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A Few Moments of Your Time...
With Jason
I'm going to offer to this site an every-third-week insight into the writing life. And I'm excited about sharing this with you.
On occasion we'll talk to other authors.
You'll also get exclusive updates from the Writers Retreat Workshop, featuring top agents and authors sharing with hungry budding and published writers. And sometimes we'll kick back by the fire and talk shop; look at craft and mechanics intensely, under a microscope.
Basically, we'll walk this forested path together finding inspiration and information around every corner.
Let's begin...
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Tension in Intimacy and in External High Stakes
Jason Sitzes
Many writers are don't understand the concept of tension: they think it's only important in thrillers, suspense, and mystery novels. That isn't the case. Tension lives on the page of every literary and nonfiction work as well. . . . keep reading
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Character - Every Moment Reveals Story
Jason Sitzes
Emotional responses are often revealed at the aftermath of making a choice, or having a revelation. After all, putting our characters in positions where they have to make a choice is the essence of character. Why does your character decide A over B? What are the stakes of making choice A, what are the stakes of B, and what are the consequences of the final choice made? . . . keep reading
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Notes from a Writing Workshop
Jason Sitzes
I'm writing from my humble office in the humble retreat center that for thirteen years has hosted the Writers Retreat Workshop in Erlanger, Kentucky, USA. As director, there is never a busier week in my year, and I'm never more tired than when these ten days end, but it is an absolute honor to work daily with talented writers and staff from all over the country. I thought I'd share with you some of the nuggets of gold from the first half of the week. . . . keep reading
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Trust
Jason Sitzes
Dozens of books on writing give "rules" and these books are important, necessary, even if you disagree, because they challenge us. But if you don't believe in your talent, if you don't trust yourself, if you don't push through, if you can't get inspired by your own story, you will never find your treasure. Bret Witter did, with his book Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World... . . . keep reading
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A Few Moments of Your Time...
With Jason
Column 1
Spend a few moments of your time with Jason Sitzes every few weeks, while he offers some insights into the writing life. In this first column, Jason talks about how driving through a rainbow made him think about what it means to 'push through' for a writer - and offers some do-it-now fixes that you can apply to your own work.
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Ann Harth
