I’ve got my statues against the sky. —Virginia Woolf, A Writer’s Diary I’ve got a confession to make. When I wrote the last post, I was trying to write a basic review of plotting. I don’t know what happened. It was Friday. . . Read the full essay on Pulp… Read more“<em>Pulp Rag:</em> Hooking, developing, climaxing”
Category: Art & Craft of Fiction magazine
Pulp Rag: Reviewing the basics of storytelling
We’ve started off with character. As it should be! Now let’s review the basics of storytelling. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
Pulp Rag: Sucking your readers in with sympathetic characters
Let’s talk about sympathetic and unsympathetic characters. Unsympathetic characters can be summed up in one word: boring. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
Pulp Rag: Creating the internal conflict in character
“You are the most assertively confused individual I have ever seen in my life.” —Adrienne Uphoff to her husband Jeff, personal conversation Character. It’s the only reason anybody ever writes anything. . . Read the full essay on Pulp Rag.
A. Victoria Mixon, Editor, Pulp Rag
First things first. I want to thank all you readers who made those amazing, wonderful, supportive comments while I was trying to figure out what to do with this blog: Lady Glamis, Laura Eno, Jordan McCollum, Stephanie St. Clair, Amy, Kathryn Estrada, Amy Sue Nathan, Jeffrey Russell, Andrew, BenM, techtigger,… Read more“A. Victoria Mixon, Editor, <em>Pulp Rag</em>”
Starting a new blog
The A. Victoria Mixon, Editor Blog Summit So, we’ve been in big conference over here at the blog all weekend, and I think we’re coming to some decisions: 1) I’m going to start a new blog so I can continue writing the essays you’re all familiar with, which have been… Read more“Starting a new blog”
Waffling
So I’m still waffling about what to do with this blog. I don’t want my stuff lifted. It’s not Annie Dillard, but I am a professional writer, and I do work hard enough on it to value it. And I don’t want to waste any more brain cells even thinking… Read more“Waffling”
Other bloggers mentioning copyright
Daniel Scocco has written an article for Daily Blog Tips on how to avoid accidentally violating someone else’s copyright that every blogger should read: Copyright Law: 12 Dos and Don’ts. And Tibi Puiu of the Lost Art of Blogging has an excellent article on what to do when (not if)… Read more“Other bloggers mentioning copyright”
Mentioning copyright
Where’d they go? The eagle-eyed among you may have noticed my blog posts have disappeared—all but the latest and those containing your own work. How many of you are familiar with a thing called copyright? If you want to be writers, you’d better be. Wow, I had about six golden… Read more“Mentioning copyright”