One of the things I miss about a\u00c2\u00a0local writing group is the discussion about craft.\u00c2\u00a0 Each writer has his or her own method of writing.\u00c2\u00a0 The manner in which we get a beginning, a middle and an ending is as unique as the writer.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
It’s difficult to agree on what makes a book “good” or not but most readers would say it’s an engaging read.\u00c2\u00a0 Writers would say it’s the ability to tell a story well; it’s the correct ratio of plot, characterization and setting.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Even without a local writing group gems about writing can be found in unlikely places.\u00c2\u00a0 Author readings can include questions that bring these types of responses.\u00c2\u00a0 And late last week I saw a movie about Jeff Smith that brought me a light bulb moment about my last novel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the things I miss about a\u00c2\u00a0local writing group is the discussion about craft.\u00c2\u00a0 Each writer has his or her own method of writing.\u00c2\u00a0 The manner in which we get a beginning, a middle and an ending is as unique as the writer.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s difficult to agree on what makes a book “good” or… Continue reading Talking Craft<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[16,804],"class_list":["post-1488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writing","tag-jeff-smith","tag-writing","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1488"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1493,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1488\/revisions\/1493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.amberstults.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}