between, the less description an author can give to a character, the better. Within reason, of course. The reason has to…
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