NEW!!   Article of the Month: Quick Scene Structuring in Revision

The Year She Fell, by Alicia Rasley
Bell Bridge Books, November 2010

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Archive of Articles of the Month:
Lots of Great Writing Articles 

Interactive Writing Booklets

The Plotting Guidebook: 
The Story Within

And my Writer's Digest book on Point of View:   

NEW!  Questions of the Month
All about Theme!

Archive of Questions of the Month

Top 10 Plot Problems
About Alicia Rasley

 
Books
The Story Within

Charity Begins at Home: RITA finalist Regency Novel

Regency Escapades: Rakish heroes, reckless heroines, and elegant stories.
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May STARguides Class: Openings-- Starting Your Story Right

If the editors or agents aren't intrigued by your opening paragraph and page, they might not read any further! That's one of the hardest truths about submitting fiction. If you're close to submitting your proposal, here's your chance to get feedback and revise.

In this interactive workshop, we'll work on crafting impressive openings that capture the attention while setting up the story conflict and previewing your unique voice.

We'll discuss:
*Where to start the book
*Where to start the scene
*How to set up the story question
*How to introduce the characters
*How to showcase your voice on the first page
*The all-important first paragraph-- keeping it simple, yet profound

Alicia Rasley blogged the long-running "opening paragraph critique" for the Edittorrent blog, and will help you create a coherent and intriguing opening for your current story.

Workshop begins: May 1
Workshop ends: May 14
Cost US$50
This interactive course will be conducted over an email loop.

If you have questions about this workshop, please email edittorrent at gmail.com.

My new novel, The Year She Fell, is available now from Bell Bridge Books.

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Another fiction editor, Theresa Stevens, and I have a blog about editing-- just whatever we think about as we edited novels and novellas.  Recent posts have been about:

Sentence tension

Opening scenes

Mean editors

Deep POV

Slushpile gems

Structure primer

Check it out!  Edittorrent is the blog's name.

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     If you're a writer of popular fiction, you'll find plenty of advice around here on how to turbocharge your stories, from the award-winning novelist and workshop leader  Alicia Rasley. 

      For instance, click here for one of the Top Ten Plotting Mistakes Writers Make.   And here are many, many, too many articles about writing:
 

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THE POWER OF POINT OF VIEW

You're welcome to browse through some of my articles, or submit a "question of the month" about some writing issue or a problem you're having with your own writing. 

I also have a complete guide to plotting and writing element booklets for sale. 

Please honor my ownership of this material. 
If you'd like to print it out for your personal use or to send to a friend, feel free, but retain my name and copyright on the article. 

If you're interested in reprinting it in a newsletter or linking to it on a website, please email me and ask for permission. 

So have a seat, and settle in, and let's talk writing. 

 
Fix Your Plot!

My long-awaited (at least by me) plotting guide is available now. The Story Within Guidebook is an interactive guidebook that leads you into exploration of your own characters and plot. This is a plot book for the rest of us, the ones who aren't quite linear in our thinking. Check out the excerpt-- you can order from  that page too. 

And my Writer's Digest book on Point of View:   

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