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When
you write, you lay out a line of words.
The line of words is a miner's pick, a woodcarver's
gouge, a surgeon's probe. You wield it, and it digs a
path you follow. Soon you find yourself deep in new territory.
Is it a dead end, or have you located the real subject?
You will know tomorrow, or this time next year.
-- Annie Dillard, The Writing Life
Father
and Son
If you've ever wondered what it might have been like to have the
responsibility of being a parent to the most famous person in
history, this one's for you.
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Erosion
In this coming of age story set in earlier in this century, a
child must learn the hard truth that parents can ultimately fail.
(Originally published in O' Georgia, V3)
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No
Man Is
A street preacher meets the hottest starlet in the country. Enough
said. (Originally published in O' Georgia, V3)
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Cherry
Hill
A small-town sherriff is forced to confront his own lack of
integrity when a town cries for the blood of a black teenager.
(Originally published in O' Georgia, V2)
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Goldy
Sometimes the best teachers aren't human, even when they teach the
all-too-human lesson of grieving.
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The
Other, As Just As Fair
When a mom decides to be a superhero, does the court have the
right to take her children away? (originally published at ihero.net,
July, 2002)
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Poetry
comes nearer to vital truth than history.
-- Plato
White
Male
No matter how much we want to understand, there is a gulf we can't
reach across.
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Ki
Wone
"Ki Wone" means "words of life" in a tribal
language.
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Gomer
A spiritual allegory for a postmodern generation.
(Originally published in O' Georgia, V2)
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...The
Dead Bury Their Dead
In a world that thrives on being busy, how can negligence ever be
a sin?
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Death
of the Prodigal
For some, the prodigal son never returns home.
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Old
Fall
Nature will not let us forget our origin.
(Originally published in O' Georgia, V2)
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Memorial
Day
Sometimes the old symbols don't stir us anymore.
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The
Feast
For those who can't fathom true love, there will be a banquet like
none before.
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The
teacher is the one who makes two
ideas grow where only one grew before.
-- Elbert Hubbard
This first set of
tutorials were originally written for iHero
Entertainment, publisher of the Cyber Age Adventures magazine
-- hence the name appearing in the tutorials -- to help
submitting writers.
Writing
Superheroes as Human Beings
Although this tutorial focuses
on writing superheroes, it also deals with the foundations
that can help any character become more real in fiction.
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Asking
the Right Questions
How do I come up with ideas for
stories? Simple. I ask, "What's the worst thing that
could happen to... ?"
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Reading
IS Fundamental
I'm a big fan of reading books
that can help me become a better, more effective writer. These
are some that have helped.
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You
Don't Say (A Dialogue Primer)
Dialogue can make or break
fiction of any genre or type. Here's a look at some of the
basics.
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These
next few tutorials were written for the now defunct Inside
the Lines magazine, a how-to mag for the aspiring comic book
writer and/or artist.
Bigger
Ain't Always Better
Eight Guidelines for Getting Down to Business in Anthology
Shorts
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Character
Counts
Storytelling begins and ends with character, and it has lots
of character sprinkled throughout.
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Straight
Talk About Dialogue (Part One)
What does good dialogue do? (Yes, this series is a revision of
the "You Don't Say" primer above, but adapted for
comics dialogue.)
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Straight
Talk About Dialogue (Part Two)
What are the specifics of writing dialogue for the sequential
art form?
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