Archive | March, 2010

04 March 2010 ~ 0 Comments

To prologue or not to prologue?

Do prologues work or are they just authors marking time? I added a prologue to GWIII and brought it to my writer’s group for their perusal. Here’s what I heard: “lacks urgency.” “Needs to start earlier at a more crucial moment.” “Characters aren’t engaged.” And my favorite — “It’s a fat guy eating whilst looking [...]

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01 March 2010 ~ 2 Comments

Colar’s story — part I

“Yo, white boy! You just gonna stand there or you gonna play?” Colar started. He’d been watching the black kids play a fluid, fast game of basketball, and kind of forgot where he was. The kid who hollered at him bounced the ball impatiently, waiting. He knew he shouldn’t play. He didn’t know how, his [...]

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