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Writing: Your Characters Must Earn (or Have Earned) Their Skills
If you want your reader to believe in your make-believe world and suspend disbelief, make sure to show that your characters have earned their skills, knowledge, and powers. Michael Jordan is quite possibly the world’s greatest, most skilled basketball player. … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, author, Avengers, Bilbo Baggins, comic books, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, Gandalf, guardian angel, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, hobbit, horror, M. B. Weston, Michael Jordan, Obi-Wan Kenobi, paranormal, publishing, science fiction, speaker, steampunk, Suspension of disbelief, warfare, writing
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Writing: Keeping Character Confrontation Results Realistic
If you don’t prove your character deserves to win, no amount of writing technique is going to get your readers to suspend disbelief and buy into your story. Picture a baseball field. Imagine that Roger Clemons has taken the mound. … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, author, Avengers, Bilbo Baggins, comic books, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, Gandalf, guardian angel, Harry Potter, horror, James Bond, Loki, M. B. Weston, Mike Tyson, paranormal, Peyton Manning, publishing, Rocky, science fiction, speaker, steampunk, Superman, Suspension of disbelief, Terminator, Thor, Voldemort, warfare, writing
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Writing: Character Reactions Can Make Or Break Suspension of Disbelief
Character reactions to and use of your make-believe elements can make or break your reader’s suspension of disbelief. I’m a huge Yankees fan. During baseball season—especially the final few weeks and the playoffs—I do whatever it takes to keep track … Continue reading
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Tagged and the Wardrobe, angel, author, Battlestar Galactica, comic books, Elysian Chronicles, ESPN, fantasy, guardian angel, Harry Potter, horror, J. K. Rowling, JK Rowling, M. B. Weston, Narnia, paranormal, publishing, science fiction, speaker, steampunk, Suspension of disbelief, The Chronicles of Narnia, The Lion, the Witch, warfare, writing, Yankees
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Writing: Using Imperfection to Make Fiction Feel Believable
Everything we experience will face the forces of failure, breakage, and decay. Your make-believe elements should be the same. Their imperfections can make them feel real and create the suspension of disbelief in the reader. For the past few weeks, … Continue reading
Posted in The World of Writing, Writing Believable Make-Believe
Tagged angel, author, comic books, Derek Jeter, Drew Brees, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, Harry Potter, horror, Luke Skywalker, M. B. Weston, Millennium Falcon, paranormal, publishing, science fiction, speaker, steampunk, Suspension of disbelief, warfare, writing
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Writing Technique: Using Archetypes
Use familiar archetypes of known fantasy creatures, aliens, and paranormal beings to surround the unbelievable with the believable. If you are new to this blog, I’ve been writing a series of posts about writing speculative fiction, including fantasy, science … Continue reading
Posted in The World of Writing, Writing Believable Make-Believe
Tagged airships, alien, aliens, angel, Archetypes, author, berserker, centaurs, comic books, demons, dirigible, dragons, elves, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, fantasy creatures, ghost, gnome, goblins, God of Thunder, guardian angel, Guy Ritchie, Harry Potter, hippogriffs, horror, J. K. Rowling, Lord Blackwood, M. B. Weston, magic wands, mythological creatures, Nibelung, Norse, paranormal, publishing, Scandinavian folklore, science fiction, Sherlock Holmes, sparkle, speaker, steampunk, Stephanie Meyer, Thor, time machine, Twilight, vampires, Viking, warfare, werewolf, werewolves, witches, wizard, writing, Zombies
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Surround the Unbelievable with the Believable Using Social Norms
Surround the Unbelievable with the Believable Using Social Norms Making Make-Believe Believable: Your setting may take place on another planet; your characters may be fighting a race of alien wizards; but you can surround the unbelievable with the believable … Continue reading
Posted in The World of Writing, Writing Believable Make-Believe
Tagged angel, author, comic books, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, Harry Potter, Hogwarts, horror, JK Rowling, Katniss Everdeen, M. B. Weston, paranormal, publishing, science fiction, speaker, steampunk, Suzanne Collins, warfare, writing
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The Writer’s Descriptive Techniques: #1—Create a Main Impression
Creating a main impression in your scenes will manipulate your readers’ minds into filling in the unwritten details for you. I have been out of town and away from consistent wifi for over three weeks while I went on vacation … Continue reading
Posted in Description, The World of Writing
Tagged angel, author, Description, Elysian Chronicles, fantasy, guardian angel, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, M. B. Weston, publishing, speaker, warfare, writing
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MB Weston’s DragonCon Schedule, Friday, August 31st
M. B. Weston’s DragonCon Panel Schedule today is as follows. You can also find her on the DragonCon smartphone app under M. B. Weston (two names under Adam West): ——————- Title: Coming of Age Description: YA authors talk about the … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam West, Dragon Con, DragonCon, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, M. B. Weston, Potterverse, YA, YA Books
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M. B. Weston’s DragonCon 2012 Panel & Autograph Schedule
M. B. Weston will again be attending DragonCon as a panelist this year. Her schedule (subject to change) is as follows: ——————- Title: Coming of Age Description: YA authors talk about the books they read as teens. Time: Fri 10:00 … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, author, Belief Systems, C. S. Lewis, Coming of Age, Dragon Con, DragonCon, Elysian Chronicles, Faerie, fantasy, guardian angel, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, J. R. R. Tolkien, M. B. Weston, publishing, science fiction, speaker, Tolkien, villains, warfare, writing, YA
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Writing Villains: Lessons from Bane and The Dark Knight Rises
A writer’s work is never finished. Ideas, inspirations, to-do lists, and drafts flood our thoughts and our time. The act of writing should not stop when we turn off our computers. We can draw inspiration and instruction on writing from … Continue reading
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Tagged angel, author, Bane, Character development, conflict, Darth Vader, Draco Malfoy, Elysian Chronicles, epic fantasy, fantasy, fiction, Game of Shadows, guardian angel, Harry Potter, horror, Joker, Lord of the Rings, M. B. Weston, Miranda Priestly, Misfit Politics, Mordor, paranormal, Professor Moriarty, publishing, Sauron, Sherlock Holmes, speaker, Star Wars, The Dark Knight, the Dark Knight Rises, The Devil Wears Prada, villain, villains, Voldemort, warfare, writing
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