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Opening With a Bang

Jul23

by David J. Bishop on July 23, 2005 at 04:30

Characters: Bob, Jack

Here’s to opening with a bang! Let me share something with you: “Grab your reader with an opening! Right? Have a man walk in with a gun, set the bomb ticking, the lovers begin to undress? Oh, how many stories […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: actual writing advice, cooking, explosion, malfunction, ouch, personal injury, toaster, unhelpful comments, well that could have gone better

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Infodump

Aug15

by David J. Bishop on August 15, 2012 at 19:48

Chapter: Taking a Stand against Taking a Seat

Here is you comic for today.

└ Tags: actual writing advice, Charlotte the critic, exposition, fantasy, going number two, good advice, Jack the novelist, Jack the writer, poop, the deuce, toilet time, tropes, write, writer, writing

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Ravening Hordes

Jun15

by David J. Bishop on June 15, 2015 at 00:01

Chapter: Failing the Bechdel Test

Characters: Amy, Charlotte, Jack

Continued from Part One. Well, here’s something I never thought I’d have to draw: hordes of Amies descending on the Lone Warrior. Or is that ‘Amys’? Either way, the word looks wrong. So good to see LW again, though. He’s looking […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…

└ Tags: actual writing advice, Charlotte hates Amy, Charlotte the critic, decapitation, fantasy, FATALITY, fight scenes, Jack the novelist, language, Norse, open to interpretation, ulfdraugar, ulfdraugr, violence, words words words, writer, writing writer's

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