Loving Learning Stuff – blogs

Deepen The Protagonist to Readers By Challenging His or Her Moral Beliefs Posted on May 28, 2016 by Angela Ackerman When we sit down to brainstorm a character, we think about possible qualities, flaws, quirks, habits, likes and dislikes that they might have. Then to dig deeper, we assemble their backstory, plotting out who influenced […]

My blogs are in relation to the art of writing, and sharing family stories discovered after years of historical research. What I’ve discovered brings to mind the challenges of the time. Mysteries are unravelled, by turning the lives into personalities, by turning the stories into fiction – Resulting in much loved characters from my past […]

My manuscript has gone its merry way to the place where completed manuscripts end up! With the publisher. Time for a preview? It’s now time…. Here we go…. Read on ‘Daniel, do it. Take your life into your own hands’, it mocks him, laughing as it taunted.   ‘This isn’t the freedom I’m after!’ His cry […]

Author Richard Gilbert’s blog, Draft No. 4, explores storytelling in creative nonfiction and fiction, with special emphasis on style, structure, and use of self in narrative prose. via Draft No. 4 — Discover