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Category Archives: Excerpts
Excerpt from Ground Floor, Second Room To The Left
Ground Floor, Second Room To The Left is a week old. I was so stressed the past few weeks with this release as well as the production of my début novel, that I actually didn’t think I would make it … Continue reading
What’s your favourite rhetorical device?
Last week I talked about Rhetorical Devices and gave you a list of 60 of them. If you read Robert A. Harris’s post and went through all of them (of course you did, why wouldn’t you, when they are there … Continue reading
Posted in Advice, Excerpts, Getting to know each other
Tagged novel, rhetorical devices, writing, writing guides, writing technique
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The Darkening: getting to know the characters – The girl
Who are you? What are you doing here? Wait, wait, don’t kill me! I just want some food, that’s all. Stay back, don’t come closer. I’ll… I’ll… I’ll stab you, I swear it. The glass will cut you in no … Continue reading
Posted in Excerpts, My book characters
Tagged book, character, characters, darkness, fiction, novel, novel writing, post apocalyptic, The Darkening, writing
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Excerpt from The Darkening
The following is a deleted scene from my novel, The Darkening. I figured it would be nice to share something related to the novel in order to let you know of the mood I’m trying to create in the story. … Continue reading
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Tagged deleted scene, dream, edited, editing, excerpt, novel, The Darkening, writing
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An excerpt
Hello all! I figured today would be a good time to post a small excerpt from one of the two stories I’m currently working on. PLEASE NOTE: what I’m about to post is a pre-draft meaning if I was asked … Continue reading
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Tagged action, action scene, book, critique, draft, excerpt, fantasy, medieval fantasy, novel, pre-draft, scene, story, writing
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