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Is your main character useless?

July 12, 2010 – 06:00

Having had occasion to read several stories by beginning writers recently, I noticed a common thread: the supposed protagonists don’t really do anything. Sure, lots of interesting things happen in the main character’s general vicinity, but he or she doesn’t actually affect how events play out. This is usually bad.

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By Sarah Brand | Writing | , | Comments (5)

Herbs, herbs, herbs, I’m so sick of herbs….

July 9, 2010 – 19:05

Let’s talk about herbs.

No, let’s talk about some herbs. Not in the basil-mint-dill sense, no. When the woodsman cooks a rabbit, he uses ‘some savory herb’. When your character has a cough, the healer she visits lives in a cottage festooned with ‘some healing herbs’ and gives her ‘some herb’ to help her … Read more

By Catherine Krahe | Writing | , | Comments (6)