by Wordsmith | Aug 29, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Perspective
Authors need to be good listeners. When you listen, you learn. And you may just uncover a great line of dialogue or a name for a character. I remember shopping for clothes in a department store. As I was waiting to go into the dressing room to try on a pair of pants,...
by Wordsmith | Aug 26, 2022 | Book Elements, Doug's Stuff
Another excerpt from the first draft of my upcoming novel: A Pocketful of Euros. Enjoy. Backstory: An innocent man has been arrested. Yale Larsson, my protagonist won’t rest until he’s set free. ********************** Picked up my cell phone. Called the...
by Wordsmith | Aug 24, 2022 | Doug's Perspective, Doug's Stuff
An excerpt from the first draft of my latest Yale Larsson Private Investigator novel. ****************************** At the Big Bucks, we had coffee and bagels. When I told Perkowski Keith was going into the belly of the beast, he fitted a wire to my friend, and gave...
by Wordsmith | Aug 19, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Book Elements, Doug's Perspective, Doug's Stuff
When you write fiction, you need dialog. Dialog adds meat and interest to your stories. Your characters come alive when they speak. But the question is, what dialog to leave in and what dialog to leave out. Starting a conversation with, “How are you?” bores the reader...
by Wordsmith | Aug 13, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Stuff
Writers can be creatures of habit. I am a creature of habit. One thing I do every day before sitting down to write is Morning Pages, three pages of longhand stream-of-consciousness stuff. Your morning pages don’t have to make sense. They can help you plan the day and...
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