Links of Interest

SETTING UP YOUR NOVEL IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPHS:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2012/08/guest-author-set-up-your-story-in-first.html

WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF PLOT:

http://matociquala.livejournal.com/1020402.html

HOW TO CREATE A CHARACTER:

http://hollylisle.com/how-to-create-a-character/

THE NEW WORDS IN THE OXFORD ENGLISH DICTIONARY “mwahahaha:”

http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/08/hella-ridic-new-words-to-make-you-lolz/

HOW TO MAKE YOUR COMPUTER, SMARTPHONE, ETC., LESS VULNERABLE TO A HACK:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/261291/60minute_security_makeover_prevent_your_own_epic_hack.html

PACING:

http://writersforensicsblog.wordpress.com/2012/08/22/guest-blogger-jodie-renner-pacing-for-power-part-ii

UPING THE STAKES:

http://blog.janicehardy.com/2012/08/guest-author-aimee-salter-revising-to.html

TWENTY WAYS TO CRY:

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/20-ways-to-cry/

PAINTING A SCENE WITH WORDS:

http://thewritepractice.com/paint-with-words

FREE SOFTWARE OF USE TO WRITERS:

http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2012/08/freely-ten.html

GETTING TO THE CORE OF YOUR CHARACTERS:

http://www.livewritethrive.com/2012/08/08/820/

TURNING VERY MINOR CHARACTERS INTO ONE CHARACTER:

http://wa.emergent-publishing.com/2012/08/fixing-broken-characters-with-fusion/

RELIGION IN WORLDBUILDING:

http://thechippermuse.blogspot.com/2012/08/use-with-care-religion-in-worldbuilding.html

PUTTING CONFLICT IN THE SCENE, NOT YOUR CHARACTER’S HEAD:

http://edittorrent.blogspot.com/2012/08/make-it-happen-in-scene.html

PICKING UP THE PACE IN YOUR STORY:

http://www.publishingcrawl.com/2012/08/13/correcting-problems-with-pacing/