Though I do plan to post new podcasts here, you will be able to find ALL CLG-E podcasts through Podbean (become a fan!) and through the CLG-E Podcast link @ CLG Entertainment.
Here’s the premiere podcast for The Write Life for You series, What’s Your Writing Addiction?
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I received this message from a writer who has been reading my THE WRITE LIFE FOR YOU article series at APOOO Books:
Many thanks to you for all you do to help those of us aspiring to higher aspirations! I was ready to rename my manuscript “SO MUCH FOR TRYING”, lol, and put it on the shelf until I found the APOOO site through Jewell Parker Rhodes’ Facebook page and the Black Writers Conference. I like how easy your flow is to follow and understand, as well as how you break everything down into “Bacon Bit” sized pieces. Again thank you, Shonell. My dream is not put on hold.
Sometimes, all you need is ONE PERSON to tell you that what you say, what you think matters to them.
I am blessed.
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Becoming a Lifelong Learner of the Craft of Writing
By author, editor, educator Shon Bacon aka ChickLitGurrl™
The Write Life for You is a series of articles on the writing craft. Past articles have focused on building character, developing a solid plot, and harnessing a writing style. In the first article of the new year, I look at CAMPING VS. MARCHING IN STORIES.
Camping vs. Marching
This month, I’m talking about camping vs. marching. Before I pursued my MFA degree, I knew nothing about this “concept”.
Many writers, for fear of losing readers, will explain everything in their story, not realizing that they will definitely lose their readers this way. So, how do writers tell us everything? They might tell us everything a character has on, explain every piece of furniture that’s in a room, detail an entire conversation from beginning to end, relay every minute feeling that comes through the narrator’s mind, and bring us into every sight, smell, taste, sound, touch that occurs within a story – all in the name of making the story feel real to the reader. In the end, this may make the reader so full off “stuff” that’s unimportant to the actual story that he/she may close the book and find a less tedious (or as I like to say “less chewy”) book to read.
Want to learn MORE about camping vs. marching and how to know when to do both?
Then head to APOOOBOOKS.COM to read my latest article in The Write Life for You series!
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