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Writing Tips For Authors

From Lionhearted Books

Out Of Your Head
By Deborah S. Rossman and Mary Ann Heathman

Concentrate On Conflict

"Crazy title, isn't it? Impossible, too. In the real world, you can't leave your head anymore than you can go into someone else's. When viewpoint is handled properly, the reader gets inside the character's thoughts and stays there in the same way she remains in her own mind in life. She lives the character from his field of knowledge, through his eyes alone, and with all the uncertainty and concern of actual experience. This means that the character can't watch his hair catch rays of sun, or see his own blue eyes shine with interest. He can't see the villain sneaking up behind him."   Read the rest

Creating Characters

Why do we read fiction novels? Hmm. A complex question. But when you think about possible answers, one reason stands above the rest. We read to get to know someone. Really know her. To touch, to see, to feel her. To experience her life. To be so swept away by the character that for the duration of the book, we become her.   Read the rest
 

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