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Thinking about my next book as I write it, has got me thinking a bit about consequences. In life, every choice has a good or bad consequence and it can seem like life changes quickly. In my current story project, my protagonist has everything figured out. At least, he thought he did. When the incitingContinue reading “Just When a Protagonist Figures it Out”

It’s been a busy couple of weeks. I’ve finished the outline for my next book, and started writing it a couple of times. Each of those times, I have tossed it out and restarted. This story has a protagonist whose life will change drastically as he faces the obstacles and challenges of the story. It’sContinue reading “When a Character Faces Challenges”

The right characters make the story better. They bring out the good or the bad in the main character and the story. As I outline and prepared my idea for my next book, I’ve found myself thinking of many books I’ve read where the characters stick with me. Creating the right kind of characters canContinue reading “The Right Characters”

As I work through my outline for my next book, I’ve found myself concentrating on the supporting characters. These are the characters that interact with the main character and can help make the story richer. Sometimes, they may help the main character and other times they may distract them. Not every character is ready toContinue reading “The Right Supporting Characters”

As I work through my next book idea, I’ve been concentrating a lot on the milieu of this story. It’s a science fiction story, taking place far into the future. Freedom is one of the themes I’ve found myself playing with as I develop this story. Beyond just playing with the theme, I’ve been lookingContinue reading “Building the Story’s Environment”

I find myself thinking about people a lot as I interact with them throughout the day. Part of that comes from the way I’m constantly thinking about my next story and trying to make my characters come even more alive. As I pay attention to the people I interact with each day, I’ve noticed aContinue reading “When a Character Adapts”

Two weeks into the new year, and I’m still working on my next story idea. I’ve written a lot of stories, and I’ve put a few of them on Amazon as books. I enjoy the process of developing and thinking through stories. Characters are one of my favorite pieces to build and think about. BecauseContinue reading “Building Characters for Another Story Idea”

The beginning of a new year is sometimes exciting. It’s like grabbing a new book and reading it. I have some ideas what I want from the year, or from the experience of reading a new book. Like the characters in the beginning of a book, I have what I think is a decent ideaContinue reading “Another Fresh Start”

I finished the book I’ve been working on for this year. For All the Stones is available on Kindle and Amazon as a paperback. It is a story that takes place in a world that has just started to connect with electricity. Magic still exists in people’s collective memories but, electricity and industrialization fill theContinue reading “I Finished It”

It’s nice to have surprises, especially during this time of year. With Christmas only days away and the new year just a week after it, things can get stressful. In some ways it can feel like the rising conflict of a story. At that point where the reader gets a general idea of the dangerContinue reading “Like a Story’s Rising Conflict”