by acackler | Jan 13, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
This is a big one. Maybe it should have been the first in the series. Any time you have two characters you want to be close, give them a secret to share. There’s nothing better than being in each other’s confidence. It divides your characters into distinct...
by acackler | Jan 11, 2021 | Reviews
Author: Kristen D. Randle Published by: Scholastic Publish date: November 1996 Genre: Contemporary Audience: Young Adult Rating: Five Stars I read more as a teen than I do now as an adult. I simply had more time to devote to it between classes, after school, on the...
by acackler | Jan 9, 2021 | Extras, The Little Owl
Taken from the notes document for The Little Owl. This is some world building for Valheid, the seat of government for Derehan, where the bulk of the story is set. In the northern country and at higher altitudes, so the buildings will have extremely steep roofs with...
by acackler | Jan 7, 2021 | General
One of the most dangerous misconceptions (relatively speaking, of course) in the academia of creative writing concerns the character flaw. I blame the internet. In a day and age where everyone gets a platform, and where a huge percentage of writers are self taught...
by acackler | Jan 7, 2021 | General, Series: Writing Close
One of the most obvious tools in the romance toolbox for showing close relationships between characters is simply to have them touch each other. Don’t worry, I don’t mean explicit touching. This isn’t a how-to for writing naughty love scenes. When I...
