It’s great to be back from deadline hell. Just turned in my very sexy Marine story for the forthcoming Soldier Boys. All I can say is that if your fingers or sensibilities are easily scorched, don’t pick it up. By the way, notice my boy on the cover.
Anyhoo, I love to admit it when I read someone else’s posts, especially rookies and see that they “get” what this business of writing is about. I tooled over to Patricia Woodside’s blog to view her entry on beginnings. Very pithy stuff. My favorite part is:
Some writers say, “Jump into the action!” Others say, “Set the scene.” Took me a while but I figured out that one does not negate the other. The scene, or ordinary world, may be established in an active way, using character actions and dialogue as opposed to descriptive narrative. Still, it’s important to ground the reader (unless it’s a murder mystery and someone is shot in the first sentence)!
Most of everything in life is making sense out of dualities and writing is no different. The rest of Patricia’s post is just as good.
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