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The Writer’s Lexicon: Inciting Incident

Key to identifying the inciting incident, I think, is figuring out exactly whose story you’re telling. For a writer struggling with a plot structure, this can also help to determine what your central conflict is, and where the climax will fit. Conversely, deciding on whose story you’re telling might change your inciting incident. Continue reading

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Jonathan Coulton, Internet censorship, and creativity as industry

As an author, I have a vested interest in copyright law. More than being illegal, I view piracy as morally wrong – but to put large corporations in charge of deciding what is or is not a violation of copyright is just totally ludicrous. Continue reading

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Neck deep in revisions

I’m entering the second month of the revision process on my current novel, and beginning to hate the manuscript. Here’s a few good things about revisions so far, and a quick overview of my approach to revisions. Continue reading

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Philly Writers Group / How Occupy Philly Drove Me Away

After our monthly meeting on Saturday a few of us went for drinks, and conversation turned to Occupy Philly, and how they managed to squander popular support and alienate most of Philadelphia Continue reading

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500 words.

Tonight was about two things: running, and writing. I ran. 5 miles. Then I wrote: a measly 500 words. I tried to go further, but I just couldn’t put two words together. This book will never be finished.

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