Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. In my last post, I talked about the advantages of writing short stories and how they could be stand-alone works or part of a collection. Today, I want to talk about anthologies. What’s the difference? Dictionary (dot) com defines an anthology as this: A book or other collection … Continue reading Anthologies
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Stopping Book Piracy
Greetings, SE’ers! Beem Weeks here with you again. Today, I am going to expose those dastardly book pirates! Pirates! They are fine for stories told within the pages of the books we read. But book piracy is another story altogether. Illegal book consumption accounts for 17% of all downloaded ebooks. This is stealing. Those who … Continue reading Stopping Book Piracy
Fictional Characters and Their Political Interests
Hello Story Empire readers, Gwen with you today and together we're going to consider the political interests of our characters. This is Part 2 of last month's post on Religion and Politics. Let's dive into it. Canva photo About a month ago, I watched the movie, A Private War. It is a biopic based on … Continue reading Fictional Characters and Their Political Interests
Story Development and Execution Part 6: Constructing Chapters
Ciao, SEers. Today is part six: chapter construction. I was surprised to find none of us has spent a great deal of time discussing the chapter as a discrete unit of a story. We gloss of things in a few posts, but never delve into chapter construction. (There is a post on scenes that might … Continue reading Story Development and Execution Part 6: Constructing Chapters
Advantages of Writing Short Stories
Hey, SE Readers. Joan with you today. This post is short and sweet. (Pun intended.) Let’s talk about short stories. A collection of shorts. (Wait, those are dachshunds.) There are advantages to writing shorter pieces of fiction. Not only does the writing process take less time, but many readers these days have shorter attention spans. … Continue reading Advantages of Writing Short Stories
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