Just a quick message to inform you I've added a new entry to my list of short stories. This one is entitled Dubious LiAIsons. In it, you'll follow the first steps of my main character, Leo, as he pins his social hopes on expensive new technology. The idea for this story has been kicking around …
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For the sheer fun of it, I shine a little light on the use of creating a visual representation of narrative structure, a.k.a. the shape of stories.
In a recent edition of Writers Supporting Writers (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0VZVOXs9QU), we were discussing a process proposed by a script writer. Overall, our group doesn’t believe in any flat formulae for writing, but there were some merits in the proposal that I could relate to in my own (non-script) writing experience. Specifically, I have a process I …
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As you may have noticed, I'm not much of a blogger. However, I've begun writing a new book - mainly as a distraction from losing two WIPs and trying to reconstruct them (long story I don't want to go into). For a while, I've been toying with the concept of recasting one of the Greek …
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Okay, probably not the best thing to do, while working on one book a couple of weeks ago, I took a little break and then started on another one. Lately, work (yes, the day job I shouldn't quit) has been a bit over the top, so I haven't had as much evening/weekend time free as I …
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Until very recently, I wrote as a hobby distributing my stories (the ones I was happy with) to my friends. However, when I decided to take on something of novel length, I found myself challenged in a number of ways, but foremost had to do with character interaction. I would say more than 75% of …
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Richard L Pastore 