Category Archives: novel
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That Elusive Stack of Dimes
Leave a commentApril 21, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
As research for a character I was developing a few years ago, I tried my hand at blacksmithing. It …
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Fear and Trembling and the Writing Process
Leave a commentApril 7, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
We’re reading the Romantics now in Brit Lit. One of the drums they beat (and they beat a lot of …
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10 Tools for Writer’s Block
1March 27, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
A car not starting is a car problem requiring a car solution. I understand that that’s stupidly obvious, but still, …
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Epistolaries at Dawn
Leave a commentMarch 20, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
Imitating another writer’s voice (as I wrote about here) requires time spent in the work of that writer, but picking …
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Two (more) Uses for the Indirect Quote
Leave a commentMarch 13, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
To speak or not to speak — that is the question. Last week I looked at the indirect quote as …
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Fiction and Random Things
Leave a commentMarch 6, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
verisimilitude: n; the appearance or semblance of truth. From our puny perspectives, the world around us is everyday filled with the …
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Voice and Imitation
2February 28, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
The athlete doesn’t train to get good at training. He doesn’t ride a stationary bike or spend time in the …
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A Present Tense Confessional
Leave a commentFebruary 21, 2018 by bradcharlesbeals
Recently I concluded that the novel I’m working on would work better in the past tense, so I spent a …
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The Central Static Character
Leave a commentNovember 15, 2016 by bradcharlesbeals
A few years ago I wrote here that as writers we shouldn’t be afraid of leaving a character static as …
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Where to Begin…Lord of the Flies
Leave a commentNovember 11, 2016 by bradcharlesbeals
Lord of the Flies by William Golding Book beginnings have always fascinated me. Maybe it was the opening of Genesis …
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