Diversity Resources for Writers
From We Need Diverse Books, this page offers Resources for Writers, particularly for authors who are writing about characters with qualities and background different from their own.
Suspension of Disbelief, by DeeAnna Galbraith
The technique whereby a person’s beliefs, or what they think they know to be true, are altered. People have been suspending disbelief ever since they could communicate. A hominid embellishing the story of taking down his prey; a tribal elder keeping alive the tale of his peoples’ origins; or a sixteenth century actor and playwright whose famous Sonnet 18 – compares a lady to a summer’s day. All edging out what our… Read More
The Whole Point; What’s the Climax of a novel? by Victoria Mixon
From: http://jamigold.com/2011/11/story-climax-the-whole-point-guest-victoria-mixon We must understand, for now, only this one, fundamental thing: the Climax is the real reason we write our stories. Once upon a time, two teenagers became so distraught over their passion for each other they committed suicide—that’s the premise. Cause? Their parents wouldn’t let them marry or even date—that’s the story. Cause of that? Their families hated each other—that’s the backstory. —Romeo & Juliet, William Shakespeare
Story Climax: Forcing Characters to Move Forward; by Jami Gold
From WRITING STUFF: http://jamigold.com/2015/04/story-climax-forcing-characters-to-move-forward; APRIL 30, 2015 Editor Victoria Mixon states that our story’s Climax is “The Point” of our story. Whatever confrontation, revelation, redemption, growth, realization, etc. happens in the Climax is often the reason we decided to write the story back when it was just a twinkle in our muse’s eye. *smile*
Character Cue: Whose Line is it Anyway? by Katrina Kittle
An Easy Exercise to Strengthen Voice; 01 May 2015 From: http://writerunboxed.com Voice is one of my favorite aspects of craft to play with and talk about. Voice was the subject of my very first post here at Writer Unboxed. Today’s post will be short and sweet—a nifty, easy peasy, so-simple-it-seems-stupid trick to strengthen voice in revision.