When Writing Fiction, Remember ...

Behavior is related to historical events in a person life. As I learned in Psychology Class.

"The trick is to show just enough backstory that the reader can intuit where the character is coming from, rather than spelling it out."

Brooks, Larry (2011-01-31). Story Engineering (p. 89). Writers Digest Books. Kindle Edition.

Larry Brooks talks about this subject in his GREAT BOOK Story Engineering . 

I have read  and I reread  this  book often. 

Writing Fiction for me is like learning the side stroke. I was in an adult swim class and felt much intimidated. Only eleven and I was coming of age with little guidance.
That's when I became a dreamer.
 On a summer morning I lay in bed in Coronado California and dreaded going to swim class.
Suddenly I knew beyond, the shadow of disbelief,  I could do the pesky, damn sidestroke.
How did I know? I spent the next sixty years trying to figure that out. Oh I had glimpses , over the years. In a pecan shell I would say

1) Study a task. 2) Empty your mind. 3) Let the brain God gave you work for you. 4) When you believe you can accomplish your goal. 5) That's confidence from knowing . The RECEIPT for a transaction in your brain. A message from...

Well, clear your mind and figure out the rest...

We all are on the same road.

We are all on the same road.
Where it leads?
We know it bleeds.            

US Novelist: I got a message from the cloud

US Novelist: I got a message from the cloud: ...it claimed to be from some one who was close to me and died about fifteen years ago.  It said  I should be careful when I address the way ...  other people live and never scrutinize myself.

I got a message from the cloud

...it claimed  to be from some one who was close to me and died about fifteen
years ago.  It said I should be careful when I address the way back dribblers. 

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still not ---I AM Not a Grammar freek

I offend. Or irritate most people. They don't like the way I write. My wife is always telling me she worries about me. Or if I get a haircut she says I just raised my perceived IQ.

Twice a month I go to a group and I've been going there for almost six years. We write and critique each other. But if you come long enough we will tell you your writing is great. I know they are lying. 

It's s a judicious lie... according to my great uncle Sam, on my wife's side. She said it doesn't count ....

If you are a wanna be writer...tell me a story ......let tell you what a great fiction writer you already are.      www.fictionworkout. com

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I'm not a Grammarian I 'm am in search of a story. I'm writing a precis that does not care to much about rules if punctuation,, spelling, and other way back dropping dribble that trickles down from the HIGH and self proclaimed. My editor tells me when I 4-git to cross a T . He tells me when I leave out a jot or tittle. I concentrate on what people in my wiring group never learned. The unpublished teaching the unwashed, and un puncuated. I'm not preaching to the choir. I'm just playing jazz. ON THE STREET

Dialogue?

There are all kinds, but conversation is not always dialogue.

   Fiction ‘should’ be 20% dialogue. 25% 30% ???No no no... 

Put down that slide rule...  It’s your book, your story, your scenes, your characters, your styles, your voices. You need the right dialogue ...  to keep up the pace, to keep your story intriguing, mesmerizing, entrancing.

"Have I made myself clear?"

"The question one might ask is... Have you connected with your  reader?