by Wordsmith | Sep 21, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Perspective, Doug's Stuff
Pay attention to what’s happening around you. Those snippets of conversation you overheard in a restaurant or supermarket, the car you saw going the wrong way down a one-way street in the busiest part of town during rush hour, the elderly man limping down a dark alley...
by Wordsmith | Sep 19, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Perspective, Doug's Stuff
Notice what’s happening around you. As you go about your daily routine, notice the exciting, the mundane, the insane. Jot it down to remember the moment or person that got your attention. You can use your phone to record the information, or if you’re old school like...
by Wordsmith | Sep 16, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Stuff
Write about something you love, a subject you’re passionate about. Make sure each scene in your novel has a clear beginning, middle and end. Create a cliffhanger at the end of each chapter to keep the reader turning...
by Wordsmith | Sep 14, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Stuff
I enjoy reading haiku. And I enjoy writing them. Haiku is a short poem. Haiku originated in Japan and were composed of 17 sound units. People who write haiku in English write poems comprising 17 syllables. If you write haiku regularly, you observe nature and beauty....
by Wordsmith | Sep 12, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Perspective
Ernest Hemingway said to write what you know. I don’t think he meant this in the autobiographical sense. He meant to weave things you know into your fiction. I’m a photographer. I’m also a geek. So bits of those facets of my life are woven into my Yale Larsson Private...
by Wordsmith | Sep 9, 2022 | A Writer's Life, Doug's Perspective, Doug's Stuff
My favorite authors are James W. Hall, Robert Crais and Lee Child. They write novels that keep me turning pages. I also learn a lot about writing fiction from these authors. James W. Hall creates compelling stories about a loner named Thorn. For Thorn trouble seems...
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