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"rendered": "\n<p>It's been a whirlwind couple of weeks. While I worked on preparing <em>When the Stars Conspire </em>for another round of beta reads and sketched the initial shape of <em>Not A Cult, I Promise</em>, I also spoke at my first in-person writing-related event after two years of virtual speaking engagements. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oh, and I spent some time on the beach for the first time in just as long (if not longer, honestly).</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakefly Writers Recap</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>After originally having been slated to speak at the 2020 iteration of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://lakeflywriters.org/\" target=\"_blank\">Lakefly Writers Conference</a>—which would go on to be canceled in 2020 and 2021 as a result of the pandemic—I was invited to present at the 2022 installment of this fantastic event in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Here are some photos from my presentation on the Five Fun Floaties of Scene Structure and from around the conference in general.</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:20.94844%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10099\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9890/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651919706","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Scene Structure Ryan R. Campbell Lakefly 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ryan R. Campbell speaks to a roomful of attendees about scene structure at Lakefly Writers Conference in 2022.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"10099\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9890/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651919706","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Scene Structure Ryan R. Campbell Lakefly 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ryan R. Campbell speaks to a roomful of attendees about scene structure at Lakefly Writers Conference in 2022.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=600&ssl=1 600w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=900&ssl=1 900w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1200&ssl=1 1200w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1500&ssl=1 1500w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1800&ssl=1 1800w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=2000&ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"Author Ryan R. Campbell stands beside a projected slide that asks, "What's a scene?"\" data-height=\"4032\" data-id=\"10099\" data-link=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9890/\" data-url=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"3024\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9890-768x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"/></figure></div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:37.15468%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10104\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_6180/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651940234","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ryan R. Campbell Scene Structure And Ampersand Scambait\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ryan R. Campbell shows off his books while introducing himself to a room of writers at Lakefly Writers Conference 2022.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"10104\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_6180/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651940234","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ryan R. Campbell Scene Structure And Ampersand Scambait\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ryan R. Campbell shows off his books while introducing himself to a room of writers at Lakefly Writers Conference 2022.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&w=600&ssl=1 600w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&w=900&ssl=1 900w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&w=1200&ssl=1 1200w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&w=1500&ssl=1 1500w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&w=1800&ssl=1 1800w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg?strip=info&w=2000&ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"Ryan R. Campbell holds his book AND AMPERSAND in one hand while standing alongside a projected screen that displays his book SCAMBAIT\" data-height=\"1536\" data-id=\"10104\" data-link=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_6180/\" data-url=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg\" data-width=\"2048\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_6180-1024x768.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"/></figure></div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:20.94844%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10100\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9892/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651927261","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Author Signing Lakefly 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Author Ryan R. Campbell sits in a line with fellows authors at Lakefly Writers Conference, eager to sign books for attendees.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"10100\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9892/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651927261","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Author Signing Lakefly 2022\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Author Ryan R. Campbell sits in a line with fellows authors at Lakefly Writers Conference, eager to sign books for attendees.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=600&ssl=1 600w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=900&ssl=1 900w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1200&ssl=1 1200w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1500&ssl=1 1500w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1800&ssl=1 1800w,https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=2000&ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"Ryan R. Campbell sits at a table with copies of his books SCAMBAIT and AND AMPERSAND displayed in front of him.\" data-height=\"4032\" data-id=\"10100\" data-link=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9892/\" data-url=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"3024\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9892-768x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"/></figure></div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:20.94844%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10094\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9884/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651919474","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ryan R Campbell Lakefly 2022 Scene Structure\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ryan R. Campbell kicks off his session on Keeping One's Scenes Afloat at the 2022 Lakefly Writers Conference in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"10094\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9884/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1651919474","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Ryan R Campbell Lakefly 2022 Scene Structure\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ryan R. Campbell kicks off his session on Keeping One's Scenes Afloat at the 2022 Lakefly Writers Conference in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https://i1.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=600&ssl=1 600w,https://i1.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=900&ssl=1 900w,https://i1.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1200&ssl=1 1200w,https://i1.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1500&ssl=1 1500w,https://i1.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=1800&ssl=1 1800w,https://i1.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg?strip=info&w=2000&ssl=1 2000w\" alt=\"Author Ryan R. Campbell gestures to a room of attendees while starting his presentation on scene structure.\" data-height=\"4032\" data-id=\"10094\" data-link=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/img_9884/\" data-url=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg\" data-width=\"3024\" src=\"https://i1.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/IMG_9884-768x1024.jpg?ssl=1\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\"/></figure></div></div></div></div>\n</div></div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rolling Around Rincón</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Okay, so we only rolled around Rincón if you count the rental car, but the point is this—my wife and I were able to go on our first vacation since February 2019 in recent weeks as well. This was our second trip together to Puerto Rico, though my wife has been there a number of other times for school and subsequently to visit friends.</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:37.53296%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10096\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/ef434b66-8f1b-4c42-8600-134d037bc639/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EF434B66-8F1B-4C42-8600-134D037BC639.jpg?fit=1440%2C1800&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1652293096","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Beach Selfie Ryan R. Campbell\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Ryan R. Campbell and his wife pose for a picture at Playa Sandy Beach in Rincón, Puerto Rico.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EF434B66-8F1B-4C42-8600-134D037BC639.jpg?fit=240%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EF434B66-8F1B-4C42-8600-134D037BC639.jpg?fit=819%2C1024&ssl=1\" data-attachment-id=\"10096\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/ef434b66-8f1b-4c42-8600-134d037bc639/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/EF434B66-8F1B-4C42-8600-134D037BC639.jpg?fit=1440%2C1800&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1652293096","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"Beach Selfie Ryan R. 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"rendered": "\n<p>Brando. Streep. Pacino. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>These are names I found on a list of method actors.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Underwhelmed? I know, but the point here isn't to explore the particulars of any actor's career. Instead, it's to embrace the idea of method acting—or living the role one's to play—in the realm of writing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Granted, we can't always live, step-by-step, a day in the life of our characters in order to understand them, their world, and their experiences to better fuel our writing. I hate to break it to you: no matter how hard you try, you're not going to <em>become </em>a dragon.</p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>No matter how hard you try, you're not going to <em>become</em> a dragon.</p></blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>We may not be able to sprout wings, breathe fire, and hoard treasure, but there are little things we can<em> </em>do to breathe <em>life </em>into our characters. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I would know: last week, I leaned in hard to a day in the life of the protagonist of my work in progress, <em>Scambait</em>.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Call Me Eric</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Eric Amundsen, <em>Scambait</em>‘s protagonist, is a corporate layabout who's obsessed with the contents of his spam folder. In what most find an annoyance, Eric finds his calling: the more time he spends stringing scammers along, the less time the scammers have to swindle the unsuspecting.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>As <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2020/11/23/reading-revising-researching-three-rs-for-a-brave-new-world/\" target=\"_blank\">recent posts</a> will suggest, I've been keen to this scambaiting thing for a while, but this last week, for the first time, I thought I'd try it out myself. You know, let's see what happens when you start actually responding to the contents of your spam folder. That kind of thing.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>The results have been, shall we say, fascinating. They've been hilarious. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>They've also been critical for developing a more nuanced understanding of my protagonist.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>But first, a word of warning: <strong>don't just start doing this yourself without first taking the proper precautions.</strong> </p>\n\n\n\n<p>I'll explore some of the precautions I had to take before engaging the folks in my spam folder below, but this will be a non-exhaustive list. <strong>Replying to these emails</strong>, downloading their attachments, or otherwise providing them with certain kinds of information <strong>can put you and your computer at risk</strong>, so, again: <em>do not just start doing this willy nilly.</em></p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method, Step One: Gearing Up</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If I were to live the day of a scambaiter, I'd have to think like a scambaiter. This, ironically enough, meant thinking like a <em>scammer</em>, too. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>What would a scammer want from me, for example? 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When you create a fresh email account—particularly when it's one that isn't a very common name at gmail, yahoo, or hotmail.com, for example—you'll get nothing but crickets in your inbox unless you go forth and welcome in the spam.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are sites that will sign up an email address for nefarious or less trustworthy distribution lists (no, I won't share their names here; besides, it's illegal harassment to do what you're thinking you want to do to that old boss or ex of yours). Once I found those sites, I signed up the (multiple!) email accounts I created for Eric, and then, I waited for the spam to come rolling in.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>I didn't have to wait long.</p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Method, Step Two: The Baiting Begins</h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Patience, they say, is a virtue, but who needs patience when dozens of eager scammers are just <em>dying </em>to hear from you? 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How will you make the most of all your acquired craft knowledge if you're using it only to shape your current manuscript, instead of also analyzing published fiction?</p>\n\n\n\n<p>A friend recently sent me <em>Eileen </em>by Ottessa Moshfegh. <em>Eileen </em>is the story of, you guessed it, Eileen, a peculiar woman whose miserable, friendless world is turned upside down when a new coworker arrives at the youth prison where she works.</p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8212\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2020/11/23/reading-revising-researching-three-rs-for-a-brave-new-world/eileen-by-ottessa-mosfegh/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?fit=2397%2C2397&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2397,2397\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?fit=1024%2C1024&ssl=1\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=277%2C277&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8212\" width=\"277\" height=\"277\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=1024%2C1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=300%2C300&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=768%2C768&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=1536%2C1536&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=2048%2C2048&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=180%2C180&ssl=1 180w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=624%2C624&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?resize=100%2C100&ssl=1 100w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Eileen-by-Ottessa-Mosfegh.png?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></figure></div>\n\n\n\n<p>Two things struck me as I read <em>Eileen</em>. First, it served as a reminder of how impactful the first-person point of view can be; it invites readers to share an intimate relationship with the protagonist. As a device, this can be highly effective, particularly if the protagonist has a strong, standout voice.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Second, <em>Eileen </em>is quite slow to develop. It isn't until nearly one hundred pages in that this new coworker and soon-to-be friend arrives to upend Eileen's plan of escaping her miserable life in X-ville (literally what it's called in the book). </p>\n\n\n\n<p>This, to me, felt like it should have been a chapter three event (maybe chapter five, if I'm generous), but there I was, one hundred pages in, finally seeing this great and mysterious Rebecca on the page for the first time.</p>\n\n\n\n<p>Writers are fortunate to preside over happy accidents at times, but in reading <em>Eileen</em>, I suddenly found myself at the center of one such accident. Remember <em>Scambait</em>, the novel I've been working on about the corporate layabout whose long-deceased father reaches out to him via his spam folder? My most recent struggles with that manuscript have been, wouldn't you know it, 1) a lack of certainty about whether it needed to be rewritten in the first-person and 2) whether it was too slow to develop. </p>\n\n\n\n<p>Happy accidents. Such is life.</p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Revising</h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To say it requires a great deal of work to change one's manuscript from third-person (he, in this case) to first person (I) is an understatement. 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Not only were my 2019 books eligible, it seemed, but my 2018 release was, too.</p>\n<p>Sigh.</p>\n<p>I’m not sure what came over me in that moment: it was a Sunday afternoon, and we were long past the hours I should have allowed myself to work on the weekend, but part of me knew if I didn’t fill out the entry forms and submit the other requested materials that very day, I’d never do it.</p>\n<p>So I did. I kicked off all three entry forms, and that was that.</p>\n<p>Well, not entirely. I re-read my entry forms and realized that, of course, I made several errors in the information I attempted to submit. Embarrassing.</p>\n<p>I swallowed my pride, however, and sent follow-up emails apologizing for my oversights and including corrected information. 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Note: this content first appeared in episode 088 of the R.R. Campbell Writescast (below).</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"castos-iframe-player\" src=\"https://5e010b52a747f5-56133313.castos.com/player/228074\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I’d like to talk, for a moment, about the intersection of art and politics. Why? Because you asked me to. Well, someone did, anyway, and they did so by visiting <a href=\"http://www.writescast.net/hello\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writescast.net/hello</a> and submitting their question for me to tussle with.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let’s check out the full scope of their comment:</span></p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poets have long been moved by social unrest, as have some nonfiction Writers. Do you think all writers, including fiction have a responsibility through writing and discussion groups to respond to social justice and unrest?</span></h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of all, thank you to this anonymous question contributor. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It's an excellent question.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As to whether we have a responsibility</span>—<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">on that, I’m not entirely sure responsibility figures into it. Why? Because art</span>—<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">particularly wordcraft</span>—i<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s often inherently political.</span></p>\n<h3>Social Responsibility in Fiction: Two Case Studies</h3>\n<p>To explore this, we'll use two unique lenses, namely those of my debut novel, <em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949909387/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accounting for It All</a></em>, and the first two books in my science fiction saga, the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2020/07/23/imminent-dawn-named-as-finalist-in-2020-international-book-awards/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">International Book Awards finalist</a> <em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1949909980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Imminent Dawn</a> </em>and its sequel, <em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/1950412644/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mourning Dove</a></em>.</p>\n<p>Let's start with <em>Accounting for It All</em>. For those who are unfamiliar, it's the s<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tory of an adult-film star turned accountant who finds herself mired in an IRS audit of a money laundering scheme she had no idea she was part of.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you're thinking a novel like this would be rife with opportunities to explore matters of social justice, the treatment of society’s most vulnerable, educational discrepancies and how they affect interactions with the government and other groups—among other topics—you're right!</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s why, for <em>Accounting for It All</em>, I deliberately chose to embrace the intersection of art and politics or social justice. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That said, rather than rely on society’s <strong>prevailing narratives</strong> about those who work in pornography and sex work, I chose to research <strong>countervailing narratives</strong> that I could use to buoy the themes I wanted to explore and the point I wanted to make about the nature of self-actualization.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Okay, so a lot of big stuff there. Why don’t we break that down further so we can better understand how we might approach this in our own work?</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, let's examine prevailing and countervailing narratives. Let’s define and discuss.</span></p>\n<h3>Prevailing Narratives</h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let's begin with prevailing narratives. These are the stories that a culture tends to tell itself about itself. These often come in the form of value statements or morals that are, intentionally or not, seen as prescriptive. <strong>To deviate from these prevailing narratives is, in the eyes of the supposed majority, to betray the values of society itself and to risk becoming an outcast.</strong></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting for It All </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is concerned, the prevailing narratives against which our main character, Robin, finds herself pitted are those with which many of us are familiar: that those who partake in the consumption or production of pornography—or otherwise participate in sex work—are deviants, destitute, otherwise unfit to be embraced by society writ large.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, our society has instituted and maintained a series of statements about itself and its values that cast aspersions on those who participate in this line of work. The prevailing narrative is one that says, “Hey, we don’t like this and we don’t like </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.”</span></p>\n<h3>Countervailing Narratives</h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Countervailing narratives</strong>, on the other hand, <strong>are those that challenge society’s prevailing narratives.</strong> These are the narratives that come to the fore at times of social unrest, during protests, or oftentimes form the basis for petitions or challenges to long-standing legal or cultural precedent. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting for It All</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the primary countervailing narrative can be distilled into a single thematic statement: namely, that there are countless paths one might take to self-actualization, but so long as one can find happiness and become the best version of themselves that they can, that’s enough—society’s expectations be damned.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this way, then, I made an </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">active choice </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">when writing </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting for It All</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: I would choose to research, ruminate on, and then write about countervailing narratives surrounding pornography and sex work, and then explore the interplay between society’s prevailing and countervailing narratives through the experiences of my main character, Robin, a young woman from middle America who, feeling desperately out of place among the circumstances in which she was raised, pursues a career in front of and later behind the camera.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, was this exploration an easy one to do? No. As one might expect, it’s challenging to find people who are willing to talk about or argue in favor of society’s countervailing narratives when it comes to topics as sensitive as these.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And, after having written this book, seeing it published, and having some distance between myself and the time at which I wrote it, do I still agree with every presentation I made, with every argument I took up, with every facet of the story I chose to include in order to present these countervailing narratives? I don’t know.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But here’s the thing: <strong>my thoughts on it now don’t really matter</strong>. The readers’ thoughts, however, </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span></p>\n<h3>Readers and Their Reality</h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In presenting </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting for It All </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as I have, I’m offering readers the opportunity to engage with prevailing and countervailing narratives in a private space and in a fictional world. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>The conclusions they choose to reach are for them and them alone</strong>; I factor little into how they ultimately interact with that which I wrote. The best I could—and did, hopefully—do, was to write a story that lets the world know these countervailing narratives exist and that there are people out there who are—happily, I might add—actively living them every day. What readers choose to do with these presentations in the end is completely up to them. </span></p>\n<h3>Not All Manuscripts Are the Same</h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That brings me, actually, to the first two books in my EMPATHY sci-fi saga, <em>Imminent Dawn</em> and <em>Mourning Dove</em>.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For these books, my process was vastly different than the one I employed for </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accounting for It All</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In these, I had no overt political statement to make or social exploration to perform.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, I wanted to focus on this speculative world in which humankind was going through the first round of human trials for an internet-access brain implant. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My goals with the EMPATHY series were to put entertainment—things like incredible twists and spellbinding suspense—first and foremost. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And this stance is an absolutely valid one to take!</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But here’s the thing: as I started writing and as readers started reacting, it was apparent that, yes, even in the EMPATHY series, the dilemmas our characters face create situations where readers inevitably must tussle with moral conundrums that, at times, enter into a political space.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider even just one of <em>Imminent Dawn</em>’s perspective characters, the ruthless tech magnate, Wyatt Halman. In his very first chapter, he’s rebuffing attempts from the North American Union government to gain access to the EMPATHY internet-access brain implant he’s developing.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This scene alone is teeming with political underpinnings and statements about the prevailing and countervailing narratives our society tells itself about the nature of power, what it means for something to be in “the greater good,” and whether one person’s ambition should override the will of the people via a government that, at least in theory, has been elected by popular vote.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Whether I want this subtext to be in those scenes or not, it’s there</strong>. That the North American Union government exists at all is, in some ways, a political statement of sorts. In other words, the very existence of an alternative government structure forces readers to contend with the possibilities and the problems that might create, and the work, then, wades into the intersection of realms of politics and social justice.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And these explorations need not always be political for us to find ourselves at the crux of colliding prevailing and countervailing narratives.</span></p>\n<h3>Prevailing and Countervailing Narratives as Moral Dilemmas</h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider later in </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imminent Dawn</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when our ruthless tech magnate Wyatt must tussle with the question of whether to shut down his research study. It’s not exactly going according to plan, and that lives very well might be at risk presents an extraordinary conundrum for him: does he shut down the study and forfeit any possibility of ushering in a new age of enlightenment, or does he press on in the name of progress and risk losing lives along the way?</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think our society’s prevailing narrative would suggest the study ought to be shut down, but if a new age of peace and understanding might await on the far side of the trials if they proceed, might it not be worth the loss of a few lives to see that through?</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don’t know. Wyatt, however, has to make a decision, and when he does, readers no doubt are left with strong feelings about him one way or the other, and the ensuing unrest and years-long battles in the name of social justice inevitably consume much of </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imminent Dawn </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mourning Dove </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as those novels proceed.</span></p>\n<h3>So What Does This Mean for Us?</h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The point is this: whether we have a responsibility to explore topics related to prevailing and countervailing narratives, moral proclamations, social justice, or unrest in our work is, in some ways, beside the point. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No matter what we choose to write about, our work will, to some extent, inevitably find itself confronting tough questions. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because that’s fiction. 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Note: </strong>A version of this post first appeared in the opening minutes of episode 087 of the R.R. Campbell Writescast (below). All querying statistics are up-to-date as of the date of recording.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"castos-iframe-player\" src=\"https://5e010b52a747f5-56133313.castos.com/player/223204\" width=\"100%\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to speak directly to novelists now, particularly those who are <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2020/04/23/lets-talk-querying/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">querying</a>, as one's querying quest is, almost universally, rife with far more rejection than acceptance.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It becomes all too easy, then, to look at one's querying statistics and fret whether our work is good enough, whether it will ever find a home. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But, as we'll see in the following exploration of my current querying journey, there are ways to reframe our querying statistics such that they encourage us rather than disparage us.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> So let's explore the <em>how </em>of this by using my manuscript <em>When the Stars Conspire</em></span>—<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or, as I have nicknamed it, “cranberries”</span>—<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">as an example.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why cranberries? 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They’re both alive and dead at the same time, and knowing that doesn’t really do us any good either way.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Schrödinger’s submissions set aside, however, we then have a total of 27 queries with the below breakdown.</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One full request</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two partial requests</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24 outright rejections</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, we'll ignore that one of those partials would later become a rejection; we can’t assume all partial requests will eventually become rejections, after all.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking at these statistics, our hit rate is now eleven percent!</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on these numbers, we’d expect approximately eleven percent of those pending submissions to become either partial or full requests, which would mean, of the 25 still-pending queries, we could see another three partial or full requests come in!</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, rather than focusing on the prospect of another wave of rejections rolling in, doesn’t it feel better to know there are a handful of agents out there, who, if the numbers can be believed, will, in the coming weeks or months, be reaching out to ask for more?</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personally, I cherish the thought.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps that’s a thought worth keeping in mind for all of us. Whether we’re querying now, have queried in the past, or will query in the future, remember the querying process is a numbers game. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than that, really, it’s a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">game.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because on the other end of every one of those queries is another reader, a prospective cheerleader and advocate for your work. On the other end of every one of those queries is a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">person</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You just have to have the patience to find the right one for you and for your work.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So does this help, listener? Does it hurt? 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"rendered": "<p>I'm honored to announce my science fiction debut, <em>Imminent Dawn</em>, has been selected as a finalist in the 2020 International Book Awards.</p>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/jeffreykeenlosangeles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jeffrey Keen</a>, President and CEO of <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/AmericanBookFest/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Book Fest</a>, said this year’s contest yielded over 2,000 entries from authors and publishers around the world, which were then narrowed down to the final results.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7973\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2020/07/23/imminent-dawn-named-as-finalist-in-2020-international-book-awards/imminent-dawn-award-winning-novel/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?fit=1595%2C1063&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1595,1063\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Imminent Dawn Award Winning Novel\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?fit=1024%2C682&ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-7973 alignright\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?resize=240%2C160&ssl=1\" alt=\"Imminent Dawn Award Winning Novel\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?w=1595&ssl=1 1595w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?resize=1024%2C682&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?resize=768%2C512&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?resize=1536%2C1024&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?resize=360%2C242&ssl=1 360w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel.png?resize=624%2C416&ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></p>\n<p>Keen says of the awards, “The 2020 results represent a phenomenal mix of books from a wide array of publishers throughout the world.”</p>\n<p><em>Imminent Dawn </em>is the story of art-school dropout Chandra, a woman who would do anything to apologize for her role in her wife’s coma—including enroll in the first round of human trials for an internet-access brain implant.</p>\n<p>It also follows the story of ruthless tech magnate, Wyatt Halman; relentless investigative journalist, Meredith Maxwell; and advancement-hungry administrative assistant, Ariel Commons.</p>\n<p>Forced to confront conspiracies stretching from the highest levels of the North American Union government to the lowest dredges of its shadowy hacking collectives, all four characters are set on a collision course that leaves them fighting to reclaim that which they value most: their loved ones, their freedom, their lives.</p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7974\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2020/07/23/imminent-dawn-named-as-finalist-in-2020-international-book-awards/imminent-dawn-award-winning-novel-board-room/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?fit=1600%2C1311&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1600,1311\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Imminent Dawn Award Winning Novel Board Room\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?fit=300%2C246&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?fit=1024%2C839&ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-7974 alignleft\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?resize=238%2C195&ssl=1\" alt=\"Imminent Dawn Award Winning Novel Board Room\" width=\"238\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?w=1600&ssl=1 1600w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?resize=300%2C246&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?resize=1024%2C839&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?resize=768%2C629&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?resize=1536%2C1259&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Imminent-Dawn-Award-Winning-Novel-Board-Room.png?resize=624%2C511&ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 238px) 100vw, 238px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" />New York Times </em>bestselling author Matt Forbeck has hailed <em>Imminent Dawn </em>as “an incisive techno-thriller that gets more tense with every page,” and, upon its release, <em>Imminent Dawn </em>debuted at number one for its genre on Amazon.</p>\n<p>You can order <em>Imminent Dawn </em>through your local bookseller or <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N1Q8C6G/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">find it on Amazon</a> or via its publisher, <a href=\"https://ninestarpress.com/product/imminent-dawn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NineStar Press</a>. The book, which is the first in the EMPATHY sci-fi saga, is available in both ebook and print.</p>\n<p>The full list of 2020 International Book Awards winners and finalists can be found <a href=\"http://www.internationalbookawards.com/2020pressrelease.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.</a></p>\n<p>Thank you to everyone who has supported this book at every stage of its journey; this book and series would not be where it is today without you.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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We're talking earth-shaking, tectonic plate-level rewrites. I always imagined the world and the characters were the same, but it seemed the threads we so carefully stitched in our time together were simply not destined to be.</p>\n<p>And yet: even these substantial revisions bore no fruit.</p>\n<p>Rach and I stayed in touch throughout it all, and I was honored when she asked me for a letter of recommendation to an MA program in creative writing. This not only gave me an opportunity to rave about Rach and her writing; it let me, as I would say in the letter of recommendation, revisit her manuscript that, “to this day, captures my imagination during life's quiet moments.”</p>\n<p>This venture, however, also proved to be a dead end. I sincerely started to worry Rach might abandoning writing altogether. And could you blame her if she had? By this time, rejection's jagged edge would have cut most people far too deep for them to consider pressing on.</p>\n<p>But nevertheless, Rachael persisted.</p>\n<p>And finally:</p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">*drum roll*</p>\n<p>I am so beyond excited to announce I am now represented by the amazing <a href=\"https://twitter.com/renarossner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@renarossner</a> of The Deborah Harris Literary Agency!! 🥰 Rena’s enthusiasm and belief in my wintery, Slavic book about fate magic is everything I could have ever hoped for in an agent!! <a href=\"https://t.co/n6zPvrNkIn\">pic.twitter.com/n6zPvrNkIn</a></p>\n<p>— Rachael A Edwards 🌙 ❄️ - on (semi) hiatus (@RachaelAWrites) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/RachaelAWrites/status/1283103129454678017?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I have SO MANY people to thank and I’m probably going to forget people but first I wanna thank the <a href=\"https://twitter.com/ReviseResub?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ReviseResub</a> 2018 gang, especially my mentor <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iamrrcampbell</a> 🖤 you were one of the first people to believe in this story and I wouldn’t have gotten here without you all! <a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/revpit?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#revpit</a></p>\n<p>— Rachael A Edwards 🌙 ❄️ - on (semi) hiatus (@RachaelAWrites) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/RachaelAWrites/status/1283104204505194510?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2020</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<p>Just this last week, Rachael was able to make public some news she had shared with me privately a few days earlier: at long last, THREADS found representation in Rena Rossner, a literary agent at The Deborah Harris Literary Agency.</p>\n<p>I'd be lying if I said I didn't tear up at the news.</p>\n<p>Oh, and did I mention the version that attracted Rena's attention was the one Rach and I had poured our hearts into two years ago?</p>\n<p>Whew.</p>\n<p>I could go on about the importance of perseverance, about how one should never give up, but Rach's lived journey tells you all you need to know and more.</p>\n<p>So whether you're a writer, an artist, searching for a job or trying to learn a new skill, know that success can and will come.</p>\n<p>You'll have to do the work, but it <em>will</em> happen.</p>\n<p>And I think that's pretty fab.</p>\n<hr />\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/rachaelawrites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Follow Rach's ongoing journey on Twitter here.</a></strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/coaching\">Learn more about working with me as your writing coach.</a></strong></p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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The word alone is enough to have some writers retreating into their shells, but to those outside the writing community, it's a topic with which few have any familiarity.</p>\n<p>So let's talk querying today—not the hows, per se, but the what, the why, and how it's going in my own querying journey for the manuscript I'm currently shopping.</p>\n<p>For those unfamiliar with the term, querying is the act of sending query letters (essentially cover letters for your book) to literary agents with the goal of attracting their attention, having them request pages—or, ideally, the full manuscript—and, from there, signing with them to have them represent you, your manuscript, and your interests to a publisher.</p>\n<p>The process then begins all over again, but this time, it's your agent—an industry insider—introducing your work to the publishing world's gatekeepers, who, at the largest publishing houses, do not take submissions directly from authors.</p>\n<p>If this seems daunting, it is; ask any writer who's undertaken the task. There's a specific format one must generally use in their queries, and distilling one's book into a single page that follows this format is all the more challenging.</p>\n<p>But it <em>is </em>possible, and it's an absolutely critical step for any writer who dreams of having their work traditionally published with one of the major publishing houses.</p>\n<p>Those of you who know me or my work might be wondering at this juncture why I'm actively querying a manuscript. Don't I already have a publisher? Aren't my books slated for publication from now to the end of time?</p>\n<p>First, yes. I do have a publisher, or did for <em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KDQBZ55/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accounting for It All</a> </em>and the first two books in my <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07R7DLZ1L\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPATHY sci-fi saga</a>. NineStar Press, however, is a smaller, independent press that <em>does </em>accept queries directly from authors.</p>\n<p>Working with presses like NineStar is a wonderful way to get one's feet wet in the publishing world. By querying small presses and—if your work is up to the content and quality standards of what they're looking to publish—having your work published with them, a writer can learn an immense amount about publishing, marketing, and navigating rejection.</p>\n<p>Oh, and your books can wind up published, too, which isn't a bad deal, either.</p>\n<p>That said, for the next few manuscripts I'm working on or have written, I'm ready, again, to hit query road and reach new audiences with my work. Working with an agent and then, hopefully, a large publisher also means broader distribution, a marketing budget funded by the publisher, and, in most cases an advance—all of which are hard to come by or non-existent in the world of working with independent presses.</p>\n<p>Since mid-March, I've been actively querying a manuscript tentatively entitled <em>When the Stars Conspire</em>. Here's a selection of the query letter I've been sending out to agents in the time since.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5>Zachary Carmichael is going to die, and all he’s left with are questions. When cranberry farmer Kelsey Lilageist discovers the wreckage of his plane on her farm, he has no answer for who he is or how he came to be in his aircraft, and the mystery only deepens when Kelsey drives Zach to the address on his license; there’s no home on the property—it’s as thickly forested as the rest of Vilas County.</h5>\n<h5>At Kelsey’s invite, Zach takes up temporary residence on her farm, but he’s haunted by incomplete visions of a past life, one of extraordinary technology—and danger—far beyond the seemingly simple routine Kelsey’s built for herself in rural Wisconsin. Kelsey’s life isn’t, however, as straightforward as it appears: horrifying visions of her own preceded Zach’s arrival, and as the two of them grow closer, those visions grow darker and more ominous. Between Zach and Kelsey, they begin to suspect she was once murdered for a secret Zach was willing to travel light years to ascertain—and that those who killed her are now after Zach, too.</h5>\n<h5>As otherworldly foes with murderous intentions encroach upon Kelsey’s farm, Zach and Kelsey find themselves caught, too, between their search for the forbidden knowledge Kelsey died to learn and their growing attraction to each other. To overcome, the two of them must decide: embrace the imperfect beauty of the present, or surge on in the face of mortal peril to secure a future for all sentient life in the universe.</h5>\n</blockquote>\n<p>These are the sections known as “the hook” and “the book.” I've left off the so-called “cook” section—in which you mention your platform and publishing credentials to date—as well as the comparison titles section, in which one mentions the manuscript's word count and other successful books to which your title can be compared.</p>\n<p>So with that context in mind, how has my querying experience gone so far? 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Red are rejections, yellow indicates pending submissions, and green is used to indicate various stages of interest from an agent. Individual rows are blurred to protect individuals' privacy.</p></div></p>\n<ul>\n<li>21 queries sent</li>\n<li>10 rejections (7 form, 3 personal)</li>\n<li>9 awaiting reply</li>\n<li>1 partial request</li>\n<li>1 full request</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Having twenty-one queries sent since mid-March is nothing to shrug off; what this number doesn't convey is the amount of time necessary to research agents to whom this book might appeal. That's right; you don't simply copy every agent you've ever heard of into a single email and hope for the best. Each query should be personalized and appeal to their particular taste, which they often convey in what's known as a manuscript wish list (often abbreviated as MSWL).</p>\n<p>Ten rejections isn't what one wants, but it's by no means awful. Keep in mind<strong> agents do not get paid until the author gets paid. </strong>This means an agent has to be willing to work with you <strong>for free </strong>until they find a publisher for your work, at which point they generally get a 15% cut of your advance and royalties. In other words, they have to <em>love </em>your work from the moment they first read of it to consider reading your actual manuscript. They have their own client list already, after all, and it's with their clients that their focus really has to be.</p>\n<p>And nine awaiting reply, huh? Some might think it's rude to have not heard back from someone in a month, but in the world of publishing, a month is the equivalent of an hour elsewhere. It can be three to six months before you hear back from an agent, assuming one hears back at all. This, again, is a result of their need to focus on their clients first, as well as, you know, themselves and their families outside of the world of work.</p>\n<p>Then we get into the requests! This is where one wants to be. A partial request means an agent has written you back and asked for a portion of your manuscript. In my case, an agent has requested the first three chapters of my manuscript after having read my query letter. Interestingly enough, this is an agent I didn't initially query, but rather one who works at the same agency as an agent to whom I did reach out. That's another noteworthy dynamic at play here: if your manuscript isn't right for one agent but they work with another agent to whom they think your work might appeal, they'll pass along your work to their colleague. Teamwork!</p>\n<p>And of course, then, we have the full requests. These come about when an agent has been really drawn in my your query letter or any sample pages they've seen of yours so far. At this stage, they're asking for the full manuscript, which, if it holds their attention, remains up their alley insofar as publishing-world connections are concerned, and they think you're a good fit after what's essentially a phone interview known as “the call,” they then offer you representation!</p>\n<p>So, yes, there are quite a few dominoes that have to align even after a full request has been made, but I'm thrilled to have a full request after only a month of querying work. This is doubly the case considering the individual who has requested a full from me is someone I would absolutely love to work with should I be so fortunate.</p>\n<p>And that's querying in a nutshell, as well as where I'm at in my journey for the moment. I've put querying on pause until early May, at which point I'll resume the work. There are strategic reasons for this I can get into in a future post, but for now, we'll leave it there.</p>\n<p>Questions? Comments? Learn something new today? 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Can you see it?”</strong></h3>\n<p>“Yes, oh yes. Trees as far as the eye can see. Trunks so thick they can’t be hugged. Fruits so splendid, you’d never long to taste another. A forest of unmatched bounty. A forest for all.”</p>\n<p>“That is a forest, yes, but I dream of dry valleys and steep cliffs, of brush that prickles to the touch, of life that scurries instead of swings.”</p>\n<p>“But the fruit of this forest—”</p>\n<p>“The fruit of this forest is not plucked from the vine. It is not peeled and pitted. It is found always around the next bend, over the next incline, and beneath every unturned stone. It is a feast for the eyes, for the fibers of woebegone muscles. It silences the voice within that would have you collapse with every pace.”</p>\n<p>“I do not know this fruit.”</p>\n<p>“But you do, yes, you do. It is the fruit of all earned journeys—the spoils of a triumphant spirit.”</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>If you follow me on <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram</a>, you know I spent much of February drying out in the Sonoran Desert, the Tonto National Forest, and the Superstition Wilderness Area. I desperately needed the time away from the cold, and though daytime temps started in the 30s, most days they reached the 60s or 70s, which provided enough of a reprieve to have me feeling refreshed by the time we boarded our return flight home.</p>\n<p>Then, this greeted us as our plane descended in Madison.</p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7531\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2020/02/18/adventure-indoors-and-out/image1-2-2/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"image1 (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" class=\" size-full wp-image-7531 aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?resize=1080%2C810&ssl=1\" alt=\"image1 (2)\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?w=4032&ssl=1 4032w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&ssl=1 1536w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&ssl=1 2048w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?resize=624%2C468&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/image1-2.jpeg?w=3240&ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></p>\n<p>The snow is to be expected this time of year (it is February, after all), but I won't pretend I wasn't a bit disheartened.</p>\n<p>Once we deplaned, however, I found this snow, too, refreshing. 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I didn't realize any of it was in the manuscript until I left it untouched during the time I was away.</p>\n<p>This is a lesson I've had to learn time and time again, and every time I encounter it, it becomes more and more true. Sometimes the best thing we can do for a project, for a relationship, for even the most mundane of tasks is to leave it be for a time.</p>\n<p>That said, it isn't practical to scamper off to the desert every time we need a break (at least not if you're in Wisconsin like I am). The good news, though, is that time and distance can, for these purposes, be relative. We can pick and choose the when, how, and how far of the space we need for ourselves, and accepting that control (and acting upon it!) can make all the difference between stumbling into inspiration and burning oneself out.</p>\n<p>So give yourself space. Give yourself time. 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We'll see you again in March, if not sooner!</p>\n<hr />\n<p>The above is an abbreviated version of material that first appeared in my author newsletter. If you'd like to receive these updates in your inbox each month, you can <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe here</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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We had no relationship outside that of editor and client, of mentor and mentee, but reading about how she—an otherwise healthy young woman in her thirties—inexplicably passed in her sleep shook me in ways I could not have expected.</p>\n<p>I could linger, now, on the obvious tragedy, on the anguish her passing must have caused her family, her friends, and community, but instead, I want to focus on one word: promise.</p>\n<p>Who she was lives on. Her promise is part of those whose lives she touched. It's part of the promise their lives hold now; her purpose is now, to some extent, theirs. And though her manuscript never had the chance to land an agent, to fetch her the publishing deal it would have very much deserved, that story lives on, too.</p>\n<p>“Mozart, Beethoven and Chopin never died. 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"rendered": "<p>They never signal. They pass on the right. They weave in and out of traffic with no regard for their safety or that of others.</p>\n<p>I'm talking, of course, about drivers from the state of Nevada.</p>\n<p>Or Georgia.</p>\n<p>Or Missouri.</p>\n<p>It really depends on who you ask.</p>\n<p>One study, in fact, did ask this question, and the results raised some eyebrows—or they did mine, at least.</p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https://smartasset.com/checking-account/states-worst-drivers-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/dr5dymrsxhdzh.cloudfront.net/blog/images/aa7ab7e09/2019/06/worst-drivers_2019_map.png?resize=600%2C522&ssl=1\" width=\"600\" height=\"522\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https://smartasset.com/checking-account/states-worst-drivers-2019\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Image from SmartAsset.com</a></p></div></p>\n<p>Mississippi, then. It's settled, at least if we trust the methodology SmartAsset employed when conducting <a href=\"https://smartasset.com/checking-account/states-worst-drivers-2019\">this analysis.</a></p>\n<p>Personally, I have no qualms with drivers from the Magnolia State, likely because here in Wisconsin I never find myself tailgated, cut off, or otherwise confounded by the actions of vehicles with Mississippi plates.</p>\n<p>That honor belongs to drivers from the great state of Illinois.</p>\n<p>You can imagine my frustration, then, when I learned that, at least according to SmartAsset, Illinois drivers finished just outside the top ten <em>best </em>in the United States, with folks from my home state coming in right in the middle of the pack.</p>\n<p>I mean, how could we Wisconsinites be any worse than the Illinois-plated trucks roaring down our interstates at twenty-five over the speed limit? 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As I've written in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/12/02/this-friday-a-new-short-story\">other</a> <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/12/03/on-writing-ones-anxieties\">posts</a> this week, I'm proud of this new short—not only because it's the first I've written in years—but because it comes from a place of honesty.</p>\n<p>Yes, I <em>do </em>grip the steering wheel that much harder when a vehicle from Illinois is flying past at speeds unsafe even in ideal conditions. I <em>do </em>fist pump when state troopers have an Illinois-plated vehicle pulled over. I <em>do </em>wonder why I permit myself to feel this way, even when I understand these attitudes are maintained, at this point, almost entirely by my unabating desire to keep them alive.</p>\n<p>I don't have an answer to this particular question, nor will “State Line” provide one definitively. 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"rendered": "<p>Everyone's imagination runs wild from time to time.</p>\n<p>Anticipation swells within us, the possibilities playing themselves out in our minds. We predict, preempt, and plan, eager to head off impending disaster.</p>\n<p>You can imagine, then, a Sunday evening drive, the sun long set, the interstate slick with snow. The nausea simmers in your stomach as a vehicle barrels down the interstate behind you, weaving in and out of traffic in your rearview mirror.</p>\n<p>They're coming. He's coming. At his hands, the road is yours to lose—and with it, your life.</p>\n<p>So you grip the wheel. You hold steady. You ensure you're far from his path, or as far from it as you can be considering traffic now merges on both sides; the center lane is yours to maintain. It's somehow the safest and least safe place on the road.</p>\n<p>The car finally passes, and, though relief should have you in its warm embrace, you grip the wheel harder still, fretting a fate that never was.</p>\n<p>These are the events of a Sunday in early November, and my fretting did not, would not relent. There was never any true threat from that encroaching vehicle, no, but the dread that came with its approach would not subside until I cast my anxieties onto the page.</p>\n<p>And so I wrote.</p>\n<p>This wasn't the first time in recent weeks when I channeled personal distress—or, in some cases, triumph—for my work, but it did mark the first occasion on which I did so in a generally fictional space.</p>\n<p>Whether in fiction or non, however, I'm finding writing my anxieties finally delivers the warm embrace of relief I anticipated—but never felt—in the moments following the passing of that vehicle. In this relief, I'm finding it easier now, too, to share how the experience has shaped me and to share the fruits of the process.</p>\n<p>The true life events described above form the cornerstone of my forthcoming flash fiction piece, “State Line,” the story of a widower confronting a recent loss and interstate stereotypes, which I'll be posting to <a href=\"https://www.wattpad.com/user/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Wattpad</a> this Friday. I'm proud of this new short—not only because it's the first I've written in years—but because it comes from a place of honesty.</p>\n<p>And I know I can't be alone in having experienced this.</p>\n<p>So tell me in the comments: how do personal triumph and tragedy—real or imagined—inform your work? Does writing your woes, your anxieties, your aspirations affect your relationship to your creative process, to whether you share a particular piece?</p>\n<p>While you collect your thoughts to post below, know I'll return tomorrow right here with an exploration of the dynamics that underlie the interstate stereotypes at the heart of “State Line.”</p>\n<p>Until then, however, write on. Write well. Be your best you.</p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7175\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/12/02/this-friday-a-new-short-story/rr-black-signature-transparent/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rr-black-signature-transparent.png?fit=405%2C228&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"405,228\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"rr black signature transparent\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rr-black-signature-transparent.png?fit=300%2C169&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rr-black-signature-transparent.png?fit=405%2C228&ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-7175 aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rr-black-signature-transparent.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1\" alt=\"rr black signature transparent\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rr-black-signature-transparent.png?w=405&ssl=1 405w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/rr-black-signature-transparent.png?resize=300%2C169&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>r.r. campbell</em></h3>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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After spending the first week developing their concepts, they shifted into structuring their plots and scenes. We also emphasized the importance of our protagonists by focusing on their wants, needs, fears, and how far they were willing to go to achieve that which they desire most.</p>\n<p>Every student in the class had a <em>wonderful </em>concept, and I'm confident they left the course with a map to the story they seek. I want to thank them again (publicly now) for their participation and their engagement with the course material.</p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6960\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/10/08/thats-a-wrap-thank-you-uw/image2-3/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"image2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" class=\" size-full wp-image-6960 aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?resize=1080%2C810&ssl=1\" alt=\"image2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?w=4032&ssl=1 4032w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?resize=624%2C468&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/image2.jpeg?w=3240&ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></p>\n<p>Beyond their excellent contributions to the course, I was additionally grateful to have this opportunity for personal reasons; as a University of Wisconsin alumnus myself, returning to campus to teach meant a great deal to me. There's nothing quite like finding oneself amid the throng of foot traffic crossing Library Mall and Langdon to take in the Red Gym (<a href=\"https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5CHFA_enUS845US845&sxsrf=ACYBGNRuikXzL_wlTq-QoQWJtNn7nY-vcQ:1570209447958&q=University+of+Wisconsin+Armory+and+Gymnasium&stick=H4sIAAAAAAAAAONgecTYy8gt8PLHPWGpZsZJa05eY6zl4grOyC93zSvJLKkU8uJig7LkuPikuPRz9Q2MM4yNSiw1GKR4uJD4UgpKXLz2r9ZIij58sO2UlhBnaOjUVV7BbB2CfPX5J6J4mWYpKRvx77o07Rwbp6DKPXUTM89gh0erO1exMhkwNO1bcYiNhYNRgIFnEatOaF5mWWpRMdBShfw0hfDM4uT8vOLMPAXHotz8okqFxLwUBffK3LzE4szSXADSbAHOwgAAAA&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi09PiCjoPlAhVKhq0KHfseAOgQ6RMwFnoECAsQBA&biw=1440&bih=764\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Bowser's Castle”</a>) and Memorial Union on the way to the Pyle Center.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\/\\/ryanrcampbell.com\\/2019\\/10\\/08\\/thats-a-wrap-thank-you-uw\\/","likes_blog_id":127350505}' itemscope itemtype=\"http://schema.org/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1080px; 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Stay tuned to my newsletter for updates on future iterations of this and other courses.</p>\n<p>Thanks again to my students, to the UW, and to the writing community at large for making this possible.</p>\n<p>Write on and write well!</p>\n<hr />\n<p><a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\">Subscribe to my newsletter</a>, follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\">Facebook</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\">Instagram</a>, or check out <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/courses\">my writing courses</a> and <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/editing-services\">editing services</a> to stay in touch.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>I'm pleased to formally announce the release date and title for book three in the EMPATHY series.</p>\n<p>Book three, <em>Event Horizon</em>, will be published with NineStar Press on <strong>March 2nd, 2020.</strong></p>\n<p>The excitement is very real. I'm actively working on the manuscript's final deep-structure changes, and being back in the world of EMPATHY has me more invigorated than ever to introduce you to the saga's next thrilling installment.</p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1192\" src=\"https://empathynovel.files.wordpress.com/2019/09/emp-twitter-1.png?resize=1024%2C512\" alt=\"EMP Twitter (1).png\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></p>\n<h2>What can you expect?</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Reader beware: spoilers follow for </em>Imminent Dawn <em>and </em>Mourning Dove.</span></p>\n<p><em>Event Horizon</em> will focus heavily on Ty and his trials in the Merry Hacksters' lair, the Vermont TeddyCo basement. We'll also see plenty of Chandra and Kyra as they continue to confront the decisions they've made on how to best handle EMPATHY and their relationships with each other (and with themselves) going forward.</p>\n<p>We'll also get perspective chapters for a longtime character whose “head” we haven't yet hopped into (wink, wink). Beyond that, characters we haven't seen or heard from (or might not have expected to see or hear from any longer) in some time will (re-)emerge as key players in the broader world's struggles.</p>\n<p>But who are these characters and what role will they play? You'll have to wait until March 2020 to find out.</p>\n<h2>“Hey, wait a minute…”</h2>\n<p>What about the Halman siblings? What about Ren and Gary? What about the election and the New Québec Liberation Front? All of that hasn't disappeared, has it?</p>\n<p>It has not, no. In fact, those characters and plots will return in perspective chapters in book four of the EMPATHY series, tentatively titled <em>Rubicon</em>. The events of <em>Rubicon </em>will be concurrent to those of <em>Event Horizon</em>, similar to how the events of George R.R. Martin's <em>A Dance With Dragons </em>and <em>A Feast for Crows </em>are portrayed.</p>\n<h2>Why choose to do this?</h2>\n<p>In an ideal world, I'd present every chapter chronologically with every perspective character in the same, single volume. As my original vision for <em>Event Horizon </em>took shape, however, it became apparent that the quantity of content would not allow it all to be physically contained in a single book.</p>\n<p>Yes, <em>Event Horizon </em>will be a long one, the longest book in the series so far.</p>\n<h2>When will book four be released?</h2>\n<p>I do have an early draft of <em>Rubicon </em>complete for the majority of that installment's perspective characters, but there is much work left to do. At this time, we do not have a tentative publication date for book four available, though my goal is to aim for a 2021 release. Be sure to <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe to my newsletter</a> to stay up to date with the latest news.</p>\n<h2>“Okay, I'm excited. How can I get my hands on an early copy of <em>Event Horizon</em>?”</h2>\n<p>As always, ARCs will be made available on NetGalley. 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"rendered": "<p>Kill your darlings, <a href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/18/_kill_your_darlings_writing_advice_what_writer_really_said_to_murder_your.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they</a> say. Every writer has at least heard the phrase, and the interpretations of what it really means vary from deleting a <a href=\"http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/writers-perspective/writing-technique/kill-your-darlings-and-other-terrifying-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">favorite phrase</a> to <a href=\"http://writeroutine.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-kill-your-darlings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an entire beat or event</a>. Those darlings aren't what we'll focus on in this post, however. Today, we're talking murder—actual, literary murder.</p>\n<p>In literature as in life, people die. George R.R. Martin is (in)famous for killing off his characters, as <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2013/11/Screen-shot-2013-11-20-at-9.52.03-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly any chapter</a> in the <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i> series can attest. It should go without saying that the impact of a well executed, literal character assassination can go a long way in creating emotional resonance and contributing to theme or character development, but how can a writer maximize that impact when they decide the time has come for one of their characters to meet their maker?</p>\n<p>Though there are a number of approaches to creating a memorable end-scene for a character, I'd like to focus on the three main (poisonous?) ingredients that a writer can use to help achieve this goal: <b>character appeal</b>, <b>timeliness of death</b>, and <b>manner of death</b>.</p>\n<h2>Character Appeal (or Lack Thereof)</h2>\n<p>So let's say you decide it's time for Henchman #4 to stop carrying out orders and start pushing daisies. That's fine, but who really gives half a hoot about him? He didn't even have a name!</p>\n<p>Well, he didn't have a name to you, maybe, but he had a name to <i>someone</i>. And that's the trick, really; we need to make our readers that <i>someone, </i>and we need the character in question to be a person that our reader can get behind (or root against!). Consider the following scenario.</p>\n<p>As it turns out, Henchman #4's real name is Dale. Dale has a wife and five kids, and only signed up to work for the evil Doctor Zygbo part-time because he needed a second job to help get his fifth child through school. Dale works days at the local Fun Mart for mere pennies over minimum wage, and at night, he toils for Zygbo, pushing buttons and flipping switches to further the doctor's evil designs.</p>\n<p>“But wait,” you might say, “even if he has all those other things going on, couldn't he have picked up another shift at Fun Mart or gotten a job working as a janitor or something? Working for the evil doctor makes Dale a real jerk.”</p>\n<p>I hate to break it to you, but the answer is no, he couldn't have done those things. Fun Mart keeps its employees working under 32 hours a week to avoid having to provide health insurance, and the only other place in town that was hiring was the puppy mill. Did I mention Dale has a soft spot for puppies? Well, he does. He loves puppies almost as much as he loves his wife and five children. He would never work at the puppy mill and you should never adopt from one.</p>\n<p>Now that we've established Dale is a generally upstanding guy who, as a matter of circumstance and personal conviction, just happened to get sucked into Doctor Zygbo's hiring spree, let's move on to the next major matter that could make his previously anonymous death that much more impactful.</p>\n<h2>Timeliness of Death</h2>\n<p>What I mean by timeliness of a character's death has less to do with the day of the week and everything to do with where the character is at in their development arc. Where are they in their journey to accomplish their primary goal? What will the impact be of their success or failure as it relates to that goal?<b><br />\n</b></p>\n<p>Again, let's bring this back to good old Dale—sweet, puppy-loving, father-of-five Dale. We'll also add to the narrative that Dale got his job at Doctor Zygbo's Death Emporium to earn extra scratch for his youngest daughter's college education (she wants to be a veterinarian, you know).</p>\n<p>What happens if we learn that he actually accomplished that goal months ago, and is now showing up for work out of simple habit at the time of his death? If you're a knee-jerk <a href=\"http://www.wpr.org/shows/why-we-blame-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">victim-blamer</a> (emphasis on “jerk”), you might say something like, “well, he should have quit when he had the chance” or “he got what he deserved for selling out to Zygbo in the first place.” Others might say it's all the more tragic that he died <i>after</i> accomplishing his goal, as his death came about needlessly.</p>\n<p>But what if, at the time of his death, he was still a year away from finally having saved up enough to send little Melanie (that's her name now) off to college debt-free? What if, as he looked forward to counting down the months and weeks and days to accomplish this goal, his inner thoughts revealed a man increasingly more troubled with what he had to do for Doctor Zygbo on a nightly basis? Dale would be able to forgive himself someday, right? His family would forgive him if they ever found out where the money came from, wouldn't they?</p>\n<p>Lordy, even I'm starting to feel bad for Dale under that scenario.</p>\n<p>Now let's compare the <i>impact</i> those two possible scenarios would have on readers. In the first setup, his family would be crushed, of course, but as it relates to Dale's primary goal, his daughter would be able to afford school, at least.</p>\n<p>In the second scenario, however, not only does Dale's family have to confront his loss, but Dale himself would have died before achieving the one thing he was willing to sacrifice his integrity for. On top of that, little Melanie would have to take out massive loans for her education, something her generally risk-averse personality would ultimately discourage her from doing. Without her veterinary degree, there'd be a far greater number of sick puppies lolling around, a further affront to her father's puppy-loving memory. An extraordinary tragedy, folks. It'd be an extraordinary tragedy.</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">“Yeah, but emphasizing the impact of the second scenario feels like it's affirming tragedy porn.”</h3>\n<p>For the unfamiliar, tragedy porn is that which relies on <em>tragedy for the sake of tragedy</em> to prove a broader point to a particular audience.</p>\n<p>So, yeah… suggesting the second scenario above is absolutely superior could definitely be viewed as an affirmation of tragedy porn. That said, though I certainly fleshed out the consequences for that scenario more than the first, that's not to say it's the “one right answer” in cases like these.</p>\n<p>As with all things writing, there's plenty of room for nuance. The important takeaway here shouldn't be that maximizing tragedy is One Hundred Percent the Way to Go<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px;\">™</span>, but rather that we ought to be deliberate about the choices we make in our storytelling. It would be <em>perfectly valid</em> to have Dale perish after having saved up enough for his daughter's education (scenario one); the choice an author ultimately makes, however, all depends on they want to say in this moment and what they want readers to leave the page with.</p>\n<p>Simply put, neither scenario is inherently superior to the other; judiciousness is where our focus ought to be.</p>\n<p>That said, let's proceed under the assumption Dale's death comes before he's saved enough for his daughter's schooling, and let's say you're still one of those holdouts who says, “I don't appreciate the nuance of individuals having to make ideological sacrifices in order to overcome oppressive circumstances. Dale is still a jerk because he worked for Doctor Zygbo.”</p>\n<p>Well, strap in. This is where it gets real.</p>\n<h2>Manner of Death</h2>\n<p>When I say “manner of death,” I don't mean what appears on the coroner's report. What I mean is what the to-be-killed-off character was doing at the time of death. Did they do anything to bring about their own demise, directly or indirectly? Did they willingly accept their end as a sacrifice for others? Was their death a matter of mere happenstance, or could they have done something to prevent it? Again, let's work with two scenarios, using the Dale-that-dies-before-achieving-his-goal as our foundation.</p>\n<p>In our first scenario, Dale dies as a result of collateral damage when Good Guy<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px;\">™ </span>finally arrives to dispose of Doctor Zygbo once and for all. Let's say Dale gets shot in the bum with a laser weapon of some kind while attempting to take cover behind Doctor Zygbo's Fun-sucking Funnel, for example. Bummer for Dale, right? Bummer for his family and kids and all those sick puppies of the future, right? Right. If only he'd had the courage or luck to escape unscathed. Oh, well. But what if…</p>\n<p>…after years of toiling for Doctor Zygbo, Dale decides he can no longer sacrifice his ideals for his original objective? What if he decides that <i>he'll</i> take out the final loans necessary to put little Melanie through school? What if he figures by the time he has to pay off those loans that the housing market will have recovered enough to sell the home he raised his children in, using that cash to help the last of his children achieve the dream of debt-free college?</p>\n<p>Yeah, Dale decides. He'll do it. It's better than the alternatives, anyway. And not only that… Dale decides he can't keep letting Doctor Zygbo get away with it. He can't. keep. getting. away with it.</p>\n<p>Dale, after plotting for weeks, finally sees his window of opportunity open. He approaches Doctor Zygbo from behind, drawing his standard-issue henchman wrench from his standard-issue henchman work pants. One bludgeon is all it will take, one swing to the back of Zygbo's balding, rat-like scalp—</p>\n<p>It's then that a previously unseen bodyguard shoots Dale in the bum with some sort of laser rifle.</p>\n<p>“But he was so close,” you might say. “He could have rid the world of Zygbo <i>and</i> helped his family! Oh, he had everything planned out! He was going to take out that loan and sell his house and little Melanie was going to become a veterinarian and all those sick <a href=\"http://f.tqn.com/y/puppies/1/W/8/8/-/-/ResizePupDevelop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puppies</a> would have survived instead of being cast into the river!”</p>\n<p>I know, right? See how you suddenly care about the man we once knew as Henchman #4?</p>\n<p>That sudden investment in Dale didn't come from nowhere. It came from the <b>appeal of his character</b>, the <b>timeliness of his death</b>, and the <b>manner of his death.</b> By manipulating those three variables alone, we went from the “whatever” death of some schmo with a wrench to the tragic ending of Dale, a man whose dedication was matched only by his integrity.</p>\n<h2>But What About That <em>Lack</em> of Appeal?</h2>\n<p>Ah, yes. I suggested this in a couple of points above, but let's address it head on here. Throughout this post, we explored death through the lens of a sympathetic character, one for whom we'd want to root.</p>\n<p>These same principles, however, can (and should!) be applied to antagonizing characters as well. The timeliness and manner of death for our villains is just as important as it is for our protagonists and their allies (or the allies of the antagonist, too).</p>\n<p>In fact, the <em>lack </em>of appeal for the death or destruction of antagonizing forces can create a great deal of catharsis for our characters and our readers alike. Who doesn't love the release of knowing a big baddie has been beaten for good?</p>\n<h2>Not Every Schmo Needs a Curtain Call</h2>\n<p>After reading this post, you might be concerned you need this deep, rich backstory for every last one of your villain's hechmen or every last random villager who gets roasted by your manuscript's terrifying dragon creature.</p>\n<p>Despite the impression the last two thousand words might have created, you <em>do not </em>need every character death to hit us in the same way the death of a protagonist, antagonist, or one of their allies would. In fact, the death of an unnamed character <strong>shouldn't </strong>carry the same weight as the departure of a prominent figure in our narratives.</p>\n<p>Why use Henchman #4 a.k.a. Dale the Family Man and Puppy Lover as our example, then?</p>\n<p>To demonstrate that it's <em>possible</em> for even the most side-seeming of side characters to be three dimensional in their own ways—just in case you need that arrow in your quiver. Who knows? You might one day be surprised to find a character you thought would be a one-and-done has the potential to add a new dimension to a given scene or the manuscript as a whole.</p>\n<h2>Tell Me More</h2>\n<p>For now, let's say R.I.P. to our pal Dale, that sweet, sweet man.</p>\n<p>Having bid him adieu, I'm curious to know… how do you handle the deaths of the characters in your manuscripts? Do you make considerations similar to those described above? If not, what considerations <em>do</em> you make when it comes time for a character's bell to toll? Tell me and others in the comments!</p>\n<hr />\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you enjoy this free resource?<br />\nBuy me a coffee to say thanks!</h3>\n<p><a href=\"https://ko-fi.com/N4N811LCO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aligncenter\" style=\"border: 0px; height: 36px;\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/az743702.vo.msecnd.net/cdn/kofi1.png?fit=1080%2C36&ssl=1\" alt=\"Buy Me a Coffee at ko-fi.com\" height=\"36\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"></h3>\n<p>You can also <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\">subscribe to my newsletter</a>, follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\">Facebook</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\">Instagram</a>, or check out <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/courses\">my writing courses</a> and <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/editing-services\">editing services</a> to learn more.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post contains affiliate links. For more information, see my disclosures <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/disclosures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a>.</em></p>\n<p>If you've visited this site or my social media profiles before, you've likely noticed scores of high-quality images of <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my books</a> in a number of picturesque settings. This might have had you wondering…</p>\n<p>Who did r.r. pay to take those photos? How much did he have to fork over? 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You <em>are</em> going to want to build a platform, and you need to start doing that <em>before you've got an agent or signed a book deal</em>.</p>\n<p>This truism has led thousands of writers to take to their preferred social media hubs, keen to amass hordes of followers with the dream of their follower quantity being <em>just enough </em>to convince an agent or editor to take them on when they otherwise might not.</p>\n<p>As a result, much of the writing community (especially on Twitter) has devolved into endless “follow back pacts” and “comment on this post so we can all follow each other” trains. This way everyone is meant to end up with massive follower counts, and those who participate will have tens of thousands of people ready to click “buy” on the date of their first book's release. Perfect, right?</p>\n<p>Wrong.</p>\n<p>There are three fundamental flaws to these approaches, the first of which being that if <em>everyone</em> ends up with fifty-thousand followers from these schemes, it means… nothing. One hundred thousand followers becomes the new fifty thousand followers becomes the new twenty thousand followers and so on and so forth all the way down.</p>\n<p>To use a comparison to the world of economics, it's like printing more money in the interest of eliminating poverty; sure, we all might end up with a million dollars, but the printing of all these extra bills will just cause an increase in the price of goods. What you used to be able to buy with a dollar will now cost five or ten or fifteen.</p>\n<p>The second flaw to these feverish followership rackets has to do with engagement. If everyone is following everyone else simply to pump up their numbers, how many of those people have you engaged with meaningfully enough to create a true community of support? 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If ten thousand writers are following ten thousand other writers who are simply following them back, how will you reach… readers?</p>\n<p>Granted, writers are readers by their nature (at least I hope so), but, as I suggested earlier, how many of the writers following you are interested in your genre? How many of them read in your category? How many of them can afford to buy the books of all ten thousand people they follow who are also following them back?</p>\n<p>It's silly. Really, really silly.</p>\n<p>By now, you're probably circling back to, “Well, r.r., if you're such a social media curmudgeon, how can you still possibly claim it's important to build an online platform?”</p>\n<p>Because it is—it's just no longer as “simple” as standing atop a mountain of fifty-thousand followers and expecting someone to offer you a publishing deal (another myth since one's story, it turns out, is actually the most important component in signing with an agent or editor).</p>\n<p>At this point in time, <em>engagement </em>is what counts more than follower quantity. In my view and <a href=\"https://www.mixtusmedia.com/blog/five-social-media-myths-that-will-sabotage-your-book-marketing?utm_source=Mixtus+Media+Newsletter&utm_campaign=4135f8d1fc-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_07_18_09_25&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1eeb3721f2-4135f8d1fc-139420521\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">that of others</a>, it's better to have a hundred ravenous supporters than a hundred thousand followers who hardly recognize your profile picture when it shows up on their feed. Simply put, it's “quality over quantity.”</p>\n<p>That's all fine and good, but how do we <em>get</em> to quality?</p>\n<p>By being ourselves. Like attracts like, as they say, and this is true regardless of the social media platform any writer chooses to make the cornerstone of their platform.</p>\n<p>For example, are you great at photos but not at short, clever one-liners? Focus on Instagram over Twitter. Love video but loathe blogging? Start a YouTube channel with weekly updates instead of putting those updates down in writing. Prefer private communication to public chest-pounding? Build up your email list instead of shouting into the vacuousness of cyberspace.</p>\n<p>There are so many unique ways to assemble one's platform these days, the beauty of which is we can use the tools we're most comfortable with to build it.</p>\n<p>And in my view, that knowledge is worth more than any follower count.</p>\n<p>What outlets do you emphasize in your online platform? Why did you choose the outlets you chose? Have you considered a shift in your emphasis at one time or another? Why or why not? Tell me in the comments!</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you've read here? You can <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe to my newsletter</a> to get more articles like these throughout the year. And don't forget to follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook</a>, too. You can also meet me at any one of <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/events\">my upcoming events</a>, or <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/contact\">reach out about having me speak at one of your own</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>This is a topic that rears its head from time to time in the writing community, and it was recently reignited on Twitter after a creative writing teacher told one of his students the below.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">My creative writing teacher just said I should wait 10 years to publish a book or I’ll regret it. He called my book a burner novel, he’s never seen it. When I tried to protest he said I was stubborn and impatient.</p>\n<p>Please tell me he’s wrong, I’m crying.<a href=\"https://twitter.com/hashtag/WritingCommnunity?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WritingCommnunity</a></p>\n<p>— Avy Aubin (@26LetterWorlds) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/26LetterWorlds/status/1152001467647004672?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2019</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<p>Yikes.</p>\n<p>Not only is this bad advice, it's downright harmful and discouraging to the community at large. Though it is true that many writers' first manuscripts don't often live up to the high hopes they have for them, there are plenty of exceptions to this generalization. I personally know at least one author who came to the world of fiction as a total stranger and, within a year, had her debut novel published with NineStar Press.</p>\n<p>There are also hundreds of authors who opt-in to independently publishing their own work—first manuscripts included—and, aided by savvy marketing and advertising plans, go on to achieve great success. In some cases, they even surpass the sales numbers of authors who are with traditional publishers!</p>\n<p>Knowing that, there's no doubt the advice Avy was given by her creative writing teacher is beyond bad. Lamentably, however, it's not the only bad advice out there. At some point in our writing careers, we're going to encounter some jaw-droppingly foul suggestions, and my experience is no exception.</p>\n<p>So strap in; it's time for me to regale you with the worst writing advice I ever received (or at least the WTF-level advice that had me spinning in my chair while I fumed).</p>\n<p>Those of you who have read <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/books\">my work</a> know I enjoy stitching in small details to enrich the settings and cultures in which my novels take place (something that's true for any author worth their salt, in my opinion). This is especially the case when I have scenes that take place in regions where English isn't the primary language.</p>\n<p>This means I'll often include simple phrases in the dialogue (normally cognates most English speakers would recognize) in the native language of those on the page (French, Spanish, Portuguese, what have you). At times, I'll stretch my use of foreign languages a little more when I feel the broader context of the scene makes it apparent what's being said.</p>\n<p>Fun, right?</p>\n<p>Not if you're the person who gave me the worst writing advice I ever received.</p>\n<p>The individual in question was working as a proofreader for one of my manuscripts at the time, and their angst regarding the inclusion of foreign languages was clear from the start. Even the simplest of phrases (think <em>bonjour </em>or <em>buenos días </em>or <em>obrigado </em>in a situation where it's clear someone is being thanked) were flagged with comments like “readers will not want to have to stop to look this up” and “this is taking me so far out of the scene.”</p>\n<p>You can imagine my consternation, not only because these were the teensiest of teeny linguistic flairs but because, given they were working as a proofreader, comments like those were outside their purview (a developmental editor might comment on matters like these, but a proofreader? Go home, you're drunk!).</p>\n<p>Then we got to the scenes where a character might use three or five foreign language words in a row. These were highlighted and commented on with abandon, each note more derisive than the last—until we reached the grandaddy of them all. I'm paraphrasing here, but:</p>\n<blockquote><p>I know you had a native speaker double check all of this, but when I put many of these phrases into Google Translate, they just don't make any sense. If you're going to insist on including them, I think they should be changed so that they match Google Translate.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Yes, you read that right; their comment <em>actively encouraged me to do something incorrectly </em>by using Google Translate instead of trusting input from a native speaker of the language in question. Not only that, but they made this recommendation for completely personal reasons, another big no-no in the editing world (or at least on the editing planet I come from, anyway).</p>\n<p>I understand the intention behind their feedback, I do, but the audacity to think one's insight as a proofreader should trump that of a trained linguist and polyglot (me) and a native speaker of the language in question (a beta reader who was kind enough to double check my work), well, that had me leaving some rather scathing replies in the document's margins. Imagine being a native speaker of French and going, “Wow, how neat this author took the time to include French in this book,” only for that reader to get a few lines down and go, “Uh, all of this is wrong. The author clearly didn't do any research.”</p>\n<p>Bummer with a capital B, right?</p>\n<p>Needless to say, I disregarded the proofreader's input and forged onward, buoyed by support from my regular beta readers and my developmental editor (yes, even editors need editors, and anyone who says otherwise should not be trusted, but that's a post for another time). I worry sometimes, however, about writers who might not yet have the depth of experience or the support from others in the community to know when it's okay (and wholly justified!) to call out and push back against poor writing advice.</p>\n<p>That's one of the reasons I try to make <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/editing-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my editing services</a> as collaborative as possible, using “we” statements and ensuring the suggestions I offer are in line with the vision my clients have for their manuscripts. One also has to consider context in when giving a particular bit of advice; plenty of situations are better served by including adverbs than by shunning them, for example, and there are also so many occasions where a simple “tell” (rather than a “show”) would be the stronger, more economical choice.</p>\n<p>As is the case with writing itself, there's a great deal of nuance to quality writing advice, which is why I encourage writers to narrow their eyes at any broad, sweeping generalizations and absolutist platitudes (like <em>Google Translate is the Holy Grail and shall not be contradicted</em>). Chances are, any writing “wisdom” that's full of words like <em>always</em> and <em>never</em> and <em>only </em>is more likely to harm or restrict than it is to do good, so stay skeptical out there.</p>\n<p>Alright, that's my story, but now it's your turn. What's the worst writing advice <em>you </em>ever received? Tell me in the comments!</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you've read here? You can <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe to my newsletter</a> to get more articles like these throughout the year. And don't forget to follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook</a>, too. You can also meet me at any one of <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/events\">my upcoming events</a>, or <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/contact\">reach out about having me speak at one of your own</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>On the longest day of the year, my wife and I set off on a westward trek across five states and countless cities. From La Crosse to Rochester to Sioux Falls to Gilette to Missoula (and so many places in between), we took in the wildlife, played <em>90s Trivial Pursuit</em>, and listened to the <em>Hamilton </em>soundtrack ad nauseam.</p>\n<p>Writing, however, was the one thing I <em>didn't</em> do during our week of road tripping.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6368\" style=\"width: 4042px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6368\" data-attachment-id=\"6368\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/07/01/what-i-learned-about-writing-by-not-writing-in-montana/img_1075/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1561386840","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.00022401433691756","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1075\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Some of Montana's approximately six quadrillion mountains.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6368\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?resize=1080%2C810&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1075\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?w=4032&ssl=1 4032w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?resize=624%2C468&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1075.jpg?w=3240&ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-6368\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Some of Montana's approximately six quadrillion mountains.</p></div>\n<p>That's right. There were no fresh words for any of my manuscripts. No outlines. No new blog posts or (writing-related) Instagram pics. Yes, all really was quiet while I was on our equivalent of the western front.</p>\n<p>This may sound glorious to some, but those who know me are likely ready to dial a doctor, concerned about what this lack of productivity might mean for my general wellbeing.</p>\n<p>Well, I'm here to say <em>at ease, folks</em>.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6369\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6369\" data-attachment-id=\"6369\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/07/01/what-i-learned-about-writing-by-not-writing-in-montana/img_1127/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?fit=3024%2C4032&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3024,4032\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1561492801","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.0015060240963855","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1127\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>The view from atop the land on which we stayed.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?fit=225%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6369\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?resize=249%2C331&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1127\" width=\"249\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?w=3024&ssl=1 3024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?resize=225%2C300&ssl=1 225w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?resize=624%2C832&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1127.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 249px) 100vw, 249px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-6369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The view from atop the land on which we stayed.</p></div>\n<p>In fact, a week away might have been the best thing I could have done for my writing. By putting some space between me and the daily writerly grind, I'm seeing it anew. For the first time in months, I'm not just feeling <em>good</em> about getting back to the keys; I'm genuinely excited for it.</p>\n<p>That said, I really should have seen this coming. The weeks leading up to our trip weren't the first during which I felt as though I was on the verge of a creative meltdown, only to see it countered by taking some time away.</p>\n<p>And I know I'm not alone in experiencing these on-the-brink-of-creative-disaster scenarios, either. Far too often I talk to writers and other creatives who'll say their work is giving them trouble or that they're feeling stuck. These can be (and in a great number of cases are) story-related issues, but many times I suspect it's an ongoing or impending burnout that's causing such frustration.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6371\" style=\"width: 4042px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6371\" data-attachment-id=\"6371\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/07/01/what-i-learned-about-writing-by-not-writing-in-montana/img_1099/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1561389167","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.00073099415204678","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1099\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Yes, the water was *that* blue.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6371\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?resize=1080%2C810&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1099\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?w=4032&ssl=1 4032w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?resize=624%2C468&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1099.jpg?w=3240&ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-6371\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, the water was *that* blue.</p></div>\n<p>For as counterintuitive as it might seem, if you're feeling as though you're in this position, <em>take a break</em>. Stop trying to untie that plot knot for a day, a week, or a month, and fill your time with anything else instead (<em>90s Trivial Pursuit</em>, anyone?). Or, even better, fill your time with absolutely nothing (by which I mean take a hike or go for a swim or recline outdoors and listen to the birds, letting your thoughts go where they may).</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6370\" style=\"width: 343px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6370\" data-attachment-id=\"6370\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/07/01/what-i-learned-about-writing-by-not-writing-in-montana/img_1051/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?fit=4032%2C3024&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4032,3024\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"1.8","credit":"","camera":"iPhone XR","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1561383492","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.25","iso":"25","shutter_speed":"0.0012562814070352","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1051\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>A scene from Glacier National Park.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6370\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?resize=333%2C250&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1051\" width=\"333\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?w=4032&ssl=1 4032w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?resize=768%2C576&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?resize=624%2C468&ssl=1 624w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/IMG_1051.jpg?w=3240&ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-6370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A scene from Glacier National Park.</p></div>\n<p>If you're anything like me, you'll find that putting some time and distance between you and your projects is all that's required to recognize possibilities you once thought impossible or to feel rejuvenated enough to breathe new life into your work. It took me a week of driving, hiking, and keeping my ears preened and eyes peeled for bears to finally overcome the malaise that had me in its grips, but perhaps all you'll need is a day, an afternoon, or an hour of lounging to get your groove back.</p>\n<p>So go on. I dare you to do it. I dare you to not write.</p>\n<p>Your writing will thank you for it.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you've read here? You can <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe to my newsletter</a> to get more articles like these throughout the year. And don't forget to follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook</a>, too. 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That means both quality <em>and</em> quantity of reviews are important.</p>\n<p>You likely see where this is going, but in case not—if you've read any of the books in this series, please consider leaving an honest review on <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N1Q8C6G/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon</a> or <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43196570-imminent-dawn\">Goodreads</a>. And note this: <strong>you don't have to have purchased a book on Amazon in order to leave a review on Amazon.</strong> It's true, I promise.</p>\n<p>Despite the hype there might be behind the scenes and person-to-person, the more demonstrable hype we have online for this series, the more likely its installments are to be made into audiobooks (and sooner, too)!</p>\n<p>And thank you to everyone who's already left a review. 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In some ways, books two through five will be the equivalent of pages one to two hundred in <em>Imminent Dawn</em> with a lot of build up and a few twists and turns along the way. The final one or two books in the series will then be where we get the final clashes, the high-stakes action, and the do-or-die moments that have been set up in the first installments of the series.</p>\n<p>I think what I like most about <em>Event Horizon </em>is how much time we get to spend with Ty. He really carries this one, and I know he's become a favorite to a number of you. I'm totally with you on that; he's among my favorite characters to write (Chandra is still my first love where this series is concerned), and that makes getting his story down a really wonderful experience, even if he does have about nineteen pots too many on the stovetop in <em>Event Horizon</em>, so to speak.</p>\n<h2>Where in the world is <em>Rubicon</em>?</h2>\n<p>It's on my mind, I promise. 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"rendered": "<p>It's been more than six months since I last provided <a href=\"https://empathyseries.com/2018/12/05/empathy-series-december-updates/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an update on the EMPATHY sci-fi saga</a>, and with book one, <em>Imminent Dawn</em>, having debuted as <a href=\"https://empathyseries.com/2019/01/26/imminent-dawn-debuts-at-1-for-lgbt-science-fiction/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the number one new release in LGBT sci-fi</a> and book two, <em>Mourning Dove</em>, making it into readers' hands as of a little more than three weeks ago, now feels like a good time for an update.</p>\n<h2><em>Imminent Dawn</em></h2>\n<p>As this site's headers and its debut status on Amazon might imply, <em>Imminent Dawn </em>has been very well received. It's hard to believe it hasn't even been out for four months yet, either; it feels as though many of the folks with whom I've spoken at conferences or other book events have at least heard of it, are reading it, or have it on their list of to-reads.</p>\n<p>If you've had a chance to read it and enjoyed it, have you left a review on <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N1Q8C6G/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon</a> or <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43196570-imminent-dawn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads</a>? Those reviews go a long way into spreading the good news about the EMPATHY series, and every last one of them makes a difference. Even if you didn't buy the book on Amazon, you can leave a review there that's as little as twenty words long!</p>\n<p>Or, if you haven't yet had a chance to nab your copy of the book <em>New York Times </em>bestselling author Matt Forbeck has hailed as “an incisive techno-thriller that gets more tense with every page,” you can get in on the action at any of the links below.</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Find <em>Imminent Dawn</em> here:</strong></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07N1Q8C6G/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon</a> | <a href=\"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/imminent-dawn-rr-campbell/1130343569?ean=2940161198599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href=\"https://ninestarpress.com/product/imminent-dawn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NineStar Press</a> | <a href=\"https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/imminent-dawn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kobo</a> | <a href=\"https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/919525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smashwords</a>| <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43196570-imminent-dawn\">Goodreads</a> | <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/product/signedimminentdawn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Author Website</a></p>\n<h2><em>Mourning Dove</em></h2>\n<p>Like I mention above, <em>Mourning Dove </em>has hardly been out for three weeks, but with the EMPATHY spring and summer tour in full swing, it feels like it's been around for much longer than that.</p>\n<p>So far, I've visited <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/05/06/empathy-on-tour-thank-you-beloit/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Beloit</a> and <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2019/05/13/empathy-on-tour-thank-you-eau-claire/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Eau Claire</a> as part of this tour, and <a href=\"http://empathyseries.com/2019/05/20/this-week-r-r-campbell-at-wiscon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">I'll be in my hometown of Madison this weekend for WisCon</a>, a sci-fi and fantasy conference at which I'll be discussing writing a series, scene structure, and conflict as part of panels or seminars I'm leading. The response to <em>Mourning Dove </em>at both the Beloit and Eau Claire events has been incredible, and I'm looking forward to sharing it with the rest of you as <a href=\"https://empathyseries.com/2019/03/20/hello-wisconsin/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the tour continues through June</a>.</p>\n<p>All in all, it's still early for <em>Mourning Dove</em>, but I'm loving the responses that have come in to date, especially those from readers who have said they're already jonesing for book three in the series!</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Find <em>Mourning Dove</em> here:</strong></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07QZGSDX6/\">Amazon</a> | <a href=\"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/books/1131295072\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href=\"http://ninestarpress.com/product/mourning-dove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NineStar Press</a> | <a href=\"https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/mourning-dove-7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kobo</a> | <a href=\"https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/935036\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smashwords</a> | <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43728390-mourning-dove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads</a>| <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/?post_type=product&p=5816&preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Author Website</a></p>\n<h2><em>Event Horizon </em>and <em>Rubicon</em></h2>\n<p>Speaking of book three in the series, this is actually where I have the most updates. Before you read on, though, know that <strong>here there be spoilers. </strong>As in if you keep reading without having read books one and two, you run the risk of having a few things spoiled for you. Fair warning.</p>\n<p>Let me start by saying <em>Event Horizon </em>has proven to be an extraordinary challenge to write. As I near the completion of a fourth draft, it's looking like this will be the longest installment in the series yet—and it only features half of our perspective characters.</p>\n<p><em>Half of our perspective characters</em>, you say, <em>what madness is this</em><em>?</em></p>\n<p>It is indeed madness, but it's less mad than the alternatives. Let's explore why and what I've done to counter some unforeseen challenges.</p>\n<p>Firstly, due to matters beyond my control, I'm hard-capped for word count at 140,000 words per book. For perspective, <em>Imminent Dawn </em>is about 118,000 words, and <em>Mourning Dove</em>, 116,000. With the original vision for <em>Event Horizon </em>set to include twelve perspective characters, it became apparent after a first draft that I could not effectively tell this chunk of the story while keeping our total word count below 140,000 words.</p>\n<p>To address this, I elected to split <em>Event Horizon </em>into two concurrent installments, now known as <em>Event Horizon </em>and <em>Rubicon</em>. The former will focus on Ty, Kyra, and Chandra primarily, while the latter will center around Ren and the Halman siblings, as well as the overworld plots to which they belong.</p>\n<p>What this means, then, is that <em>Event Horizon </em>will walk us through six to eight months of the lives of Chandra, Kyra, Ty (and some other POVs) before <em>Rubicon </em>walks us through those same six to eight months for the other half of our character set.</p>\n<p>So what can you expect from these installments, and when will they be released?</p>\n<p><em>Event Horizon </em>is, per a draft of its back cover description, “a dark, haunting exploration of isolation, self-worth, and identity.” In this way, it is a much more character-drama-driven book, with Kyra, Chandra, and Ty forced to confront the darkest bits of themselves and their circumstances yet. This has made for a book that is much more personal for all three of these characters. And though separated from one another, they're on journeys that will greatly impact the others as they themselves, grow and (hopefully) overcome their inner demons (and the circumstances in the outside world that are forcing them to confront those demons).</p>\n<p><em>Rubicon, </em>on the other hand, is where we get back to the “wonderful” world of tech-driven drama. Though much of this installment will center around the politicking Alistair has at play in attempting to garner support for EMPATHY throughout the NAU, we'll get a fair share of Heather and Peter as they work toward actually, you know, making EMPATHY work with “help” from a ghost from their past.</p>\n<p><em>Event Horizon </em>is nearing the completion of its fourth draft, and I've written about 40,000 words of <em>Rubicon</em>. At this time, though, only <em>Event Horizon </em>is on the publishing calendar, where it's scheduled to debut in <strong>Spring 2020</strong>. 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Otto? Otto! Come on, man.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Here we are again—you, me, and an earnest attempt to improve your manuscript stymied by a relentless outpouring of “yeah, buts,” “I don't knows,” and blank stares.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Why even bother asking for an extra set of eyes on your work if you don't plan on considering anything anyone says?</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You're killing me, Otto. Seriously.</em></p>\n<hr />\n<p>We all know an Otto. Whether in the world of writing or beyond it, Otto's the guy who wants your opinion until the moment you give it, the guy who swears he's interested in making a marked improvement in his work until he has to actually make the improvements himself.</p>\n<p>Simply put, Otto's a locked door, a boulder on the tracks, a roadblock to his own success.</p>\n<p>And the worst thing about Otto? He's actually pretty relatable.</p>\n<p>It's <em>hard </em>to take constructive criticism, especially when we're so invested in our work. At times, even the most resonant feedback can feel like we're being personally attacked. This makes it difficult to process and channel the criticism we're receiving into something that will bridge the gap between our story's intended presentation and how it's actually being perceived by readers.</p>\n<p>Don't get me wrong, though; not all feedback is created equal. If comments like “this isn't working” or “I really don't like this” or “this is just bad” have you downtrodden, you have every right to be upset—particularly if you've solicited that input from someone you trust.</p>\n<p>Why is it okay to be an Otto in these circumstances? Because quality feedback isn't feedback that exists for the sake of existing or for the sake of putting others down. On the contrary, quality feedback will get at the <em>why</em> of what's not working (and what <em>is </em>working!) and, from there, suggest <em>what </em>might be done to achieve the scene's desired effect.</p>\n<p>Let's say, however, that you're still struggling to implement feedback from your pool of beta readers, critique partners, and editors who are already really great about providing actionable feedback that's in line with your vision for the story.</p>\n<p>If that's the case, I've got bad news.</p>\n<p>You might be an Otto. But you don't have to be!</p>\n<h2>Overcoming the Otto Within</h2>\n<h3>Timing</h3>\n<p>Not all times in life are created equal. Sometimes personal or professional struggles can bog us down in our day to day, and the stress and anguish of confronting those dimensions of our lives can bleed over into the world of writing.</p>\n<p>If you feel as though you're getting quality feedback but are emotionally exhausted from it or calcified against it, maybe now's simply not the best time to read those criticisms or take on those revisions.</p>\n<p>Instead, you might consider working on a new project, one that could help you process the challenges of your daily life in a way that is both healthy and productive. Once you're feeling refreshed, the feedback on your original project will still be there waiting for you.</p>\n<h3>Distance</h3>\n<p>On some occasions, though, our lives become so hectic that transitioning to a new project isn't feasible or even wise. If that's the case, distance might be the best way to overcome our inner Otto.</p>\n<p>By distance, I don't mean to suggest anyone move across the country or dig a hole to the center of the Earth (though I won't stop you if that's what makes you happy). What I intend to get at here is that we need to grant ourselves a full separation from our writing to really focus on our general well-being.</p>\n<p>Our inner Otto feeds on turmoil, and sometimes the only way to send him packing is to burn his granaries of angst to the ground. Self-care is not to be overlooked.</p>\n<h3>Feedback Pool</h3>\n<p>Another way we might overcome our inner Otto is by switching up our pool of beta readers and critique partners. Even if we're getting input that meets the “good feedback criteria” mentioned above, the manner in which it's phrased or the person from whom it's coming might not resonate in the same ways as the past.</p>\n<p>Perhaps it's time to shop your project around to a few new test readers. Think of it like looking for a contractor to do some work in your home. You might have a go-to gal, but every once in a while, you might have a project that isn't perfect for her team's skill set.</p>\n<p>If you know this going into considering her for the work, do you still hire her even though the final product might not be of the same quality you've come to expect? Maybe, but you might also run what you've got in mind past a few other folks before you finally find a shared vision (and budget) that really speaks to you.</p>\n<p>So go ahead—try working with some new betas and see what you get. Maybe that's all you'll need to send your inner Otto packing.</p>\n<h2>I am Otto, and so are you.</h2>\n<p>Can I tell you a (maybe not-so-secret) secret?</p>\n<p>Despite all of the above, despite our best intentions, despite what we might think of ourselves and our ability to process feedback, we've all been Ottos at one point or another.</p>\n<p>And you know what? That's okay.</p>\n<p>Sometimes we need to put up roadblocks for the sake of tending to our infrastructure. Even the strongest bridges will collapse if not inspected, repaired, and maintained. That might mean we need to shut them down for a time, that traffic will get backed up, that a few angry letters will be sent to one's local alderperson, but we can't neglect that upkeep forever—at least not if we want to prevent what would otherwise be a well-rounded, fulfilling life from buckling beneath us.</p>\n<p>In some ways, then, the inner Otto—for as pesky as he can be—is there to help us, too, to signal that there might be danger ahead or that we're already in the midst of it.</p>\n<p>So dammit, Otto, you can be a real menace, but we wouldn't be the same without you. Thanks, I guess.</p>\n<p>Now haul these roadblocks onto the shoulder and let us hit the road.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you’ve read here? You can find more content like this on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram</a>, and in <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my newsletter</a>. Or, hey, you can check out what I write when my inner Otto's not in the way by nabbing copies of my books <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on this site</a>, <a href=\"https://ninestarpress.com/authors/r-r-campbell/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my publisher’s site</a>, <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/R-R-Campbell/e/B07K7Y2821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon</a>, or by requesting them at your local bookstore. <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">And I’m on Goodreads over here</a>. Come say hi!</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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The focus inevitably lands there, on the effect your book's most recent sales will have on your bank account, on your ability to get some decent cat food for your kitties or pay off those lingering medical bills or save up for that trip to see your ailing grandmother on the far side of the country.</p>\n<p>After seeing what kind of cash your statement has in store for you, it's easy to cycle into “Well, how much does this come out to on an hourly basis (yikes!)?” and “If this is coming in consistently, I'll only end up with <em>how many </em>dollars over the course of the year (double yikes!),” and “OMG WHAT AM I EVEN DOING WITH MY LIFE (triple yikes!).”</p>\n<p>Yes, the angst can get real in a hurry, mostly because unless you're a chart-topping wordsmith or someone whose bibliography is expansive enough to bring in cash that, when taken in sum, adds up to a living wage, you're probably not able to retire just yet.</p>\n<p>Nope, not even close.</p>\n<p>In fact, most (read: nearly every) writer I know isn't getting by on their book income alone (yours truly included, trust me), and royalties day can far too often become a reminder of how you're not “in that class” or “worthy” or “good enough” or however else your runaway brain might choose to frame it.</p>\n<p>But that's a problem, isn't it, because none of that is (hopefully) why you started writing in the first place.</p>\n<p>Simply put, royalties day inevitably quantifies something that is better left unquantified: your art. It shifts one's focus away from the joy, from all of the great words you wrote since the last statement came in, from all of the wonderful readers and writers you've met. Royalties day liquifies the beauty of it all before reconstituting it as a single number, one it's all to easy to let our passion become governed by.</p>\n<p>And it's a truly miserable feeling if one succumbs to it (as I myself often do).</p>\n<p>Though the focus above is on royalties payments that don't make one's every dream come true, imagine if you <em>did </em>get a check (or series of checks) that did that very thing.</p>\n<p><em>Money! Yes! Yippee!</em></p>\n<p>Yeah, until you've got that pressure bearing down on you when you take to the page.</p>\n<p><em>Hello yes uh it was a dark and stormy night and then our protagonist and their love interest shared a big sloppy smooch and oh god this is trash I'm going to let down all of those people who bought my last book, aren't I?</em></p>\n<p>Royalties day really is the worst regardless of how things shake out.</p>\n<p>Now look, there are folks who will read this and grumble about a lack of gratitude, about a disconnect between a writer (me) and pre-published folks in the writing community at large.</p>\n<p>That's a fair criticism; it really is a big deal to get paid for one's passion, but rather than look at this is as an <em>r.r. plays “woe is me,”</em> what about a <em>yeesh, we're all in this together, aren't we?</em></p>\n<p>Because we are. Whether you're yet to be published, waiting to earn out your advance, scraping by with marginal royalties disbursements, or sitting on a mountain of cash, every one of us is part of the community.</p>\n<p>It's important we support each other, and part of that support is preparing ourselves for this stage of our careers.</p>\n<p>With that in mind, I'll leave you with this.</p>\n<p>We're here because our stories delight us and, hopefully, others. We're here because we believe in the power of storytelling, of empathy. We're here because there's magic in what we do, and it's an honor to be a part of that.</p>\n<p>So look forward to royalties day, sure, but never let it become a royal pain.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you've read here? You can find more content like this on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram</a>, and <a href=\"http://eepurl.com/dhBxcv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my newsletter</a>. Or, hey, you can pad a fellow writer's next royalties statement by nabbing copies of my books <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/shop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on this site</a>, <a href=\"https://ninestarpress.com/authors/r-r-campbell/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my publisher's site</a>, <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/R-R-Campbell/e/B07K7Y2821\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon</a>, or by requesting them at your local bookstore. <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">And I'm on Goodreads over here</a>. Come say hi?</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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For more writerly content, you can find me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook</a>, <a href=\"http://www.instagram.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram</a>, or <a href=\"https://rrcampbellwrites.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d5b261c0c9ed58a1907dfdc4e&id=26327b8a65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my newsletter</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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He was always, always working.</p>\n<p>“Ren, <em>mon cœur</em>.” His wife, Vivianne, knocked softly on the door of his studio.</p>\n<p>His eyes burned as he removed them from the screen of his expanded pocketab. On the far side of the paned glass that separated his office from the rest of the home, Vivianne wore a soft, patient smile. He waved her in. “Is it late already?” he said.</p>\n<p>She removed a small stack of books from the oversized armchair in the room’s corner before lowering herself into it. “You tell me.” Vivianne pointed to the mug at his pocketab’s side.</p>\n<p>Ren regretted taking a sip the moment the beverage hit his tongue. Caribou was a drink best served warm, and this now apparently room-temperature blend of red wine, whisky, and maple syrup took all the constitution he could muster to keep down.</p>\n<p>Judging by Vivianne’s unbridled laughter, he failed to hide his disgust.</p>\n<p>The mug tocked against his desk as he relinquished his grip, and, before he could check the time himself, his wife mentioned it to him through her laughter.</p>\n<p><em>“Il est 22 heures,”</em> she said. “I know <em>les 72 de la résistance</em> begin tomorrow, but—”</p>\n<p>“I’m sorry,” Ren said. “I didn’t mean for it to get this late.” He never did. But ever since the Canadian government selected—well, forced—Montréal to host this year’s Ratification Day ceremonies in an obvious attempt to quell <em>les 72</em>, a walk through any of the city’s nineteen <em>arrondissements</em> was full of clenched chins, of hushed words of protest, of signs in shop windows speaking out against the increasingly aggressive Union-backed Canadian government. Some signs even went so far as to support the <em>Nouveau Front de Libération du Québec</em>, a thought that further roiled the Caribou Ren had imbibed.</p>\n<p>“When my husband retired,” Vivianne said, “I thought I would see more of him, not less.”</p>\n<p>“That was my plan, too.” It had been, anyway, at least it was when WVN reneged on their plan for him to transition into the network president role in the aftermath of the debacle on the EMPATHY compound. Then there was the public harassment he and the network endured at the hands of the NAU as if he was responsible for Meredith’s disappearance. Of course the framing of Edgar as a terrorist in the Port of Galveston incident was another strike against the network, and with Edgar having worked so closely with Meredith, well, the board of directors ultimately decided to “take the network in a different direction.”</p>\n<p>“Can you give me, maybe, another half hour?” he said. “Then we can watch—”</p>\n<p>“I might be asleep by then.”</p>\n<p>Ren sighed. “Please, with my speech this weekend, I need an opportunity to—”</p>\n<p>“I understand.” She stood, chin held high. “These are the trade-offs, I suppose, of being married to the incomparable Rénald Dupont, <em>la voix du mouvement indépendantiste</em>.” She said the last bit almost mockingly, as if in quotes. In fact, they <em>had</em> been in quotes—supportively so—when <em>Le Journal Officiel </em>had written them some weeks earlier, though they’d referred to him as the movement’s conscience, not its voice. He’d needed a cause to keep himself occupied ever since abandoning his clandestine search to determine Meredith’s whereabouts, or to at least find damning evidence of the NAU’s involvement in what might have been her death. Urging nonviolence as tension swelled surrounding Québec’s imminent transition to independence seemed as worthy of a cause as any, both prudent and close to home in the most literal way.</p>\n<p>“I’m sorry, <em>chérie</em>,” he said. “After we get through this weekend—”</p>\n<p>“I know.” She kissed him on the cheek. “Woe be it of me to take you away from <em>la cause</em>. Perhaps with this speech, the movement can be swayed to maintain a peace it could not in our younger years.”</p>\n<p>Ah yes, the younger years, the very same that seduced Vivianne to <em>le Front</em> herself, that robbed her of over-zealous, freedom-fighting friends and comrades who were taken before their time at the hands of <em>l’oppresseur</em>. Not that she had ever advertised her own association with them; to openly support <em>le Front </em>was to sign one’s death certificate—historically, anyway—and to dawdle too long on the subject would only turn the soil atop haunting memories buried long ago.</p>\n<p>Despite this, Vivianne still supported <em>la mouvement</em> with ardent zeal, but gone were the days of <em>indépendance à tout prix</em>, of Molotov cocktails through the windows of government buildings, of car bombs and kidnappings and oaths to give one’s life to the cause if it came to that.</p>\n<p>No, the woman before him now was gentle, kind, tranquil. These days one would never suspect she had once been at the forefront of a violent separatist movement, at least unless her tattoo of the NFLQ banner were revealed, its blue and white background, its single red star tattooed at the top of her right thigh.</p>\n<p>Before she left the room, Vivianne sighed, her fingertips lingering on his shoulder. “<em>Bonne nuit</em>.”</p>\n<p>Ren bobbed his head, cracking his neck as she closed the door behind her. He returned to his speech, the keynote address of this year’s <em>72 heures</em>, Québec’s annual show of solidarity against Canada’s ratification of the Articles of Union. The province had been the only one to oppose the move, marking each anniversary of ratification with seventy-two hours of peaceful protest.</p>\n<p>He reached for his mug of Caribou, stopping himself when he realized he was only grasping at it to delay revising his speech any further. The speech was nearly complete, but it lacked soul—exactly what the independentist movement needed now more than anything else. Ren could almost understand what drove support for the New Québec Liberation Front and its mantra of independence-by-any-means-necessary; the independence referendum had passed two years earlier with more than sixty percent of voters <em>en faveur</em>, but with Canada and the NAU alike refusing to recognize the referendum’s validity, fear of a violent suppression of <em>autodétermination québécoise</em> had many wondering what the official Quebecois government posture ought to be once independence plans were finalized later in the upcoming year.</p>\n<p>“<em>Tabarnak</em>,” Ren said, cursing himself for allowing peevishness to nibble at him. He rose, stretched, and headed to the kitchen with his mug to reheat what remained of his drink. The microwave hummed in a low baritone as Ren picked at his mustache, failing to fend off the ghosts that so often came for him in this mockery of a retirement.</p>\n<p>He was the one who allowed Meredith to go to the EMPATHY compound in his stead that night, what little choice he might have had. That Edgar alone had been murdered and framed as a terrorist suggested Meredith still lived—Sasha, too, for all Ren knew—but the NAU’s investigators had made it clear any public overtures tying the government to her disappearance would be met with a vengeance Ren wasn’t sure he had the stomach for any longer.</p>\n<p>To get closure for himself if no one else, he still investigated in the background, keeping quiet as he probed the web for signs of her, as he reached out to the Queen of Spades, that Ty character, for any thoughts on where she might have run off to if she had the chance. Ty’s failure to respond to any of Ren’s correspondence plagued him as well. Had Ty been part of some greater plot that both Meredith and Ren had failed to recognize?</p>\n<p>Ren jumped as the microwave beeped. He fetched his mug from within and padded across the kitchen tile in his wool socks as he returned to his office. Perhaps after this weekend he’d pick up the Port of Galveston case again as a side project. His cheek dimpled at the thought of finally spending more time with Vivianne.</p>\n<p>His heart leapt into third gear as he entered his office, the alarms on his pocketab as frenetic as he’d ever heard them. He cast the mug down, its contents sloshing over the edge and splashing onto the desktop. “What could possibly—?”</p>\n<p>It’s then that he saw exactly “what could possibly.”</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>EXPLOSION A LA PLACE DU CANADA - NFLQ EN REVENDIQUE LA RESPONSABILITE</em></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p>Despite the chilly temperature in the room, a wave of heat crashed down on him. There had been an explosion in downtown Montréal, in the <em>Place du Canada</em> square, exactly where he was meant to give his Saturday night keynote in defiance of the ongoing Ratification Day celebration. <em>Mon Dieu. </em>He rubbed his temples, jaw loose, as he read what few details were available. The New Québec Liberation Front had already claimed responsibility, and, at least at this juncture, no injuries had been reported. Aside from that, very little was known.</p>\n<p>Ordinarily, Ren would have shaken his head, written a blog post, and appeared on a few evening shows to dismiss the NFLQ’s actions as barbarous and not representative of the direction the young nation should take upon formal secession. With the city and the province’s streets teeming with disquiet and <em>les</em> <em>72</em> set to begin at midnight, however, Ren had to act now if he were to have any attempt at shaping the narrative before the weekend’s events.</p>\n<p>He snatched his pocketab from his desk and headed for his home’s foyer where he threw on his coat, his boots.</p>\n<p>“<em>Mon cœur</em><em>?</em>” came Vivianne’s voice from around the corner. “<em>Est-ce que tu pars</em><em>?</em>”</p>\n<p>Ren tucked his pocketab into his jacket pocket. “<em>Oui</em>. There’s been an accident downtown. I’ve got to go—”</p>\n<p>“You don’t have to go. You <em>want</em> to go.”</p>\n<p>“Please, Vivianne—”</p>\n<p>“If you wanted to ‘please Vivianne,’ you would stay home and—”</p>\n<p>“There was an explosion. <em>Le Front</em>. A planned attack.”</p>\n<p>She sucked in her cheeks, her expression grave.</p>\n<p>“I have to make an appearance. I have to urge calm, to remind everyone—”</p>\n<p>“You don’t need to remind me.” Tears welled in her eyes. “Go. Set the youth to rights. Another night with half of the bed cold might be the best contribution I can make these days.”</p>\n<p>Ren knelt to work the laces of his boots. “The bed’s never cold long. I always come back.”</p>\n<p>“So far.”</p>\n<p>His hand paused when it hit the doorknob.</p>\n<p>“Do not be dramatic,” Vivianne said. “I say it only as a reminder of what’s at stake. You know as well as I do the danger fighting for one’s ideals entails.”</p>\n<p>Ren forced down the lump in his throat and turned the knob to enter the garage where his black coupe awaited.</p>\n<p>There were many things Rénald Dupont should have been doing, but for now, quelling further unrest would have to take the fore.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>What will become of Ren, his wife, the NFLQ, and the rest of our cast? You'll have to read <em>Mourning Dove </em>to find out. Submit your preorder at the links below and, if you haven't grabbed a copy of <em>Imminent Dawn </em>yet either, you can do so at the following links.</p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Mourning Dove<br />\n</strong></em>(preorders)</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http://ninestarpress.com/product/mourning-dove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NineStar Press (ebook)</a> | <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43728390-mourning-dove\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Goodreads</a> | <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/?post_type=product&p=5816&preview=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Author Website (print)</a></p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Imminent Dawn</strong></em></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Imminent-Dawn-EMPATHY-Book-1-ebook/dp/B07N1Q8C6G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1548982375&sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon</a> | <a href=\"https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/imminent-dawn-rr-campbell/1130343569?ean=2940161198599\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnes & Noble</a> | <a href=\"https://ninestarpress.com/product/imminent-dawn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NineStar Press</a> | <a href=\"https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/imminent-dawn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kobo</a> | <a href=\"https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/919525\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Smashwords</a> | <a href=\"https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43196570-imminent-dawn\">Goodreads</a> | <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/product/signedimminentdawn/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Author Website</a></p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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At this time, my goal is to deliver a manuscript to NineStar Press in May, with the aim of having this one published possibly as early as September of this year!</p>\n<h2><em>Consolunarity</em> (EMPATHY #4) and <em>Nightshade</em> (EMPATHY #5)</h2>\n<p>Though I know what happens in both of these books, I suspect it will be some time before I'm able to have manuscripts available to submit to NineStar. After completing <em>Event Horizon</em>, I'd like to spend some time dabbling with another series and getting another book outside of the EMPATHY-verse published.</p>\n<p>I also think giving the series an opportunity to simmer after book three will put me in the best position to execute my plan for books four and five, and it'll additionally let me really focus on making sure as many readers as possible are able to connect with the series prior to the release of books four and five.</p>\n<h2>“What can I do to help?”</h2>\n<p>The simplest thing anyone can do is pick up a copy of any of these books and recommend them to friends! 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Note:</strong></em><em> a more in-depth version of this material is available as a podcast.<br />\n<a href=\"http://writescast.net/2018/12/21/writescast048\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To listen instead, click here.</a></em></p>\n<p>On the heels of hosting my own book launch party for <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/books/accountingforitall/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accounting for It All</a></em>, I thought I'd pass along some bullet point advice you might take into consideration when planning a launch party of your own.</p>\n<p>With that in mind, let's explore <strong>why</strong> <strong>you should have a party</strong>, how to choose <strong>where to</strong> <strong>host it</strong>, and <strong>what to do</strong> <em>at</em> and <strong>what to bring<em> </em></strong><em>to </em>the event to make it memorable for you and your guests.</p>\n<h2>Why have a book launch party?</h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5516\" style=\"width: 430px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5516\" data-attachment-id=\"5516\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/12/21/so-youre-planning-a-book-launch-party/img_1021-13/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?fit=4240%2C3392&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4240,3392\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"5","credit":"Leo Duijvestijn","camera":"Canon EOS 5D Mark II","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1543676920","copyright":"","focal_length":"24","iso":"800","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1021-13\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Signing books at the ACCOUNTING FOR IT ALL launch party</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?fit=300%2C240&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5516\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?resize=420%2C336&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1021-13\" width=\"420\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?w=4240&ssl=1 4240w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?resize=768%2C614&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1021-13.jpg?w=3240&ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5516\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signing books at the ACCOUNTING FOR IT ALL launch party.</p></div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>You wrote a book <em>and </em>got it published</strong>; celebrate that success with friends, family, and other readers!</li>\n<li><strong>Generate additional buzz for your book's release.</strong> Book launches are great opportunities to increase one's reach in person and online once guests post about the awesome time they had at your event.</li>\n<li><strong>Sell and sign books for your most avid fans in person.</strong> Creating these connections will go a long way into reinforcing your brand and drumming up more word of mouth recommendations for you and your book.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>Where should you host your launch?</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>As counter-intuitive as it may seem, <em>avoid </em>having your launch party at a bookstore.</strong> Why? They'll want or will take a cut of your sales for the event. The folks who come to your launch party are likely people who will buy your book no matter what, so why not maximize your return on those sales? You can always host a signing or a separate reading at your local bookseller on a later date.</li>\n<li><strong>Pick somewhere comfortable and memorable for your guests (and you!).</strong> Creating a fun environment in a casual setting will make them more likely to come to future events (and it'll also make you more likely to host them in the future).</li>\n<li><strong>Consider choosing a venue that complements your book's setting and themes. </strong>Does your book take place on a farm? See if you can find somewhere in your local community that offers a rustic, rural setting. Or, if it takes place in a school or your main character is a teacher, consider reaching out to schools, community colleges, or universities near you about hosting your event. Get creative and reinforce your book through the tiny details!</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>What might you do at your party and why?</h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5515\" style=\"width: 408px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5515\" data-attachment-id=\"5515\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/12/21/so-youre-planning-a-book-launch-party/img_1036-19/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?fit=2989%2C2391&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2989,2391\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_1036-19\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Attendees to the Accounting for It All launch party listen to a reading.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?fit=300%2C240&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?fit=1024%2C819&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5515\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?resize=398%2C318&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_1036-19\" width=\"398\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?w=2989&ssl=1 2989w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?resize=300%2C240&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?resize=768%2C614&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?resize=1024%2C819&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/IMG_1036-19-189858651-1545089853923.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 398px) 100vw, 398px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5515\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees to the <em>ACCOUNTING FOR IT ALL</em> launch party listen to a reading.</p></div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Readings</strong>. Picking one or two selections from your novel and reading them aloud will get launch party attendees engaged directly with your book. Try to choose short but riveting selections that don't give away major plot points. Keep your party guests wanting more!</li>\n<li><strong>Author Q&A</strong>. Give your guests an opportunity to pick your brain about how you wrote this book, why, and what research might have gone into writing it. For folks who haven't written a book before, they might be curious about your process as well. You might also consider doing one reading, then opening the floor to questions, then doing your second reading once questions have died down.</li>\n<li><strong>Do a teaser from your work in progress or other upcoming release. </strong>Whether an additional reading or a book trailer, letting attendees know they can expect more from you in the future will keep them excited about your books and about you as an author.</li>\n<li><strong>Raffle. </strong>Who doesn't love free things? Raffle off some swag or a copy of your book to those who sign up for your author newsletter at the event, for example. This will let you expand your reach while also giving guests something to stick around for (aside from you and your wonderful book) when you select the raffle's winner at the end of the event.</li>\n<li><strong>Sell books! </strong>Make sure you have enough on hand to meet demand. It's also worth appointing a close friend or family member to handle selling books during the event so that you're free to greet attendees, thank them for coming, and generally relax before doing your readings, etc.</li>\n</ul>\n<h2>What should you bring to your launch party?</h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Business cards. </strong>If you don't have any printed already, it's worth getting some made up. Make it easy for readers or readers-to-be to get in touch with you by email or find you on social media!</li>\n<li><strong>Bookmarks. </strong>The great things about bookmarks are they 1) help us keep track of where we are in books and 2) if branded well, can be used to keep our book at the forefront of readers' minds long after they've finished reading our particular book. By having bookmarks like those available at the launch for people to grab (or, for bonus points, you can just put them in every copy you have available), readers might be more likely to remember to recommend your book to their family and friends as it'll be fresh in their mind.</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Pro tip:</strong> </em>find the Little Free Libraries in your town and leave a few bookmarks in each of them. People like free stuff, and if the bookmarks you issue help them find your book, all the better!</p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Other swag. </strong>You might consider getting stickers made up or printing out some quarter-page leaflets with tips for how your guests can best support you and other authors. An example of the quarter-page leaflet I included in the books themselves at my event can be found below.</li>\n</ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_5518\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5518\" data-attachment-id=\"5518\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/12/21/so-youre-planning-a-book-launch-party/image1/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?fit=2697%2C3140&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2697,3140\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"image1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Quarter-page inserts can keep the buzz coming long after your launch party has ended.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?fit=258%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?fit=880%2C1024&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5518\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?resize=404%2C470&ssl=1\" alt=\"image1\" width=\"404\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?w=2697&ssl=1 2697w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?resize=258%2C300&ssl=1 258w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?resize=768%2C894&ssl=1 768w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?resize=880%2C1024&ssl=1 880w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/image1-2026741462-1545090246484.jpeg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5518\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Quarter-page inserts can keep the buzz coming long after your launch party has ended.</p></div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Poster-sized cover. </strong>This is a big one—and not just the poster, I mean. Getting a poster-sized printout of your cover made and then propping it up on an easel will make for a natural anchor point around which your guests can congregate to take photos, and it's also an opportune place to do signings and generally attract attention for your event. This is the one thing I absolutely recommend doing that might not be among the more standard considerations of business cards and bookmarks.</li>\n<li><strong>Change for selling books. </strong>If you'll be taking cash for books, make sure you have change! Twenties are the most common denomination of bill in circulation, so make sure you can give people cash back for their purchases by visiting the bank before your event and getting some ones, fives, and tens on hand.</li>\n<li><strong>Card reader for credit or debit transactions. </strong>Taking credit and debit has never been easier, especially if you have a smartphone. 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"rendered": "<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5464\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/12/06/registration-now-open-for-30th-annual-writers-institute/30th-writers-institute-email/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/30th-writers-institute-email.png?fit=560%2C178&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"560,178\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"30th-writers-institute-email\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/30th-writers-institute-email.png?fit=300%2C95&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/30th-writers-institute-email.png?fit=560%2C178&ssl=1\" class=\" size-full wp-image-5464 aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/30th-writers-institute-email.png?resize=560%2C178&ssl=1\" alt=\"30th-writers-institute-email\" width=\"560\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/30th-writers-institute-email.png?w=560&ssl=1 560w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/30th-writers-institute-email.png?resize=300%2C95&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></p>\n<p>Ready, set, register!</p>\n<p>The University of Wisconsin-Madison's Division of Continuing Studies in Writing's 30th Annual Writers' Institute has now opened registration for its April 2019 conference.</p>\n<h2><strong>What's the Writers' Institute?</strong></h2>\n<p>The Writers' Institute is the Midwest's premiere writing conference. Every year, it brings in hundreds of attendees from across the country and all corners of the industry, including published and pre-published authors, editors, agents, and other publishing professionals.</p>\n<p>Over the course of four days, attendees have the opportunity to attend dozens of sessions on the craft of writing, as well as book marketing, publicity, and other creativity-inducing endeavors. As an Institute attendee, you'll also have the chance to meet and network with others who share your passion for storytelling. There are also opportunities throughout the conference to schedule time to pitch your work to literary agents!</p>\n<h2><strong>When is the Institute?</strong></h2>\n<p>April 4 - 7th, 2019</p>\n<h2><strong>Where is it?</strong></h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://www.concoursehotel.com/?keyword=madison%20concourse%20hotel&creative=134279133727&gclid=Cj0KCQiAi57gBRDqARIsABhDSMoTkslg9PzWDhRManjjRSGEkYjA-2gZlyo6R3GK3nc-dv_nDoCS2k4aAqpkEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Madison Concourse Hotel</a> in Madison, Wisconsin.</p>\n<h2><strong>Why should I register?</strong></h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5467\" style=\"width: 339px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5467\" data-attachment-id=\"5467\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/12/06/registration-now-open-for-30th-annual-writers-institute/institute-photo/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/institute-photo-1922544387-1544048876562.jpg?fit=2016%2C1507&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2016,1507\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"institute photo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Matt Forbeck (right) and I (left) pose for a photo during a book signing event during the 2018 Institute.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/institute-photo-1922544387-1544048876562.jpg?fit=300%2C224&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/institute-photo-1922544387-1544048876562.jpg?fit=1024%2C765&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5467\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/institute-photo-1922544387-1544048876562.jpg?resize=329%2C246&ssl=1\" alt=\"institute photo\" width=\"329\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/institute-photo-1922544387-1544048876562.jpg?w=2016&ssl=1 2016w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/institute-photo-1922544387-1544048876562.jpg?resize=300%2C224&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/institute-photo-1922544387-1544048876562.jpg?resize=1024%2C765&ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Matt Forbeck (right) and I (left) pose for a photo during a book signing event at the 2018 Writers' Institute.</p></div>\n<p>Writing is often a solitary venture, but it doesn't have to be. Some of my longest-standing friendships in the world of writing have come out of this conference, which has kept me coming back year after year.</p>\n<p>Aside from that and everything mentioned above in the <strong>What's the Writers' Institute? </strong>section, the Institute is an extraordinary once-a-year opportunity to learn from others while sharing your own perspectives as a writer.</p>\n<p>Not only that, but <strong><a href=\"https://uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu/speakers/r-r-campbell/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at this year's event I'll be leading four sessions</a></strong>, the details of which can be found at the links below.</p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https://uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu/sessions/i-dont-know-what-to-do-with-my-hands-touching-up-scenes-for-characterization-theme-and-backstory/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“I don’t know what to do with my hands” - Touching Up Scenes for Characterization, Theme, and Backstory</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu/sessions/yes-and-improvisation-and-the-page/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Yes, and—” Improvisation and the Page</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu/sessions/podcasts-as-portals-platform-publicity-and-passive-learning/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Podcasts as Portals: Platform, Publicity, and Passive Learning</a></li>\n<li><a href=\"https://uwwritersinstitute.wisc.edu/sessions/the-dreaded-sag-facelift-your-scenes-with-the-five-core-components-of-scene-structure/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dreaded Sag: Facelift Your Scenes with the Five Core Components of Scene Structure</a></li>\n</ul>\n<p>I'm not, of course, the only person speaking at the conference. This year's installment will also feature other wonderful speakers like those listed below, including some who have appeared on <a href=\"http://www.writescast.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the r. r. campbell writescast</a>!</p>\n<h3>Other Speakers to Look Forward To</h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Jennie Nash</li>\n<li>Jane Friedman</li>\n<li>Barbara M. 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"rendered": "<p>I'm so grateful for everyone who came out to show their support during yesterday's book launch party for <em><a href=\"http://accountingforitall.com/book/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accounting for It All</a></em>! I had a wonderful time hosting this event and am looking forward to holding more signings and book launch parties for <a href=\"http://www.empathynovel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my other forthcoming releases</a>.</p>\n<p>Here are some of my favorite photos from the party. Thanks to Blaize Communications for taking these, and thanks to the Atomic Koi for providing the venue.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_455\" style=\"width: 2676px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-455\" src=\"https://thursdaysatpornucopia.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_1003-4.jpg?resize=1080%2C1350\" alt=\"IMG_1003-4\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The book poster and related swag: bookmarks, stickers, and other fun!</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_456\" style=\"width: 3444px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-456\" src=\"https://thursdaysatpornucopia.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_1010-7.jpg?resize=1080%2C1080\" alt=\"IMG_1010-7\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-456\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signing books!</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_457\" style=\"width: 4250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-457\" src=\"https://thursdaysatpornucopia.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_1021-13.jpg?resize=1080%2C864\" alt=\"IMG_1021-13\" width=\"1080\" height=\"864\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-457\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signing *more* books!</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_458\" style=\"width: 4690px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-458\" src=\"https://thursdaysatpornucopia.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_1025-14.jpg?resize=1080%2C864\" alt=\"IMG_1025-14\" width=\"1080\" height=\"864\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-458\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Friends old and new made it out to join the fun.</p></div>\n<p> </p>\n\n<div id=\"attachment_461\" style=\"width: 4362px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-461\" src=\"https://thursdaysatpornucopia.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_1052-24.jpg?resize=1080%2C864\" alt=\"IMG_1052-24\" width=\"1080\" height=\"864\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Attendees had a chance to watch the soon-to-be-released trailer for my upcoming sci-fi debut, EMPATHY: IMMINENT DAWN.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_462\" style=\"width: 4469px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-462\" src=\"https://thursdaysatpornucopia.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/img_6777-2-e1543783577690.jpg?resize=1080%2C597\" alt=\"IMG_6777-2\" width=\"1080\" height=\"597\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What would a book launch party be without support from family?</p></div>\n<p>Thanks again to everyone who was able to make it. I'm excited to do it all again for my sci-fi debut in a few months.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>Last Friday, I completed the copyedits for <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/books/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accounting for it All</a></em>, which is good news since the book is now out in less than a month! This round of edits was especially grueling, both because copyedits require a sharp look at the text itself, and also because of the timeline on which they had to be completed.</p>\n<p>After something in the neighborhood of 30 hours of work over the course of three and a half days, I've come out on the other side exhausted, yes, but with some additional perspective on fine tuning one's manuscript and how other writers might learn from my experience to make their own copyediting process more efficient.</p>\n<h2>What is this I don't even—</h2>\n<p>Good point; it probably is worth exploring what I mean by copyedits before we go any further. To tease out a definition, let's rely on some comparisons. By and large, the post-contract editing journey for this manuscript has gone or will go as follows:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Content (developmental) edits - <strong><em>completed</em></strong></li>\n<li>Copyedits - <strong><em>completed</em></strong></li>\n<li>Proofreading - <strong><em>coming soon</em></strong></li>\n</ol>\n<p>Content or developmental edits are the first formal feedback a writer receives from their editor, typically in the form of an edit letter, notes on the manuscript itself, or some combination thereof. In my case, I received both over the course of two rounds of content edits.</p>\n<p>These first passes are meant to attack more bird's-eye-view matters including characterization, the dreaded plot hole, or confusion brought about by possibly clunky dialogue, etc. Fortunately, no major revisions were required on my part, which gave us an opportunity to dive into a process that was almost copyedit-esque.</p>\n<p>Copyedits take a closer look at things like word frequency, as well as overall clarity and consistency on a more zoomed in basis, so to speak. By and large, matters related to word frequency were the largest obstacle for me to overcome.</p>\n<p>For example, in my ~89,000 word manuscript, there were 598 instances of the word “all,” 463 uses of the word “like,” 154 appearances of “maybe,” and 64 invocations of the phrase “of course.” None of this is to mention the hundreds of unnecessary or repetitive uses of know, feel, look and their various related forms (known/knows/knowing, feels/felt/feeling, etc.).</p>\n<p>If I had to guess, these words appear with a significantly reduced frequency in my upcoming sci-fi debut, <em><a href=\"http://www.empathynovel.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</a></em>, which has yet to go through <em>content</em> edits. Frankly, I was shocked to see the numbers above at the those levels in the first place; they're the sort of thing I'm generally pretty “eagle eye” about when editing on my own—so what happened?</p>\n<p>Voice. Voice happened.</p>\n<p><em>Accounting for it All </em>is written with a very intimate first person point of view, whereas the <em>EMPATHY</em> series is written in third person limited. Not only that, but the character from whose perspective <em>Accounting for it All </em>is written doesn't, as a person, have the broadest vocabulary, and with the conversational tone (voice) of the pages themselves, this led to a ballooning of word frequency to the levels cited above.</p>\n<h2>So how do you edit for that?</h2>\n<p>Very carefully.</p>\n<p>There's something to be said for holding one's ground where matters of voice are concerned—particularly in a voice-driven narrative like <em>Accounting for it All</em>—but, as is the case with all things, balance is imperative as well.</p>\n<p>As I waded through the swampy trenches of reductions in usage of “think” for example, there were many times where I had to ask myself whether swapping in a synonym was even the way to go. Then, if it was, it was critical I ensure the synonym I swapped in didn't become overused as a result while also deciding whether that particular word is one the main character would employ at all.</p>\n<p>In many cases, I avoided synonym-swapping altogether in favor of an approach that other writers might consider putting to use too: rephrasing the whole dang sentence or clause.</p>\n<p>Consider the following:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>[She was] more reserved anyway—at least I thought so at the time.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>There's nothing inherently wrong with “thought” here, but when the manuscript contains 325 collective variations on the verb “to think,” there's room for improvement.</p>\n<p>The easy swap would be to take out “thought” and throw in a “believed” or something along those lines, but if I'd done that, well, I'd have ended up just trading one high-frequency verb for another. So, instead, I went with:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>[She was] more reserved anyway—at least that was my impression at the time.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>“That was my impression” is wordier, yes, and some might (rightly) say a violation of a strict, puritanical interpretation of <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/10/edit-with-me-proportion/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">word economy</a> philosophy. As mentioned above, however, balance is key, so sacrificing word economy in the interest of word diversity becomes more than appropriate; it's almost necessary.</p>\n<p><strong>Side note:</strong> I'd argue a more holistic approach to word economy would incorporate considerations of word frequency and diversity, but exploring that would merit a post or two of its own.</p>\n<h2>Okay, but what was your strategy for finding these in the first place?</h2>\n<p>I was surprised to hear from my editor that there are a number of writers who aren't familiar with the Ctrl + F command (or, if you use a Mac like me, <b>⌘</b> + F). If you're among those who aren't familiar with this feature, prepare to have your life changed forever.</p>\n<p>Using this function will allow you to search a document, web page, etc. for a specific word or phrase, which will save you boat loads of time if you're editing a manuscript of any size. So how do you use it?</p>\n<p>With this page open, press and hold the control or <b>⌘ </b>key. Now press the F key. A box should have opened in the corner of your screen. Type “ta-da” into this box. Press Enter.</p>\n<p>Ta-da. You've now jumped to the previous sentence in this post, but you could have jumped anywhere by typing in a word or phrase you want to seek out. This is an extraordinarily powerful tool relative to its simplicity, but there's more to it than this, even!</p>\n<p>If you're like me, for example, and you want to find not only “think,” but “thought” and “thinks” and “thinking,” etc., you might think you need to do separate searches for these words within your Word document.</p>\n<p>But that's where you're wrong, kiddo. Word will let you search for all variations of a single word using an enhanced version of the Ctrl + F feature. How?</p>\n<h2>Screenshot Time!</h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_5350\" style=\"width: 735px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5350\" data-attachment-id=\"5350\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/10/22/bro-do-you-even-copyedit/screen-shot-2018-10-19-at-4-00-29-pm/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.00.29-PM.png?fit=725%2C414&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"725,414\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-19 at 4.00.29 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Step one: click Edit, go to Find, then click Replace.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.00.29-PM.png?fit=300%2C171&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.00.29-PM.png?fit=725%2C414&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5350\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.00.29-PM.png?resize=725%2C414&ssl=1\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-19 at 4.00.29 PM\" width=\"725\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.00.29-PM.png?w=725&ssl=1 725w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.00.29-PM.png?resize=300%2C171&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5350\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Step one:</strong> click Edit, go to Find, then click Replace.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5351\" style=\"width: 306px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5351\" data-attachment-id=\"5351\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/10/22/bro-do-you-even-copyedit/screen-shot-2018-10-19-at-4-02-40-pm/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.02.40-PM.png?fit=296%2C360&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"296,360\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-19 at 4.02.40 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Step two: in the sidebar that opens, type one of the variations of the word you're looking for. Click the little sprocket-looking button. Then click “All Word Forms.” Press Enter.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.02.40-PM.png?fit=247%2C300&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.02.40-PM.png?fit=296%2C360&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5351\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.02.40-PM.png?resize=296%2C360&ssl=1\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-19 at 4.02.40 PM\" width=\"296\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.02.40-PM.png?w=296&ssl=1 296w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.02.40-PM.png?resize=247%2C300&ssl=1 247w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 296px) 100vw, 296px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5351\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Step two:</strong> in the sidebar that opens, type one of the variations of the word you're looking for. Click the little sprocket-looking button. Then click “All Word Forms.” Press Enter.</p></div>\n<div id=\"attachment_5352\" style=\"width: 627px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5352\" data-attachment-id=\"5352\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/10/22/bro-do-you-even-copyedit/screen-shot-2018-10-19-at-4-05-24-pm/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.05.24-PM.png?fit=617%2C193&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"617,193\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-19 at 4.05.24 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Step three: Behold! A search for “thought” has produced a result of “think.” It will also show you “thoughts,” “thinking,” “think,” etc. Great job.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.05.24-PM.png?fit=300%2C94&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.05.24-PM.png?fit=617%2C193&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5352\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.05.24-PM.png?resize=617%2C193&ssl=1\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-10-19 at 4.05.24 PM\" width=\"617\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.05.24-PM.png?w=617&ssl=1 617w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-19-at-4.05.24-PM.png?resize=300%2C94&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Step three:</strong> Behold! A search for “thought” has produced a result of “think.” It will also show you “thoughts,” “thinking,” “think,” etc. You're now ready to actually edit. Great job.</p></div>\n<p>In the screenshot for step two, one might also notice there are options for “Sounds Like” and “Advanced Find & Replace…” I didn't use either of these features, but, if the “All Word Forms” option is any indication, I bet those other features are pretty rocking, too.</p>\n<h2>How do you make sure you don't over-edit?</h2>\n<p>Let's say you've Ctrl + F'ed your way through your manuscript, swapping in synonyms or re-writing whole phrases for all of the items on your list of necessary copyedits. How do you know you haven't accidentally edited in words or phrases that are now too proximate on the page to other instances of that same word or phrase?</p>\n<p>Brute. Force. It's what seems to have worked for me, anyway.</p>\n<p>By brute force, I mean I re-read the entire manuscript start to finish, keeping an eye out for places where I might have either created new typos, inconsistencies, or word proximity issues.</p>\n<p>A full re-read may sound like a lot, but it's your book! You've already put so much work into it; why get lax with it now?</p>\n<h2>But wait, there's more!</h2>\n<p>By which I mean there are more copyedits in my future (and surely yours, too). My experience this time around, though certainly eye opening, was by no means comprehensive. Certainly there's far more to learn, and who knows what other strategies might reveal themselves as effective when taking on this process for other manuscripts?</p>\n<p>That said, have you gone through copyedits before? What was effective for you? What wasn't?</p>\n<p>If you've never been through the process, what might you take with you from this blog post or the experiences of others to help you feel more prepared?</p>\n<p>Tell me in the comments below or on Twitter at <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@iamrrcampbell</a>. I'd love to hear from you!</p>\n<p>And stay tuned for the release of <em>Accounting for it All </em>on November 19, 2018! For more about that book, you can always visit <a href=\"http://www.accountingforitall.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accountingforitall.com</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>Between soccer injuries, car wrecks, getting married, and signing my first two publishing contracts, 2018 has been a heck of a year. Throughout it all, I've viewed my daily writing time as one of the only constants in which I could find solace, one of the only things around which I could center myself to get through the day to day.</p>\n<p>Or at least that's how I felt about it until the last two weeks forced me to take a break from it all.</p>\n<p>I knew this break was coming. I'd been dreading it all year, if I'm honest, and not because of <em>why</em> I'd have to take the break, but that it would be happening at all. What if I failed to meet my deadlines in the lead-up to the time off? What if after two weeks away from my manuscripts, my prose lost its luster? What if the break put me so far behind on blogging and podcasting and preparing for <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/books/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">my upcoming releases</a> that the anxiety surrounding getting back into the swing of things left me unable to lift a finger in the direction of any of it?</p>\n<p>Or, perhaps worst of all, what if I lost the motivation or passion to write altogether?</p>\n<p>That's how deeply rooted my unease became. It wasn't pleasant, no. Not pleasant at all.</p>\n<p>But now on the far side of that break—one that included getting married and a trip across the country to go roast in the desert for a week—I'm here to report that it's all going to be okay. Better than that, even: I'm now feeling refreshed and invigorated in ways I haven't experienced in months, if not a year.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5284\" style=\"width: 10274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5284\" data-attachment-id=\"5284\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/09/02/its-okay-to-take-a-break-i-promise/img_4417/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?fit=10264%2C3044&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"10264,3044\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535537853","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00045495905368517","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4417\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>From our hike near Sedona, Arizona. Sometimes all one needs is a little 108°F (42°C) to set one's mind at ease.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?fit=300%2C89&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?fit=1024%2C304&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5284\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?resize=1080%2C320&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_4417\" width=\"1080\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?w=10264&ssl=1 10264w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?resize=300%2C89&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?resize=1024%2C304&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4417.jpg?w=3240&ssl=1 3240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5284\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">From our hike near Sedona, Arizona, where I learned a little 108°F (42°C) heat can apparently help set my mind at ease.</p></div>\n<p>So what is it that led to this reinvigoration? Did I have some religious experience while wandering the desert? Did getting married open some magical portal to a whole new understanding of what it means to be?</p>\n<p>No.</p>\n<p>Don't get me wrong: both our wedding and the desert were life-changers, but those events and places in and of themselves aren't what's got me feeling more ready than ever to wrap up my revisions of <em>When the Stars Conspire </em>this week. What seems to be making all the difference for me <em>is that I took a break at all</em>.</p>\n<p>This isn't the first time this has happened, but it <em>is</em> the first time it's happened since writing went from an anxiety reliever to an anxiety causer for me, which is something with which I was struggling in the background on and off this summer.</p>\n<p>Now, though, on the far side of that Big Bad Break I was fearing all year, I'm here to confirm what many might find to be unexpected advice from someone who has generally advocated for developing and sticking with one's writing habit: not only is it okay to take a break, sometimes it's the best thing you can do for your creative endeavors.</p>\n<p>This might be something you already know and are actively in the habit of putting to use for yourself. If so, that's great! If, on the other hand, your creative endeavors have you feeling stressed, anxious, or like an all-around curmudgeon, trust me on this one: a break might be the best thing for you.</p>\n<p>How long of a break should you take, you ask? What should you do in the time you'd normally spend writing or painting or sculpting?</p>\n<p>You don't have to get down on one knee and propose to anyone or spend a week a couple thousand miles away. On the contrary, the amount of time you spend away from your creative work is entirely up to you, as is what you do to fill that time in a way that allows you to relieve the tension in your shoulders.</p>\n<p>If you're looking for ideas, <a href=\"https://anchor.fm/wip-podcast/episodes/24---Relaxing-All-Cool-Outside---the-Podcast-e1kkdb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">consider this episode of the WIP Podcast</a> in which I chatted with fellow creatives Brianna Kienitz and Rey Noble about what we do to, as it's framed in the episode description, <em>chill</em>. Or, if you're the kind of person who's already struck a solid work-chill balance, <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">share your suggestions with me and other writers on Twitter</a>.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5285\" style=\"width: 3274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5285\" data-attachment-id=\"5285\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/09/02/its-okay-to-take-a-break-i-promise/img_4427/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?fit=3264%2C2448&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3264,2448\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"2.2","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 6","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1535545446","copyright":"","focal_length":"4.15","iso":"32","shutter_speed":"0.00080906148867314","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_4427\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>There might have been no literal chill in the Sonora Desert, but that didn't mean I couldn't find my inner chill.</p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?fit=1024%2C768&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5285\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?resize=1080%2C810&ssl=1\" alt=\"IMG_4427\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?w=3264&ssl=1 3264w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?resize=300%2C225&ssl=1 300w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/IMG_4427.jpg?w=2160&ssl=1 2160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-5285\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">There might have been no literal chill in the Sonora Desert, but that didn't mean I couldn't find my <em>inner</em> chill.</p></div>\n<p>The lesson is this: despite my fretting over taking time away and my insatiable desire to remain productive for validation if only from myself, <em>I managed to take a two week break and live to tell about it.</em></p>\n<p>And tomorrow? Well, tomorrow's a big day. Tomorrow I'm back to the grind, and I couldn't be more excited about it. The rest of the night, though? The rest of the night is for me, my wife, and our cats. I've gotten pretty used to this whole “take a break thing.”</p>\n<p>But not too used to it.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Want content like this and other updates from author r. r. campbell delivered to your inbox? <a href=\"https://rrcampbellwrites.us16.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d5b261c0c9ed58a1907dfdc4e&id=26327b8a65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can sign up for the r. r. campbell writes newsletter here!</a> Thanks for visiting.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Note: spoilers for Westworld through season two, episode eight follow.</p>\n<p>From a storytelling standpoint, one of the most transcendent decisions <em>Westworld</em>‘s writers made was to make use of non-linear storytelling. In fact, it's this very decision that makes some of the biggest reveals in season one as impactful as they are.</p>\n<p>With viewers under the assumption that the events they are watching unfold are, by and large, occurring in a linear order, it boggles the mind when it's revealed that William and the Man in Black are one in the same, for example.</p>\n<p>There's obviously great utility in a non-linear presentation of events, but as a storytelling device it doesn't come without its risks—especially when the use of the device is wholly concealed from viewers or readers and used as fuel for earth-shattering twists.</p>\n<p>So what's the risk one runs and why is it important to understand its implications? To answer those questions, let's begin by exploring what <em>Westworld</em>‘s use of non-linear storytelling buys the show before exploring its costs.</p>\n<h3>Mystery on Stage, Dramatic Irony in the Wings</h3>\n<p>Throughout season one, viewers watch each episode unfold under the presumption that what they're viewing is all happening more or less at the same time.</p>\n<p>Why is that, you ask?</p>\n<p>I'll posit that it's mostly because the linear presentation of events is the most widely implemented choice for the telling of tales in general, and the <em>why</em> behind that follows from our experiences as people: in our day to day lives, we live with time as our fourth dimension, only ever able to experience the present while reflecting on the past and looking toward the future. One can divide up their experiences into clear demarcations in space and time, which flow smoothly from past to present to future (though we're never technically in the future, I suppose) in discrete, observable units. So why shouldn't our storytelling be the same?</p>\n<p>It's a result of this, then, that viewers of <em>Westworld</em> are left with their jaws on the floor when they learn that everything they've watched unfold between William and Logan actually took place decades earlier than the show's “present,” however difficult that may be to define.</p>\n<p>This buys the writers a great deal <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/09/who-knows-what-and-when-mystery-suspense-and-dramatic-irony/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in terms of mystery</a>, wherein characters have access to information that viewers lack. 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In looking back, one's opinions and interpretations of William's actions in the past are changed dramatically since we know his experiences ultimately make him into the Man in Black.</p>\n<p>Similarly, we view Dolores and her relationship with William (and to the Man in Black) through a new lens as well: how horrifying it would be (and becomes) for her to know that the two men are one in the same.</p>\n<p>All of this enriches one's relationships to the characters most impacted by the reveal that non-linear storytelling has been put to use throughout the first season.</p>\n<p>Of course, the show's deliberate failure to be forthright about the use of non-linear storytelling incurs costs as well, some of which I believe might be greater than the return on investment. Let's take a look at those costs now, and how they come into play in the show's most recent episode and beyond.</p>\n<h3>Pay No Attention to the Man Behind the Curtain</h3>\n<p>One of the greatest costs of <em>Westworld</em>‘s particular implementation of non-linear storytelling is that we as viewers now expect it as a portal to revelation, which has led to what I feel to be some of the more foundational criticisms of the second season: namely that we can no longer trust <em>when</em> we are as we watch certain storylines unfold.</p>\n<p>This skepticism or lack of trust between viewers and the show itself has therefore gone from an asset to a liability for a subset of the show's fans. Though the manner in which the show's writers used non-linear reveals in season one ultimately led to great investment from viewers, it did another thing from which there is no turning back: it jostled us from the narrative dream by making us aware of the writers themselves.</p>\n<p>Now conscious of the writers' presence and the tools they're comfortable using, we're like Dorothy and her crew in <em>The Wizard of Oz</em>. We know there's a man behind the curtain, so to speak, which now has us concentrated on him at times instead of focused on the great show he might be putting on before us.</p>\n<h3>Analysis of the Utility of Non-linear Storytelling</h3>\n<p>So what's can be said of non-linear storytelling, then? Are we to shun it in our own work? Is it a fundamentally flawed, hacky tool that should be laid to rest forevermore?</p>\n<p>No, not at all. There are actually a few other stories that come to mind that effectively use non-linear storytelling to great acclaim. Books like David Mitchell's <em>Cloud Atlas</em> have us travel forward and then backward in time as the book advances, taking great leaps and bounds in time and space with each shift of the timeline. Though jarring at first, this presentation of events doesn't have the same impact on reader-writer trust as <em>Westworld</em>‘s choices have for viewer-writer trust.</p>\n<p>Then of course there's the <em>A Song of Ice and Fire </em>series, in which the events of books four and five, <em>A Feast for Crows </em>and <em>A Dance with Dragons</em>, occur concurrently. Though one could argue the volume of those two books necessitated this particular split, the split unto itself doesn't betray reader-writer trust in the same way that <em>Westworld </em>does.</p>\n<p>I myself briefly dip into non-linear storytelling in the first book in <a href=\"https://empathynovel.com/books/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the <em>EMPATHY</em> series</a>. Near the book's climax, there are moments during which one character's perspective is followed to the natural conclusion of a scene, only for the following chapter to begin minutes earlier from the perspective of another character who's in a slightly different location than the last. Early readers of <em><a href=\"https://empathynovel.com/books/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</a> </em>found this presentation particularly effective as opposed to becoming a betrayal of their trust.</p>\n<p>So what's the difference between these three examples and <em>Westworld</em>?</p>\n<p>In <em>Cloud Atlas</em>, <em>A Song of Ice and Fire</em>, and <em>EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</em>, <strong>the authors are forthcoming about their use of non-linear storytelling.</strong> That is to say, it's not used as part of some great reveal that shakes and splits the very ground on which readers or viewers stand. In so doing, those books allow readers to have a greater appreciation for the mystery and dramatic irony on the page—at least compared to the sense of mystery that exists in <em>Westworld</em>.</p>\n<p>Truthfully, the above-cited sense of mystery is hardly a mystery at all; how can we as viewers appreciate receiving the key that unlocks mystery's door if we don't know there's a key in the first place—or, perhaps more aptly, if we don't know there's a <em>door</em> in the first place?</p>\n<h3>So what about season two, episode eight?</h3>\n<p>“Kiksuya” provides a heartbreaking portal into one host's journey, and does so by spending much of the episode bringing viewers up to speed on his personal trials and tribulations over the course of the entire history of the park.</p>\n<p>Within the episode itself, the presentation of this host's story is mostly linear, but it stands out against the greater timeline since much of what we as viewers watch unfold in the episode has occurred not only in the past, but the distant past where the park's history is concerned.</p>\n<p>Put another way, it would be like reading the second book in a series, getting seventy percent of the way through it, and then spending the next ten percent of the book getting to know not only a new perspective character, but doing so on a timeline that actually reaches all the way back to the first chapter of the first book in the series.</p>\n<p>Disorienting, right?</p>\n<p>My goal in presenting this metaphor isn't to suggest that the approach the show's writers took for “Kiksuya” is misguided. In fact, it's almost out of necessity that the story is presented this way; if viewers knew what the Ghost Nation knew going back to season one, episode one, it would have vastly undercut the impact of the timeline-related reveals on which the first season hinges in many ways.</p>\n<p>The aim of providing said metaphor is to demonstrate that what might work in one medium—assuming one agrees that <em>Westworld</em>‘s take on non-linear storytelling works at all—doesn't always work in another.</p>\n<p>In film or television, there are a number of unique considerations one must take into account that don't receive the same weight as when writing a manuscript for a work of fiction, with the same being true the other way around.</p>\n<p>What are these considerations? They're explored to an extent in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast026/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this episode of the r. r. campbell writescast</a> featuring screenwriter Aria Gmitter, but in this case let's consider that in a novelized version of <em>Westworld</em>, nothing would stop the author from selectively lacing the various scenes featured in “Kiksuya” throughout the more linear, greater timeline of events.</p>\n<p>Doing so would require the deliberate withholding of certain details from readers as to not overly tip them off to impending revelations, but it could perhaps be more easily done than it could have been in the show itself given the different set of parameters with which these two media have to work.</p>\n<h3>The Takeaway</h3>\n<p>The conclusion here is this: though “Kiksuya” might have been a carefully crafted snapshot into one character's history, doing the same at a similar juncture in one's novel is not therefore by extension a necessarily advisable approach.</p>\n<p>Could it work? 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Because we did see Lee go out of his way to try to save Maeve this week, something he would've never even thought to do in season one. To understand how we got to this point, let's examine how viewers have increasingly been presented with a softer, more vulnerable version of Lee throughout this season in the interest of slowly spinning this possible thread of redemption into his arc as a character.</p>\n<h2>Vulnerability</h2>\n<p>If step one in the establishment of Lee's arc was “insufferability,” step two seems to have been vulnerability.</p>\n<p>A key moment in this stage of his progression was in episode one of season two (“Journey Into Night”), in which Maeve saves him from a cannibalistic gold miner of Lee's own creation. Though easy to cheer against Lee in the moments leading up to what was his apparent death, his quick turnaround into offering whatever help he can to Maeve after his near-death experience does show some gratitude on his part, even if it is based mostly in a desire for self-preservation.</p>\n<p>Then as the season progresses, we find Lee in increasingly more vulnerable or humbling roles. Whether he's relegated to guiding mules or otherwise playing a bit role as a background stooge, one thing is apparent: Lee is being ground down, forced to accept his position as a sidekick in a narrative that not even he himself could have written.</p>\n<p>Though he certainly has his moments of utility and backstabbery, by and large he finds himself with less and less control over the situations in which he finds himself, as vulnerable as he's even been before.</p>\n<h2>Sympathy and Empathy</h2>\n<p>What does that vulnerability buy the show's writers, then? As the section header might indicate, it buys some degree of sympathy and empathy for the man over time, if for no other reason than that it's easy for viewers to watch him and say, “Gee, he's a human. Look at how out of his element he is. <em>I </em>could—no, <em>wou</em><em>ld</em>—be that mostly helpless human if I were in that situation.”</p>\n<p>This view of a character on the part of a watcher or reader—regardless of where a character started their journey—puts writers in a powerful position; characters with whom readers sympathize or empathize are ripe for impactful character change.</p>\n<p>None of that is to say that vulnerability on the part of a character or sympathy and empathy toward the character are required in order to slowly stitch in character development. On the contrary, there are a great number of states in which a character might find themselves forced to change, adapt, or fundamentally reevaluate who they are as people.</p>\n<p>In making an otherwise distasteful character like Lee vulnerable, though, the writers have at least put viewers in a position to have to reckon with their notions of who Lee truly is at the present juncture in the story.</p>\n<h2>A Kind of Redemption</h2>\n<p>This brings us to what some might view as a sort of redemption when he goes out of his way in episode seven of season two to ask park security to spare Maeve as “one of the good ones.”</p>\n<p>That said, I'm still not sure I buy into this perceived shift of character all that much. Why? Though this post has focused on Lee's presentation as a character who's been worn down a bit, he's certainly acted out at times along his journey, too.</p>\n<p>For example, in “Journey Into Night,” he does try to betray Maeve as a host only moments after she'd just saved his life, and the reason Maeve winds up shot by security in episode seven is because of a phone call he made to security in the first place.</p>\n<p>Simply put, Lee's redemption arc doesn't exactly have him on a clean, clear-cut trajectory to becoming some sort of hero or fan favorite. In fact, given the inconsistency of his actions, it would be perfectly reasonable to make the argument that this isn't a redemption arc at all.</p>\n<p>I think the true “tell” of the direction Lee is headed as a character will be in his reaction to Maeve's possible death. Whether she ultimately dies on that gurney or not, will he feel some guilt for the role he played in getting her shot? What cause will he take up without her if she dies or they otherwise become separated? Will he continue to look out for himself and mostly himself, or will a more altruistic version of Lee emerge on the far side of this episode?</p>\n<h2>The Takeaway</h2>\n<p>What all of this really comes down to is that characters like Lee are complex and conflicted. Whether this ultimately proves to be a redemption arc on which Lee is set, we don't yet know. We do know, however, that the groundwork has been laid to present a softer, perhaps less brazen Lee than before.</p>\n<p>I personally don't know if that could make up for the person he once was, but I figure it might be worth watching to find out.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you read here? What more content like this delivered to your inbox regularly? <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can subscribe to my newsletter here</a> for posts like these and other writerly updates. 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Note: </strong>spoilers for <em>Westworld </em>through season two, episode six follow.</p>\n<p>Part of what makes any story memorable aside from the action on the page or screen is the change the characters undergo as part of their journey.</p>\n<p>In HBO's <em>Westworld</em>, much of that change is readily apparent as we advance from season one into season two, principally as a result of the hosts' change from being part of someone else's “dream” to becoming “woke” themselves.</p>\n<p>There's much more subtle change that takes place along the way, however, which I think is worth examining from the perspective of a writer in order to better understand how we might put that to use in our own work.</p>\n<p>To do this, let's focus on one character and one aspect of her development in particular: Maeve and her ability to control other hosts.</p>\n<h2>Simple Commands</h2>\n<p>In season one, episode eight, we see Maeve directly manipulate another host's behavior in a low stakes environment. When the bartender at the brothel in Sweetwater tells her she'll need to pay her tab before she gets another drink, Maeve informs the man that the situation is quite the opposite: she's <em>owed</em> a drink for being such an outstanding patron.</p>\n<p>The bartender, though clearly flummoxed, complies.</p>\n<p>What does this show us? Well, it's the first moment during which we see Maeve's ability to manipulate hosts directly through simple commands. As mentioned above, the writers saw fit to include this in a low-stakes situation, the benefit of which will become apparent as we continue this analysis.</p>\n<p>That same episode—only minutes later—Maeve finds herself in the street, greeting Hector and his gang as they arrive to steal the safe. Before the sheriff can shoot Hector, Maeve intervenes at the last moment, instructing the sheriff to instead abandon his pursuit of Hector. The sheriff obliges, and throughout the subsequent scene, Maeve puts her newfound power to the test a number of times to help Hector and his crew steal the safe.</p>\n<p>So what's the big deal?</p>\n<p>Remember how I mentioned Maeve's first use of this ability was in a low stakes, relatively uncomplicated moment? The lesson in having her ability to manipulate other hosts presented this way is that it prevents the skill from coming across as a <em>deus ex machina </em>were she to have put it to use for the first time in a moment of high drama, namely saving Hector from the sheriff and assisting in the subsequent robbery.</p>\n<p>Had viewers for the first time been shown a Maeve with an unbridled ability to change the narratives in a moment of high tension, it certainly would have been a WTF moment, but wouldn't it also have felt a bit… rushed? Cheap? A bit too convenient?</p>\n<p>That we had an opportunity to know this skill existed prior to the necessity of its use in more dire circumstances significantly changes a viewer's interpretation of its utility and their ability to get behind it as a storytelling device.</p>\n<p>In other words, its presentation was gradual, as is the continued development of this ability in later episodes.</p>\n<h2>The Ghost Nation Stumble</h2>\n<p>Later in season two, episode three, we discover a supposed limit to Maeve's ability to instruct other hosts: members of the Ghost Nation tribe fail to respond to her commands. The reason? She's not speaking their literal language.</p>\n<p>As we later learn, though, somewhere deep in their programming, all hosts have the ability to speak every language spoken by other hosts in the park, which leads us to the next step in Maeve's development of this skill.</p>\n<h2>Shogun Shuffle</h2>\n<p>When Maeve and her crew find themselves taken captive in Shogun World, Maeve surprises her traveling companions by speaking Japanese. That is to say, she's figured out how to access the deepest bits of her programming that are responsible for the languages she's able to use to communicate with other hosts.</p>\n<p>As we saw in season one, we again see a similar pattern to the implementation of this development of her ability in season two. At first she uses her Japanese “only” to negotiate with the Japanese-speaking hosts around her. Later, she uses it to save herself and others from an attack by ninjas orchestrated by the shogun, this time having them turn on themselves rather than simply forcing them to walk away.</p>\n<p>All of this is fine and good, but what difference does it make, you say? Sure, one could argue that this is hardly a new ability at all, that we're actually seeing a repetitive—perhaps even formulaic—demonstration of her abilities across seasons.</p>\n<p>My argument, however, is that the demonstration of her ability to verbally change narratives at all followed by her ability to do this across languages is that it better prepares viewers for the next <em>major</em> step in her development of this power.</p>\n<h2>Mind Over Matter</h2>\n<p>Near the end of the same episode, all appears lost when Akane kills the shogun. This enrages his sworn protectors, who then unleash their fury on Akane, Maeve, and their companions.</p>\n<p>As the chaos unfolds, however, Maeve's power reaches a new height when viewers learn she no longer has to issue a verbal command at all; in fact, she can now manipulate other hosts through thought alone.</p>\n<h2>Ghost Nation Two: Bow and Arrow Boogaloo</h2>\n<p>Then later, in season two, episode six, she speaks the language of the Ghost Nation, something she couldn't do previously. Are we shocked by this? No, since we already know she can speak Japanese and, it would appear, Mandarin based on her interactions in previous episodes. So what does this really do for us, story-wise?</p>\n<p>It establishes a pattern.</p>\n<p>More than that, even, it builds anticipation.</p>\n<p>What might have once felt formulaic or repetitive now buys the writers a great deal. It gets viewers to ask what this might mean for her powers going forward. Where will they take Maeve and her crew next?</p>\n<h2>The Magic is in the Change</h2>\n<p>The slow development—the change in Maeve's character—is what makes this particular thread so enthralling to follow.</p>\n<p>Imagine, for a moment, that Maeve had the ability to do all of this from the get-go way back in episode eight of season one. It would have allowed her to get out of a number of situations with greater ease, but at what cost?</p>\n<p>The cost of suspense. The cost of tension. The cost of wonder.</p>\n<p>That this pattern of gradual change has been established buys the show's writers a great deal in that it keeps viewers wanting to come back. If Maeve had always been able to do all of this, it'd be far too easy for viewers to say, “Okay, so what? We know every episode is just going to be that Maeve lady using her mind powers to get them out of everything.”</p>\n<p>And though, sure, some viewers might say that now, the writers have established that there's always more to come where Maeve and these powers are concerned, and <strong>the only way to know exactly where they'll take her next is to keep watching the show.</strong></p>\n<h2>Gradual Change and You</h2>\n<p>Think now on one of the characters in your own work. Can you think of a skill, an attitude, a belief of theirs that changes and develops over the course of the narrative? How quickly or gradually does that change take place? Could changing the speed at which the change occurs better help keep readers' attention? Could that adjustment help them develop a more nuanced understanding of the character, of themselves?</p>\n<p>Only you can answer those questions for your own work, but if I had to guess, <em>Westworld</em>‘s writers have been mulling over the answers to them for this show, consciously or not.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you read here? What more content like this delivered to your inbox regularly? <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can subscribe to my newsletter here</a> for posts like these and other writerly updates. Thanks for reading!</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Note: spoilers for </em>Westworld<em> through S02E05 follow.</em></p>\n<p>In season two, episode five of HBO's <em>Westworld </em>(“Akane no Mai”), there's a remarkable scene between Dolores and Teddy that uses backstory to enrich character, the show's themes, and the narrative itself.</p>\n<p>Since the inclusion and development of backstory often proves difficult for writers of all backgrounds, I thought I'd examine what makes this scene work so well before taking a look at how we can make this scene's mechanics—and mechanics similar to them—work for us in our own writing.</p>\n<p>But first, some background.</p>\n<h2>Background</h2>\n<p><strong>Note: if you're already familiar with <em>Westworld</em>, you can skip ahead to “Analysis.” </strong></p>\n<p>Not a watcher of <em>Westworld</em>? Still want in on this analysis? Here's a brief primer for you.</p>\n<h3>The Premise</h3>\n<p><em>Westworld </em>is, quite simply, a show about a park where the wealthy can spend a day (or a lifetime, if they can afford it) wandering an American-west-themed land full of shootouts, bank robberies, and related debauchery. The employees in the park itself are essentially robots—known as “hosts”—that are by and large indistinguishable from the human visitors.</p>\n<p>Hosts are programmed to have a full backstory and operate on a set number of narratives with limited room for improvisation in order to make them feel all the more real.</p>\n<p>The trouble is that a number of hosts have become self-aware, and are now actively leading a revolt against the human visitors trapped in the park.</p>\n<p>Why aren't you watching this show, again?</p>\n<h3>The Players</h3>\n<p>Dolores - a host and folksy farm-girl-turned-rogue. She figures among the park's more “woke” hosts.</p>\n<p>Teddy - a cowboy with a heart of gold(?) and a complicated past. He's wising up to the true nature of his reality, but doesn't seem to fully get it yet.</p>\n<p>Dolores and Teddy share a past in a way—the narratives they were programmed with originally had the two of them encounter one another every day, reminisce about a romantic past that never truly was, and speculate about a future that never could be. Then it would happen all over again the next day, <em>ad infinitum</em>.</p>\n<p>Well, until Dolores became self-aware or something like it.</p>\n<h2>Analysis</h2>\n<p>The scene in question begins 31 minutes into the episode, at least if we go by the timestamp on HBO Now. In it, Dolores and Teddy stand in a field, one they always used to visit in the days before they started to understand their existences as hosts.</p>\n<p>Here's a condensed, dialogue-based version of the scene that we'll use as the starting point for our analysis. Below, “D” will stand for Dolores, and “T,” well, for Teddy.</p>\n<p><strong>D:</strong> I ever tell you about the year we almost lost the herd? Blue tongue. Quarantined the cows that had it, but it kept spreading all the same.</p>\n<p>Daddy finally figured out that it wasn't spreading from cow to cow; it was the flies that carried it. He worried over it all night. How do you stop a sickness like that? One with wings?</p>\n<p>Say it was you. What would you do, Teddy?</p>\n<p><strong>T:</strong> I'd give 'em shelter. House the weakest in a barn out of the air away from the flies until it passed.</p>\n<p><strong>D:</strong> You're a kind man.</p>\n<p>[Dolores brushes a hand against Teddy's cheek]</p>\n<p>Daddy burned 'em: the weak, the infected. Made a pyre that went on for days and it stank but flies hate smoke. The herd lived.</p>\n<p>I'll think about what you said.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Well that is… dark. But what does it tell us about Dolores' backstory, and what does this conversation reveal about her character and that of Teddy? And why are they talking about this in the first place?</p>\n<h3>Backstory</h3>\n<p>By this episode, viewers are already plenty familiar with Dolores's programmed backstory, but let's say we weren't (or aren't). What would we now know from this brief exchange?</p>\n<p>Well, we would know her family owned a farm or a ranch of some kind. But where does she say that specifically?</p>\n<p>She doesn't. The scene speaks for itself without the need for a long preamble about how long the farm has been in the family or how many cows they have or what her role actually was where ranching was concerned.</p>\n<p>Of course, yes, this is all taking place in the show's second season when most viewers are already well aware of the most essential underpinnings of Dolores's programmed past, but at no point—even in the first season—does the show stop and dump the above information or any information like it on viewers in order to make sure they understand these things about who Dolores is as a person.</p>\n<p>Instead, the writers not only let the scene speak for itself, but let the characters speak for themselves, too.</p>\n<h3>Voice and Demeanor as Cues into Character</h3>\n<p>If you hadn't read the “Background” section above or hadn't watched the show, I bet a reading of the dialogue alone would reasonably frame who Dolores and Teddy are as characters. How? Through voice and the attitudes they express in the conversation.</p>\n<p>Where voice is concerned, just take a look at the characters' word choice and sentence structure. What impression does it leave you with? Where would you guess these folks are from? What time period?</p>\n<p>When reading for attitude, demeanor, or belief system, what does Teddy's response tell you about the kind of person he is? How does Dolores's story and her presentation of it paint her?</p>\n<p>Note that the answers to these questions arise not from the writers of the show answering them for you in terse, stilted dialogue-based declaratives, but rather from viewers' interpretations of the medium itself. In other words, the writers don't surrender to the urge to explain; the scene and its characters speak for themselves—and strongly, I might add. In so doing, we as viewers leave this scene with an enriched understanding of who these characters are, what they want, and, for viewers familiar with the show, what might come next.</p>\n<h3>Metaphor</h3>\n<p>What I love most about the simple scene above is that it's really just a cleverly disguised expression many are already familiar with. What's that expression, you ask?</p>\n<p>“You've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.”</p>\n<p>Or, perhaps an even more apt expression this dialogue represents is that Dolores's father recognized he had to “sacrifice the few to save the many.”</p>\n<p>What's worth appreciating here is that the show's writers didn't settle to just have Dolores and Teddy discuss the philosophical foundations of these expressions in some sort of lofty, out-of-character diatribe. Instead, they incorporated an in-world anecdote that would not only further reveal character and backstory, but also frame Dolores and the other hosts' “wokeness” through a new lens.</p>\n<p>In Dolores' story, the cows that comprise the herd represent the hosts that have slowly been stirred from their programmed realities by <em>their</em> equivalent of “blue tongue.” Her argument is that if she and the rest of the woke hosts don't take action to force the hands of their creators, that their creators will eventually take the same approach her daddy took with the infected cows: they and the other woke hosts will be destroyed so that the herd of healthy, obedient hosts might go on serving the whims of their human creators.</p>\n<p>Ultimately, this anecdote serves as a test: one Dolores gives Teddy in order to probe whether he truly understands the stakes at play. When he fails this test, well, there's another scene at the end of the episode that suggests exactly what Dolores plans to do about that.</p>\n<h2>Writing Exercises</h2>\n<p>What does this mean for our own writing then? How can we enrich character, present backstory, and make use of metaphors like the above from time to time?</p>\n<p>To start, pick a scene from a manuscript of yours that you think might be a little stale. Or, if you really want to turn things up, pick a scene you're proud of.</p>\n<p>Now select a character in that scene. What do you already know about that character? What are they thinking when the scene starts? When it ends? Are they focused on the matter at hand or distracted by something else entirely?</p>\n<p>Is there something in their hand? Can you put something there? What about a brown paper bag or a jar of jam or a ring they've removed and pressed tight to their palm?</p>\n<p>Do other characters in the scene notice this? Do they ask questions? Does the character that now has something in their hand forcefully bring up the thing in their hand? What does it mean to them? What does it mean to the scene?</p>\n<p>If there's nothing (or you don't want to put anything) in your character's hand, is there something they observe on the wall or otherwise nearby? Maybe it's not something they see, but rather feel or smell or hear. How might they interpret that stimulus based on how they feel right now? How might they have interpreted it had they seen it earlier in the story or if they saw it in the future? What does that say about the journey they're on as a character?</p>\n<p>Does the thing in their hand or the thing on the wall, etc. trigger a memory of some kind? How can they present this connection to the other character(s) on the page in a meaningful way, assuming they choose to do so?</p>\n<p>You might not think the simple act of giving your characters something to put in their hands would make any difference to your scene, but try it out. I can think of at least two times these strategies have worked for me, both of which were in my <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/books/empathy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMPATHY</a></em> sci-fi series.</p>\n<p>After becoming concerned that one of my scenes was reading as a stiff-sounding, boring old meeting between two characters, I decided to put a table-tennis paddle in one character's hand. After plopping a ping pong table into the room, the two characters not only shared a volley of dialogue, but a literal volley as well. The tension their playing of table tennis introduced also helped me frame the conversation at large, and ended up leading to what I believe to be one of the book's strongest metaphors.</p>\n<p>It should come as no surprise, then, that I take the same approach in the series' second book, <em>EMPATHY: Mourning Dove</em>, where in one scene I place a mango in a character's hand, who then goes on to skin and eat the mango in front of the chapter's point-of-view character. What does it say about the mango-holding character that she doesn't at first offer any to her guest? What does it say about her when she does, but then proves to be withholding about it? How does the way she eats the mango frame her presentation on the page, and what might their exchange over this fruit ultimately mean in the greater context of the story?</p>\n<p>Granted, “putting something in your characters' hands” isn't an end all, be all solution, and we can't rely on this same trick to get us through every scene.</p>\n<p>What we can do, however, is use it as another one of the many tools in our writer's toolkit. After putting it to use a few times, we might even find ourselves refining the use of the tool such that it can be used with greater efficacy in a broader range of applications.</p>\n<p>For now, though, let's see what it does for us, our characters, their backstories, and the metaphors we might use to frame it all.</p>\n<p>Write on and write well.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you read here? What more content like this delivered to your inbox regularly? <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can subscribe to my newsletter here</a> for posts like these and other writerly updates. Thanks for reading!</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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Leaving their homeland and their old lives behind, they find a door and step through…</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>If that sounds fascinating, it's because it is. <em>Exit West</em> is one of the best books I've read in the last few years, so please do yourself the favor of picking it up. You don't have to take my word for it, though: it was named best book of the year (or listed among them) by the <em>New York Times</em>, <em>NPR</em>, <em>TIME</em>, <em>GQ</em>, <em>O The Oprah Magazine</em>—you name it, they loved it.</p>\n<p>Biblio Breakdowns aren't means as reviews or recommendations, though, so let's get technical, beginning with point of view.</p>\n<h2>Point of View</h2>\n<p>In other blog posts, I've explored the various types of point of view: first, second, and third (limited and omniscient). Choosing the point of view to employ in any given manuscript is a major choice; it's the lens through which readers will access the story, and each point of view lends itself to varying degrees of intimacy between the reader and the perspective characters.</p>\n<p>In <em>Exit West</em>, Mohsin Hamid employs the third-person omniscient point of view, through which readers have access to all of the thoughts and feelings of any character at any given time. Personally, I steer clear of omniscience in my own writing for a few reasons. Let's take a look at what those reasons are before examining why Hamid's choice to use the third-person omniscient was, despite my qualms with the use of omniscience more broadly, an absolutely brilliant choice for this book.</p>\n<h3>Mystery, Suspense, and Dramatic Irony</h3>\n<p>Regular readers of my blog probably roll their eyes at the above header; it describes topics I've covered a few times in other posts, too. These are, however, crucial to consider when developing a scene or examining a character's arc.</p>\n<p>When writing in the third person, I prefer to employ the third-person limited perspective, as it tends toward increased mystery and suspense. How? Simply by the virtue of only giving readers access to the feelings and inner machinations of a single character. That is to say, in any scene, we only know what our perspective character knows (suspense), and sometimes our perspective character knows things that haven't yet been shared with the reader (mystery).</p>\n<p>In this way, readers don't know what the true intentions of other characters might be: whether they've actually forgotten our perspective character's birthday, for example, or if they've actually planned a surprise party and their “forgetfulness” is all part of an elaborate ruse.</p>\n<p>Setups like the above create suspense for the reader, something that can be lost in total omniscience. Granted, this argument could be construed as a bit of a straw man since authors who employ omniscience could choose not to provide this secondary character's true intentions to the reader, but that's another one of my qualms with omniscience: it gives authors the ability to be inconsistent in or withholding about what they share at any given time, which, in my view at least, gives the author too much power over a story that is, ultimately, about characters and their experiences.</p>\n<p>In <em>Exit West</em>, Mohsin Hamid dodges any tendency toward inconsistency or penchant for being withholding, and he does so by going full-on with his omniscience. We get to know what both of our perspective characters are thinking and feeling, <em>even if we don't get to know it immediately.</em></p>\n<p>“Whoa, wait,” you might say. “Isn't the whole deal with omniscience that we get to know who's thinking what and when they're thinking it, any time they're thinking it?”</p>\n<p>Well, sure. Yeah. But given the linear presentation of content in a novel, as writers we're limited to only truly be presenting the thoughts and feelings of one given character (or group of like-minded characters) at a single point in time.</p>\n<p>Though this may feel like a limitation (and it often is), Hamid uses it to his advantage countless times throughout <em>Exit West</em>. The most prevalent examples of this, I feel, are when he spends short spurts inside of Saeed's head, expressing his doubts and his concerns about his relationship with Nadia. The questions he raises put us on the same page as Saeed, and they help foment a strong sense of suspense since the answers to those questions aren't known to the reader when they're asked.</p>\n<p>Then, however, Hamid uses that suspense as fuel to push us into Nadia's thoughts, where we learn she's often thinking along similar lines as Saeed. In fact, sometimes Nadia's thoughts would answer Saeed's questions or quell his doubts, which converts that feeling of suspense readers had earlier into dramatic irony. Readers can now think to themselves, “Oh, Saeed, if only you knew what I know!”</p>\n<p>This conversion of suspense to dramatic irony is a great way to use the third person omniscient point of view, in my opinion. It works especially well in <em>Exit West</em>, where our two primary point of view characters would stand to benefit if only they just <em>talked</em> about these things a bit more.</p>\n<p>I mean, they do talk about them from time to time, but in nowhere near as forthcoming of a way as they express their inner thoughts on the same topics. This also means that when the two characters are conversing but not quite expressing themselves clearly or being 100% honest, we as readers again are presented with more dramatic irony.</p>\n<p><em><strong>Exercise</strong></em>: Pick one of your favorite scenes from your work in progress, preferably something that features both your main character and their antagonist, or your main character and their love interest, for example. How would the scene change if readers were privy to the thoughts of the non-perspective character? How would the scene change if each character knew what the other knew?</p>\n<p>Thinking about this “information economy” can help us better understand our characters themselves, and also create greater tension for readers who might be wondering the same things.</p>\n<p><strong>Caution: </strong>though after doing this exercise you may be tempted to tease bits of information that's only known to a non-perspective character, be sure to avoid head-hopping if you're writing in a third-person limited perspective. If you're unfamiliar with head-hopping, we'll cover it in the next section, so strap in.</p>\n<h3>Head-hopping</h3>\n<p>Readers who are familiar with this blog (or who hired me as an editor) probably read the above section and think that this sounds an awful lot like a limited perspective (rather than omniscient) with lots of head-hopping. Isn't that a dreaded no-no?</p>\n<p>Before we answer this question, let's do a refresher on head hopping for those who are unfamiliar.</p>\n<p>Let's say we're reading a spy thriller that follows our favorite special agent from one high-flying action scene to the next. We're with her the whole time, only knowing what she knows and feeling what she feels. Then, somewhere around page 100, she's having a standoff with one of the baddies. Before they prepare to battle, the author leaves us with something like, “The evil henchman knew that Agent Leona was unarmed.”</p>\n<p>Wait. What?</p>\n<p>How does the henchman know this? How do we know that the henchman knows this?</p>\n<p>Well, we know because the author decided to hop into his head for a moment and tell us. Imagine if this sentence were rewritten to something like this, for example: “The evil henchman's eyes landed on her hip, her empty holster.”</p>\n<p>We now get the same information, but remain with our perspective character and her observations of the scene, rather than the author casting themselves forcefully onto the page for a moment to make sure readers get some extra suspense.</p>\n<p>In <em>Exit West</em>, I feel that despite the ability to visit any character at any time, we're not dealing with head-hopping because what would otherwise be hops are established as part of the storytelling from the book's very first pages.</p>\n<p>Mohsin Hamid also makes the incredible storytelling choice to, at times, leave our two main characters to travel halfway around the world for brief anecdotes about how the lives of others are changed by these doors that suddenly let people visit one part of the world or another simply by walking through them.</p>\n<p>This is, admittedly, something else I would have flagged as an editor if I were reading with a critical eye (and it was something I felt “off” about until I let the writing style wash over me), but the reason I was able to look past it is because of how this and the perspective changes were employed: namely, voice.</p>\n<h2>Voice</h2>\n<p>Voice is one of those tricky things to define—you know it when you read it, but until you have an example of it thrown into your face, it's tough to put it into words on its own.</p>\n<p>With that in mind, let's use a few examples to try to tease out what I mean when I refer to voice. Compare the presentation of the main character in Emma Donoghue's <em>Room</em> with Salinger's <em>Catcher in the Rye</em> or Fitzgerald's <em>The Great Gatsby</em>. Each has his own manner of speaking, presenting the facts, and guiding readers through the narrative. If you were to take Nick Carraway from <em>Gatsby </em>and have him narrate <em>Room</em> or, say, any of the <em>A Song of Ice and Fire</em> series, you'd wind up with a markedly different presentation of the story (Gatsby said, “When you play the game of thrones, you win or you die, old sport.”)</p>\n<p>As we can see, voice can clearly affect a reader's understanding (and enjoyment!) of any given story. Writers whose characters are able to set themselves apart from the writing of others through the use of voice can help readers identify more thoroughly with the protagonist and their world, which is, of course, always a plus.</p>\n<p>In <em>Exit West</em>, the voice Mohsin Hamid employs on the page has an almost epic, biblical feel to it. Admittedly, this was a bit of a turn off for me when I first started reading—that is, until I appreciated the complexity injected into it through the use of what I'll call a sort of “zoom” feature. This “zoom” allows readers to begin a sentence feeling rather distant from any given character—seeing the goings-on in the neighborhood or on the far side of the planet—before winding its way toward a character's inner thoughts and feelings more closely over the course of the sentence. Conversely, we were also presented with sentences where we could begin zoomed in on and highly intimate with a character, then slowly zoom out, then zoom into another character, completing the head-hop, but doing so in a graceful, one-thing-leads-to-another sort of way. Here's an example.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>There was no physical violence in Nadia's home, and much giving to charity, but when after finishing university Nadia announced, to her family's utter horror, and to her own surprise for she had not planned to say it, that she was moving out on her own, an unmarried woman, the break involved hard words on all sides, from her father, from her mother, even more so from her sister, and perhaps most of all from Nadia herself, such that Nadia and her family both considered her thereafter to be without a family, something all of them, all four, for the rest of their lives, regretted, but which none of them would ever act to repair, partly out of stubbornness, partly out of bafflement at how to go about doing so, and partly because the impending descent of their city into the abyss would come before they realized that they had lost the chance.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>There's no way that's one sentence, right? Well, read it again. I promise you it is, and this isn't even the longest of the book!</p>\n<p>Where this “zoom feature” is concerned, let's examine how the focus changes over the course of the sentence, sliding gracefully from one focus point to the next.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Nadia's home more generally</li>\n<li>Nadia's family's reaction to her announcement</li>\n<li>Nadia's own reaction to her announcement</li>\n<li>The implications for her announcement</li>\n<li>Interpretations of the implications of her announcement</li>\n</ol>\n<p>This could be broken down even further, honestly, but perhaps I'll save that for the podcast version of this Biblio Breakdown. The point is this: we do have head hops and commentary on events not yet come to pass where the linear presentation of the narrative is concerned, but all of that works here—in my opinion, at least—because the narrative voice moves from one idea to the next through the use of proximity in presentation on the page and the richness with which it allows us to further appreciate the import of what could otherwise have been just another family argument. The context that the voice provides—namely, that any argument can change the course of time or be the last that any group of people has—is truly devastating, especially once pit against the action of the narrative as it advances.</p>\n<p><em><strong>Exercise</strong></em>: Imagine one of your characters. Now, imagine them as being from a different background than the one they currently have. Think along the lines of where they're from, their socioeconomic status, the people they grew up alongside of and how those individuals might have affected their manner of speaking, the metaphors they employ, and their world view more generally.</p>\n<p>Now write a scene from the perspective of this character that now has a slightly different background than your original. How does their presentation of events change? What different mannerisms, words, and interpretations of events do they provide?</p>\n<p><strong>Caution: </strong>when doing this exercise, try to push yourself past stereotypified interpretations of voice, especially if writing a character of a significantly different background than your own. Remember, we're writing characters, not caricatures, and it's critically important we examine and challenge our own (oftentimes innate) biases from time to time in order to do so.</p>\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n<p>That's all for this Biblio Breakdown of Mohsin Hamid's <em>Exit West</em>. Go forth and play with point of view and voice in your own work! You might be amazed at what you discover.</p>\n<hr />\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>To stay up to date with Biblio Breakdowns</em><em>, <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the r. r. campbell writescast</a>, and my forthcoming releases, <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">you can subscribe to my monthly newsletter at this link</a>, and never miss a thing!</em></p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>Whoa. Hey. What? Is that <em>two</em> books in this month's update? It sure is!</p>\n<p>In case you missed <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/books/empathy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">last Friday's announcement</a>, my sci-fi thriller, <em>EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn </em>is to be published by NineStar Press in January 2019. It's the first installment in a planned series.</p>\n<p>With that in mind, let's get some updates on what to expect in the world of <em>EMPATHY</em> before we examine the progress of <em>Accounting For It All</em>.</p>\n<h1><em>EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</em></h1>\n<h2>Outline Time</h2>\n<p>Like I mentioned above, <em>Imminent Dawn</em> is the first in the planned <em>EMPATHY </em>series. When I say “planned,” I mean I know in broad brushstrokes what takes place over the course of the four sequels, but it hasn't been until the last few days that I've really thrown myself into developing a more concrete outline for <em>Imminent Dawn</em>‘s sequel, <em>Mourning Dove</em>.</p>\n<p>I wrapped up a first-pass outline recently, but that, of course, is only an outline: I'll still have to write the thing, and I'm expecting the word count for that one to come in at a hefty 135,000 words, or about, uh, 490 pages.</p>\n<p>That's all an informed estimate for now (and there's no guarantee the sequel will even get published… it'll still have to be decent in its own right), so let's stick with what we do know, which is where we're at with the first book in the series.</p>\n<h2>“Final” Revisions</h2>\n<p>I have a couple of months before my “final” revisions on <em>Imminent Dawn</em> are due to my editor, but I've already started compiling my notes for what those might look like, as I need to stitch in some precedent-establishing context for some things I know plan on weaving into the sequel.</p>\n<p>Once those final edits are wrapped up (hopefully by mid-April), I'll fire them off to my editor so he can give me his own feedback before we really hit the revisions hard later this year!</p>\n<p>That's more or less where we're at for the <em>EMPATHY </em>series for now, so let's take a peek at what's going on with <em>Accounting For It All</em>!</p>\n<h1><em>Accounting For It All</em></h1>\n<h2>Media Tour</h2>\n<p>I'm beginning to put together a list of possible publications to target as part of a media tour in the lead up to the book's release. If you have a blog, podcast, or other connection to someone in the media who might be interested in running a story on <em>Accounting For It All</em>, <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">let me know at this link!</a> I'd love to get in touch with them.</p>\n<h2>Stickers!</h2>\n<p>I recently ordered some awesome <em>Accounting For It All </em>stickers! 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For more, you can <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow me on Twitter</a>, <a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">like my author page on Facebook</a>, and <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sign up for my monthly newsletter.</a></p>\n<p>Thanks for reading.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>It's time for another <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/bibliobreakdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biblio Breakdown</a>! In this installment of the series, we'll examine John Green's <em>Turtles All the Way Down</em>.</p>\n<p>If you recognize the name John Green, you should. Aside from <em>Turtles </em>(and a number of other titles), he's the author of <em>The Fault in Our Stars</em>, a book so impactful that even just typing its title gets me misty-eyed. <em>Stars </em>deserves its own Biblio Breakdown at some point, but for now we'll focus on <em>Turtles All the Way Down</em>, Green's 2017 release.</p>\n<h2>Narrative Conflict Types</h2>\n<p>There are four narrative conflict types we as writers can choose from for our protagonist to endure throughout the course of our manuscripts. These are:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>character against character</li>\n<li>character against nature</li>\n<li>character against society</li>\n<li>character against self</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Ideally, we choose one of these as our protagonist's primary conflict type and sprinkle in the others in our subplots or scenes throughout. The most commonly put to use among these (in my reading experience, anyway) is character against character—wherein our protagonist must overcome the obstacles put in their way by another character.</p>\n<p>If you're looking for a visual to drive this home, think of your main character as a ram. Now think of your antagonist as another ram. Now they butt heads.</p>\n<p>Repeat ad nauseam for 60,000+ words, and now you have a novel. It's just that easy. *rolls eyes at self*</p>\n<p>Character against character is great, and I was certain after the first couple of chapters that <em>Turtles All the Way Down</em> would feature this as its primary narrative conflict type.</p>\n<p>After the first five chapters or so, however, it became apparent that the book's true conflict, in my view, was actually character against self, which I believe can be one of the most rewarding paths to pursue as a writer, and among the most harrowing to follow as a reader.</p>\n<p>Green's choice of character versus self is even more noteworthy because of its depth: Aza's intrusive thoughts and obsessive-compulsive disorder define how she navigates her everyday life, so much so that Aza often employs metaphors to describe her relationship to them.</p>\n<p>That's right; her relationship <em>to</em> them. The character versus self conflict is so deep within our protagonist that it actually turns inward on itself as Aza frames it not as a struggle against <em>herself</em>, but rather as if it were a struggle against another third-party entirely.</p>\n<p>Granted, one could go on then to frame this as a character-against-nature narrative conflict, and I wouldn't begrudge anyone who chose to do so. I, however, feel as though the conflict reads as a character-versus-self narrative—at least that seems to be how Aza <em>experiences</em> the conflict despite how she might frame it externally.</p>\n<p>Further to these points, I feel the “easy” (as if anything in writing is ever easy) thing for Green to have done with this narrative conflict in mind would have been to put to use the <a href=\"http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThrowingOffTheDisability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">throwing off the disability</a> or miracle-cure tropes. Aside from those approaches treading in <a href=\"http://avajae.blogspot.com/2015/05/why-miracle-cure-trope-hurts.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">harmful</a> <a href=\"https://theestablishment.co/the-miraculous-cure-trope-is-not-the-disability-representation-we-need-1608ee948349\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">waters</a>, I'm glad Green didn't go this direction for two reasons:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Realism</li>\n<li>Theme</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Where the first of these is concerned, the book throughout is set in a world that is, insofar as we can tell, just like our own. In fact, Aza's psychiatrist treats her OCD with medication and what, in my observation, would be something like cognitive behavioral therapy. Simply put: there's no “magic drug” presented as a <a href=\"http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MacGuffin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MacGuffin</a> to help move the plot along, which is great because Aza being “cured” is fundamentally not what the story is about.</p>\n<p>One might argue, “Wait, the primary narrative conflict is character against self, and you're trying to tell me the protagonist triumphing in that conflict isn't the story's focus? Seems shaky to me.”</p>\n<p>And I could understand that argument: yes, there's a reason we call it the <em>primary</em> narrative conflict. It's meant to be the central challenge our main character must confront by the time the book reaches its conclusion. And that's still the case in <em>Turtles</em>—Aza <em>does</em> confront this conflict throughout the novel, but where it may differ from expectations is that we don't get the “neat and tidy” resolution of said conflict that one might expect were the above-mentioned tropes employed.</p>\n<p>Realism is key here in that very rarely in real life do things reach an absolutely perfect equilibrium. All things come with a cost of some kind, be it physical, emotional, monetary—you name it. It's a rare day in Oz that we can click our heels together three times and wake up back in Kansas, only to discover all of our trials were nothing more than a dream and <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_interpretations_of_The_Wonderful_Wizard_of_Oz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">an allegory about the gold standard.</a></p>\n<p>My point is this: without getting too spoilery, Green's resolution of Aza's primary conflict is well played in that it, like life, achieves its resolution not in a “miraculous curing,” but rather through a long road of trials that lead her (and those around her) to develop a better framework through which to view these parts of her. That is to say, there is <em>no</em> absolute triumph of good over evil or vice versa, which is where my second point, theme, comes into play.</p>\n<p>Put metaphorically: the book's lesson (at least for me, anyway) is that there will always be rainy days, but developing strategies to manage rainy days might help us better understand how to survive them since there's no stopping the weather itself.</p>\n<p>Yes, I recognize I've used a character-against-nature metaphor to describe this character-versus-self conflict, but that doesn't make the take home any less true or diminish the symbiotic relationship between realism and theme in the book itself.</p>\n<p>After reading the above, one might also be concerned that I've spoiled the ending somehow. Trust me, I haven't. Recognizing virtue isn't the same as having read or heard the parable, and this is undoubtedly true of <em>Turtles All the Way Down</em>. I do recommend you read it for yourself.</p>\n<p><strong>Exercise: </strong>Which of the above-listed narrative conflict types do you put to work in your WIP? Don't be surprised if you find you make use of more than one—or all of them—at various points throughout your manuscript. If you have written more than one of them into your story, which is most prevalent? What lessons does it communicate to readers? Have you considered alternatives to the resolution of these conflicts in order to subvert or play with readers' expectations? Brainstorm how you might do this, and then write separate versions of a few of your scenes wherein one of these alternative resolutions is reached. How does this change your story or impact your theme?</p>\n<h2>Word, or, in this case, <em>Character</em> Economy</h2>\n<p>Let's take a hard left turn, screeching our tires as we peel out in a different direction entirely.</p>\n<p>I've written on word economy <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/?s=word+economy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a handful of posts</a>, but in this post I'd like to focus on an extension of word economy: character economy, or the idea that a manuscript should only feature as many characters as are necessary to tell the story, and that said characters should only receive exactly as much focus and detail as is required to tell the story.</p>\n<p><em>Turtles All the Way Down</em> features a brilliant use of character economy upon the introduction of one character in particular, more specifically, a lawyer.</p>\n<p>When first introduced in chapter eleven, the lawyer, Simon, calls Aza with advice regarding something she has just received from his client's family. Aza has never heard of or spoken with this lawyer previously, and so naturally one might expect him to be given his due: what does his voice sound like? How does Aza feel about him? Does she develop an idea of what he might look like by imagining him in his office on the other end of the call?</p>\n<p>We never get any of this information, though, and that's (more than) okay! Because, quite frankly, <em>who cares</em>? Simon exists only to nudge the plot along in a handful of places, and, if memory serves, he's never physically present in any given scene. Some readers might swoop in and try to argue that this is hack—that the lawyer is being used as a patch to cover up some kind of hole in plot development—but I think this couldn't be further from the truth. Why?</p>\n<p>Well, the nature of this plot line begs for the inclusion of a lawyer, but what it doesn't need is a new character to sweep in and become a mainstay throughout the rest of the manuscript; Aza and the others can manage that just fine, thank-you-very-much.</p>\n<p>Instead of thrusting a new character rife with description and complicated backstory of his own upon readers, Green instead gives readers a simple, two-page scene that is <em>almost exclusively dialogue</em>. As a result, the scene achieves everything required of it in as economical of a manner as possible.</p>\n<p><strong>Exercise: </strong>Take an inventory of the characters in your WIP. Is every last one of them absolutely necessary? Is every character given exactly as much—and only as much—description as is warranted by the role they play? When asking yourself these questions, however, it's worth considering the genre in which you're writing, as fantasy and sci-fi tend toward more description than other genres.</p>\n<h2>Concluding Remarks</h2>\n<p>Whether interested in exploring the above topics or simply looking for a breezy read with great depth, <em>Turtles All the Way Down</em> is worth a read. Or, if after looking into it further you're not sure it'd be right for you, perhaps look into <em>The Fault in Our Stars</em>, which is another fantastic title from John Green.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks for reading. For updates on future Biblio Breakdowns as they're released, you can subscribe to the monthly <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">r. r. campbell writes newsletter</a>. By subscribing, you'll not only ensure you catch every <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/bibliobreakdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biblio Breakdown</a>, but you'll also receive monthly <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writescast</a> recaps, writing tips, discounts on editing services, and updates on the publication process for <em><a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/books\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Accounting For It All</a></em>. Check it out!</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>Alright, it's time for part three of this Biblio Breakdown for <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns. </em>Looking for parts one and two? You can find them <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/01/22/biblio-breakdown-a-thousand-splendid-suns-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here</a> and <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/01/24/biblio-breakdown-a-thousand-splendid-suns-part-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here</a>, respectively. Want more background on Biblio Breakdowns before reading on? <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/bibliobreakdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can learn more at this link.</a></p>\n<p>Now let's discuss setting as character before we advance into an exploration of dramatic irony!</p>\n<h2>Setting as Character</h2>\n<p><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/01/06/setting-more-than-just-place/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In other posts</a>, we've covered the importance of setting as character more generally, but one dimension to setting that is often overlooked (including by yours truly) is <em>time</em>. In <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em>, however, Hosseini puts on a masterclass in the use of <em>time as character</em> (and a generally antagonizing character, at that).</p>\n<p>We as people are shaped by the times in which we live, and our characters should be no different. As the perspective characters in <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns </em>grow and struggle throughout their lives, the city of Kabul—and Afghanistan more broadly—does as well. In the earliest parts of the book, we are party to an Afghanistan with progressive urban leanings, but as Afghanistan and our main characters endure the overthrow of its leadership in a communist coup followed by Soviet occupation followed by an attempt to establish a democracy followed by a civil war followed by the seizure of control by the Taliban and then their eventual overthrow in the 2000s (and I may have missed a step or two in there), our characters' daily lives are impacted immensely by the ongoing turmoil, loss of life, and the sociopolitical tendencies of those in power.</p>\n<p>The one constant throughout, however, is that regardless of who runs the show in Kabul, Afghanistan (or at least the bits of it we see in the book) remained an oppressive place for women. The rules may have changed at the fringes, and stability as well, but women are almost universally regarded as second-class citizens, a primary focus of the book.</p>\n<p>The lesson we take away is this: for those of us writing fiction of any kind—but especially historical fiction—the times in which our characters flourish (or fail) should not be disregarded. They, too, can make the world feel more lived in and fill the role of an additional antagonist or ally in the proper context.</p>\n<p><strong>Exercise: </strong>Think about not where, but <em>when</em> your work in progress takes place. What is your main character's relationship to the times in which he or she lives? Do they feel very much a part of the zeitgeist or rather detached from it? Even if they do feel detached, why? How can their attachment or detachment from their world's goings-on help define their journey and your theme as the author? Once you've answered these questions for your main character, consider them for your supporting cast as well—they, too, surely have opinions and reactions of their own to share!</p>\n<h2>Dramatic Irony</h2>\n<p>Dramatic irony is another topic we've broached in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/09/who-knows-what-and-when-mystery-suspense-and-dramatic-irony/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previous posts</a>, but <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em> provides such a salient example of it that I have to mention it as part of this series.</p>\n<p>Above I mentioned that this novel takes place across many decades and seismic shifts in the power structures that govern the daily lives of Afghanistan's citizens, including through the mid-to-late 2000s.</p>\n<p>There's a scene during the times of the Taliban's rule that begins as seemingly innocuous (or as innocuous as possible all things considered), but as our perspective characters learn more about the events unfolding in New York City on an entirely different continent, readers are able to start assembling the pieces on their own: that the 9/11 attacks have happened, and the American invasion and occupation of Afghanistan will certainly come next.</p>\n<p>Readers in this scenario have access to information that our characters do not: namely, that the attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon will have tremendous consequences for their daily lives. This is a perfect example of dramatic irony.</p>\n<p>In fact, if one is even only tangentially familiar with Afghanistan's history, there are moments of dramatic irony laced throughout the story. Specifically, I'm referring to the Soviet occupation and the takeover of the Taliban, along with, of course, the subsequent invasion by U.S. forces.</p>\n<p>All of this is, again, a testament to the value of setting as character, and, most specifically, time as character. Had this story taken place at another time in Afghanistan's history (or had it chosen to ignore or de-emphasize the setting's historical context), the dramatic irony would either have not existed or played a significantly diminished role.</p>\n<p>In <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em>, however, it plays a major part in one's journey as a reader: even when our perspective characters achieve minor victories, history tells us that earth-shattering change is right around the corner, and with it, almost exclusively a worsening of our characters' situations.</p>\n<p><strong>Exercise: </strong>Are there moments in your own work where dramatic irony comes into play? If not, could playing with point of view to introduce bits of it help increase the tension on the page? Of course, any time we discuss possible point of view shifts we want to be very deliberate and consistent about our choices, but, when done well, they can be used to employ dramatic irony in some, well, dramatic ways.</p>\n<h2>Concluding Notes</h2>\n<p>Though some nearly 3,000 words have already been dedicated to an exploration of <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em> using this Biblio Breakdown approach, I can't help but feel as though I'm still giving this title short shrift. It truly is among the handful of books whose impression will stick with me so long as I live. The portraits that Hosseini paints of person, place, and the relationships between it all are something I encourage every writer to read and learn from, regardless of the genre or category for which one writes.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks for reading. Want more Biblio Breakdowns, writing advice, and updates on upcoming releases from author r. r. campbell? 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"rendered": "<p>Welcome to part two of this Biblio Breakdown for <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns. </em>Looking for part one? <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/01/22/biblio-breakdown-a-thousand-splendid-suns-part-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can find that here.</a> Want more background on Biblio Breakdowns before reading on? <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/bibliobreakdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can learn more at this link.</a></p>\n<p>Alright—now let's get right back to it.</p>\n<h2>Relationships as Metaphor</h2>\n<p>In part one, we explored the notion that characters are comprised of more than a list of traits: that they're defined also by the cultures they inhabit and the relationships they have to other characters. Once we as writers have established that foundation for our own characters, we can build upon that in such a way that these relationships grow upward beyond the terrestrial world of the page, and into a sort of atmosphere that surrounds the world of the book itself. For the purposes of this post and those going forward, we'll call this atmosphere the metasphere.</p>\n<p>Before you get to wondering what I'm smoking, consider this: like our characters, nothing exists in a vacuum, including the books we read and write. That is to say, we must consider all things against a greater context, which, for our readers, includes things like the society in which they're living as they read, the history of the cultures in which we write, and the presentation of our book's subject matter.</p>\n<p>Woe be it of me to suggest that writers must actively be considering all of the above as a necessity when writing, <em>but</em> if these matters are considered when writing, one can craft a manuscript with an even further enriched theme, using the power of nuance and subtlety by pulling from the metasphere to shape readers' understandings of character, plot, and theme.</p>\n<p>Where <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em> does this masterfully is through the use of interpersonal relationships as metaphor for the greater sociopolitical constructs of mid-20th century Afghanistan.</p>\n<p>Sound boring? Trust me, it's not—especially because Hosseini doesn't stand upon a soapbox and harp about the struggle for Afghan national identity in a manner that one might expect if this were a work of non-fiction. Instead, he reaches into the metasphere and makes use of character relationships to shape the astute reader's appreciation for the complexities of Afghanistan's (or any nation facing a similar crisis of identity) relationship to itself.</p>\n<p>Let's examine this concretely. I found the exploration of this theme to be most prevalent in the book's first fifty pages or so (though it runs throughout), so we'll limit our discussion to this section as to avoid spoilers. As mentioned in part one, <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em> features two perspective characters, one of whom is Mariam, a child had out of wedlock by the wealthy, forward-looking Jalil, and Nana, Mariam's lore-bound, myth-hustling mother.</p>\n<p>The dynamic Khaled Hosseini creates between these three characters and the culture in which they live is already rife with tension. Mariam is pulled in opposing directions constantly, but deep down knows what she really wants (or thinks she does, anyway): to be with her father, living in the cozy, sealed off world he has created for himself and his family.</p>\n<p>As these dynamics are explored, readers begin to understand—not explicitly from the words on the pages themselves, mind you, but rather through the lens of the metasphere—that Jalil represents an unattainable dream: not just for Mariam personally, but for Afghanistan as a whole. As time progresses and the cozy, sweater-like feel of Jalil's world (and Mariam's relationship to it) begins to fray, readers are introduced to the notion that the dream itself may be a lie, unattainable not because it is generally impossible, but because it is in a constant struggle against the harsh realities of the cultural stasis that Nana represents.</p>\n<p>Nana, unlike Jalil, is an absolute lore-monger, deferring to tradition to define herself, Mariam, and any kind of future the two of them might have as a family or as individuals. Nana holds back Mariam through purposeful manipulation and distortion, all in an attempt to keep Mariam from abandoning her and the world she represents in favor of the promise Jalil represents—even if there is a chance that this future is unattainable.</p>\n<p>Mariam then—like mid-20th century Afghanistan itself—faces a choice: does she cling to her past, or risk pushing forward toward what she believes to be a brighter future, even if that would mean possible instability or a different kind of disillusionment in itself?</p>\n<p>Where Mariam is concerned, the choice she makes goes on to define her for the rest of her life, and I can't exactly dive into too many details without revealing a major plot point, so we'll leave it at that for now.</p>\n<p><strong>Exercise: </strong>Take a look at a bit of fiction you've written or are working on. When you read it, do you, with ease, see any connections between the words on the page and the metasphere? Do they help you shape your theme, better define your characters, or enrich the relationship between the reader and the story itself? If so, is this something you think you did intentionally? Does this enhance or detract from the story you're trying to tell?</p>\n<p>If you don't see a relationship between your work and the metasphere, what do you think you could do to introduce this, if you feel it to be necessary? 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"rendered": "<p>Welcome to the inaugural Biblio Breakdown, a series in which we'll explore books not from the perspective of a reviewer or casual reader, but rather as writers. Every book has something to teach us about our own writing, and this series is designed to get us to examine just that.</p>\n<p>To kick off things off, we'll be doing a deep dive into Khaled Hosseini's <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em>, a harrowing work of historical fiction that takes place in the latter half of the 20th century in principally Afghanistan, but Pakistan as well.</p>\n<p>Before we get into breaking this one down, I want to say that I wholeheartedly recommend this book to anyone who feels that may have even only a casual interest in it after reading this post. I know this isn't meant to be a review or a recommendation, but if you haven't made time to read this one since its debut in 2008, you absolutely must.</p>\n<h2>Inciting Incident</h2>\n<p>As writers, we know the first five pages of any manuscript are crucial. In them, we need to give readers a look-in at our protagonist, what they want, what might stop them, and what our protagonist plans to do about it, more or less.</p>\n<p>Then, of course, the goal is to accomplish all of the above in as compelling of a way as possible, often by introducing a spectacular change moment where a suggestion of the stakes, too, comes into play. 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Nana, the other character featured, is Mariam's grandmother, with whom she lives.</p>\n<blockquote><p>… Nana cherished each blue-and-white porcelain piece, the graceful curve of the pot's spout, the hand-painted finches and chrysanthemums, the dragon on the sugar bowl, meant to ward off evil.</p>\n<p>It was this last piece that slipped from Mariam's fingers, that fell to the wooden floorboards of the <em>kolba</em> and shattered.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Did you catch it? I don't mean the porcelain sugar bowl, but rather the inciting incident. It's in there, but easy to miss.</p>\n<p>See where it mentions the dragon on the sugar bowl is meant to ward off evil? Yup. <em>That's</em> the piece Mariam shatters.</p>\n<p>Let me be clear: <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns </em>is not a work of magic realism; there was no actual ward or protective seal on the sugar bowl. And yet, for a book that pits myth against modernity and past against present, the shattering of this sugar bowl means everything: it sets the stage for the direction of Mariam's arc, one which will lead her through incredible evil (but incredible, dark, and bittersweet triumph as well).</p>\n<p>The point is this: the use of subtlety in one's inciting incident can—just like the explosive alternatives—also propel an entire novel forward. In <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em>, Hosseini crafts his inciting incident such that readers can't help but feel drawn in by the sense of foreboding that comes with the simple act of a sugar bowl having broken. I know he had me intrigued from page one, anyway.</p>\n<p><strong>Exercise: </strong>Write a scene or inciting incident that propels a story forward through the use of subtlety or metaphor. How does this compare to other inciting incidents you've written? How might you reframe your approach to writing scenes like this going forward?</p>\n<h2>Character as Relationships</h2>\n<p>If there's ever a book that proves character is more than a list of traits, this is it. If that reads as odd coming from me—<a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/30/character-at-the-core-the-importance-of-depth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the guy whose post on character literally treats it as a list of traits</a>—let's explore how we get from a list of traits and to the relationships between characters themselves, all through the lens of <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em>.</p>\n<p>By page two of the book, we learn that one of our point of view characters, Mariam, is a <em>harami</em>, or a child had out of wedlock. Let's imagine we're completing the character trait list found at the above link; surely this would figure among the things on the list that define her.</p>\n<p>BUT, of course, no one is a <em>harami</em> in a vacuum. Just like we strive to define ourselves as individuals in the real world, we're inevitably a summation of our relationships and interactions to and with others as well. Our manuscripts should, unsurprisingly, be no different.</p>\n<p>In <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns</em>, Hosseini establishes a dynamic whereby Mariam is inevitably estranged from her father and his “real” family, banished to live instead with her mother in a <em>kolba</em> on the outskirts of her father's estate. Mariam wants nothing more than to have a relationship with her wealthy father, whom she idolizes, but their relationship <em>as defined by the culture in which they exist</em> inhibits them from being seen together publicly.</p>\n<p>And that notion of culture? That's where another dimension of character as relationships comes into play. We (and our characters) also find ourselves defined not just by our relationships to those around us, but by the culture(s) of which we are a part.</p>\n<p>This is a further demonstration that nothing exists in a vacuum: how can we know who our characters truly are if we don't have an understanding of the culture they inhabit? How are they seen by others, and how do they react similarly or differently when in the presence of any given set of individuals? Are they more prideful and outgoing when comfortable with those and the dynamics that surround them? Are they meek and cowering before individuals and in environments where society expects them to be deferential? Perhaps they cast tradition to the wind and insist on violating cultural norms. What are the consequences they (or others) face, if any, as a result?</p>\n<p>Mariam's status as a <em>harami</em> defines her significantly for at least the first fifth of the book, and continues to haunt her throughout the entire text. In this way, Hosseini has created a cultural antagonist for his protagonist, which is something that cannot be overlooked as a possibility when crafting our own manuscripts.</p>\n<h2>Conclusion, Part One</h2>\n<p>To try to keep these posts as bite-sized as possible, we'll leave off here for now. <em>A Thousand Splendid Suns </em>has so much more to offer, though, <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2018/01/24/biblio-breakdown-a-thousand-splendid-suns-part-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">so read on to part two</a>, wherein we'll examine relationships as metaphor before advancing to part three, in which we'll tackle setting as character and dramatic irony.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>If you like what you've read here, you can sign up for monthly updates on Biblio Breakdowns, the writescast, and other writerly news in the r. r. campbell writes newsletter. <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow this link to subscribe!</a></p>\n<h2></h2>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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What direct steps will you take to achieve it?</h2>\n<p>Over the last few days, we've had a chance to celebrate our last year's success and learn from where we came up short, but today we look forward!</p>\n<p>Though I have at least five writerly goals already established for myself for 2018, I'll focus on one in particular for this post, namely:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Publish at least thirty episodes of the writescast</h3>\n</blockquote>\n<p>In 2017, I published a total of 25 episodes (<a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/podcast/writescast027\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">including today's new post on writerly resolutions</a>), and I'm aiming to outdo that in 2018.</p>\n<p>Thirty episodes may not seem like a lot when you spread it out over the course of 52 weeks, but given the amount of time it takes to source guests, develop questions, conduct interviews, edit them, and then get promotional materials together, it adds up quick.</p>\n<p>Not to mention that, you know, I still do like to write from time to time. 🙂</p>\n<p>The great thing about the writescast though is that I really enjoy putting each episode together. I love chatting with both return and new guests, and the interaction I get from listeners is all part of what makes doing this podcast worth it. Plus, we ALL learn something over the course of each conversation (I do, at least), which gives me all the more incentive to push for more quality content more often.</p>\n<p>Going with thirty episodes is also not as arbitrary a number as it may seem. I selected it by figuring I can do my standard two episodes per month for most of the year, and then in six of the year's twelve months, toss in a bonus episode to get to thirty total. Math. Boom.</p>\n<p>In any event, I hope you're looking forward to listening to the episodes as much as I'm looking forward to putting them together.</p>\n<p>That's a wrap on #WriterlyResolutions for 2017! Be sure to tell us about your 2018 goals <a href=\"https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=%23writerlyresolutions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Twitter</a> or your own blog, too. 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"rendered": "<p>If you follow me on Twitter, you might know I recently got a promotion over at Dayjob, Inc. I mention this not to be a braggadocio, but because reflecting on the path that led me to this position made me realize a number of lessons I learned in my dayjob experience are equally applicable in the world of writing, which we'll touch on at the end of this post.</p>\n<p>With that in mind, I figured it'd be worth exploring these journeys publicly should this perspective be of use to you as you navigate your own winding path in the world of writing.</p>\n<h1>It Starts with a Decision</h1>\n<p>Back when I was starting college—and even before then, frankly—if you had told me I'd wind up in international regulatory affairs, my immediate reaction would have probably been, “Well, yeah. That's what happens when you study business: you get to do business things.”</p>\n<p>This, however, aside from being a weird thing to say, is actually not representative of the path that would get me where I am now.</p>\n<p>Past-me would be shocked to hear this, especially since it felt predestined that I'd apply, be admitted to, and graduate from my university's business school after having started myself down that road in high school and my first year of college.</p>\n<p>Then, of course, while meandering my way through my freshman year, something about the path I was on started to irk me: the brush was gnarled and overgrown, its fruits were sour on the tongue, and the people I encountered along the way seemed more likely to commit highway robbery than they did to lend a hand to a neighbor whose wagon had a broken axle.</p>\n<p>“One foot in front of the other,” were the words that dogged me onward. “Everyone has to deal with things they don't like along the way. Onward! This is part of a bigger process.”</p>\n<p>And it <em>was</em> part of a bigger process—just not in the way I expected.</p>\n<p>There reached a point in my figurative travels where I had to decide whether to keep on keeping on, or forfeit the progress I'd made to begin anew on the road less traveled. But what lied down that road? What would the road itself look like? What if it, too, bore fruit that rotted on the tongue? What if fending off highway robbery had less to do with the road one traveled, and more to do with traveling at all?</p>\n<p>In short: I had a decision to make, but first I needed something to guide my choice.</p>\n<h1>Stay True</h1>\n<p>I knew I had a penchant for foreign language, but I always saw the advantages of mastering one as secondary to getting one of those high-powered, kick 'em in the teeth degrees. After all, what good is speaking another language if you don't bring a technical skill to the table? Right?</p>\n<p>Wrong, though it took me longer than I'd like to admit to stumble into that answer.</p>\n<p>Spanish seemed a natural fit since I already had a few years of experience tucked away in my travel sack, but could I really get away with studying just that? I didn't know, but I knew I had to start somewhere, so I dove in hard with Spanish.</p>\n<p>Focusing intensely on it eventually led me to an introductory linguistics course, and it only took one class at that level for me to fall in love with it as a field of study. I'd never had that feeling from my business-school prep work, and as a result, I decided to declare linguistics as my primary major and pursue an honors distinction in that field. I was pumped!</p>\n<p>Ah, but then the inevitable flurry of questioners and nay-sayers reached out like so many thorny vines, taking swipes at me as I walked a path where the sun was otherwise shining.</p>\n<p>“You're studying what?” they'd say. “How do you plan on getting a job with that? What can you really do with a degree in linguistics?”</p>\n<p>These questions came at me all of the time from well-meaning people in my life, and most of them at least managed to get the <em>linguistics</em> part right (Sorry-not-sorry to everyone who confused linguistics with <em>logistics</em>. They're two very different things.).</p>\n<p>Thankfully, the department of linguistics actually provided handouts to its majors in order to answer these and other pesky questions, so that was certainly of some help. Perhaps more critically, though, I was <em>enjoying</em> my field of study and staying true to myself. I loved going to class, writing papers, and designing and carrying out experiments. Once I graduated, the jobs would surely come.</p>\n<p>Well, they didn't.</p>\n<p>What was wrong with me? Was fluency in Spanish, Portuguese, and German not enough for the job market? Should I have stuck with the business path all along? HAD I MADE A HUGE MISTAKE?</p>\n<p>No. I just wasn't being patient enough. I also hadn't spent enough time meeting the right people, the ones who would eventually recognize someone doesn't need one of those kick 'em in the teeth degrees to merit being given a chance.</p>\n<h1>Networking, Engagement, Platform</h1>\n<p>I cringe at the word networking. I revile it. Truly. It's not that I don't like to meet and engage with people, it's that, to me, there's something inherently artificial about a roomful of people glad-handing one another in an attempt to work toward “synergistic personnel solutions” and “direct-engagement human-resources development.” Gross.</p>\n<p>The good news (in my case, anyway) is that networking, as it turns out, isn't so narrowly defined as the image I always had in mind. Through the use of various job sites, I put together a prospective employment profile that didn't undersell my linguistic assets, but embraced them instead.</p>\n<p>Still, actively pursuing positions for which I felt I'd be a great fit bore no fruit. For longer than I like to remember, I had a hard time even securing phone interviews.</p>\n<p>Then, out of the blue, I received a message from a company I'd never heard of in an industry I knew nothing about… wondering if I'd be interested in becoming an international sales coordinator, of all things.</p>\n<p>I was thrilled to know someone saw something of value in my resume, but I was more than apprehensive about returning their correspondence—that is, until I saw why they had reached out to me specifically.</p>\n<p>See, they <em>desperately</em> needed someone who spoke Portuguese to help them with their accounts in Brazil, and that I also spoke Spanish was a plus for them as well. So, after a Skype interview with their Brazilian sales manager and some reassuring talks with management, I agreed to take the job.</p>\n<p>And then the wheels fell off my metaphorical cart.</p>\n<p>I was in over my head—WAY over my head—where the actual industry side of things was concerned. Fortunately, I had a manager with whom I'd invested deeply in cultivating a positive relationship. Beyond him, too, I made sure to ask questions of subject-matter experts within the company to slowly construct a more cohesive vision for what my own role was supposed to be.</p>\n<p>Fast forward a year later, and one of those experts (who had since moved on from the company) emails me out of the blue, asking if I'm looking for a new job. I wasn't, per se, but I asked her to forward on the information anyway.</p>\n<p>And am I ever glad I did. Not only did the position she recommended have a significantly shorter commute and better compensation for a nearly identical role, she'd recently interviewed for the job herself, but had ultimately decided to turn it down because it was too long of a commute from where she lived. That is to say, I had an in! With her recommendation to that new company on top of the experience I'd finally accumulated in the previous year, all it took was a single thirty minute interview to secure the new job.</p>\n<p>Then it was a matter of lather, rinse, repeat.</p>\n<p>I made friendly with my new supervisor and the rest of the team, and also befriended colleagues in the regulatory department, firstly because I depended on them to do my job, and secondly because the work seemed genuinely interesting to me.</p>\n<p>Fast forward two years later, and one of those regulatory colleagues has decided to take a job someplace else. On her way out, she recommended me for her position, going so far as to tell my supervisor she should also push me to apply for the role. I wasn't sure about taking that step at first, but after encouragement from both of them, I decided to apply.</p>\n<p>And, after a winding month-plus interview process with enough twists and turns to make you swear it was fiction, here we are. I'll be starting that position in two weeks, and I couldn't be happier about it.</p>\n<h1>Cool, but what does this have to do with writing?</h1>\n<p>It has EVERYTHING to do with writing.</p>\n<p>Let's take a look at the three major takeaways from my journey above.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Decision time</li>\n<li>Staying true to oneself</li>\n<li>Networking and positive engagement</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Where the first of these is concerned, I had a similar decision-point moment in the world of writing like I did with my dayjob career.</p>\n<p>During my first stint in Brazil, the volunteer program in which I had enrolled went off the rails after only a couple of weeks. That is to say, the manner in which I was supposed to be filling my days for three months was basically non-existent after the second week of my time there.</p>\n<p>After a few transitional weeks full of ungodly amounts of coffee and wandering the streets to seemingly no end, I figured out what had been clawing at me every day as I sidestepped dog poop and spent far too many <em>reais</em> on fruit smoothies: I needed a purpose, and all along some part of me knew what that purpose was supposed to be.</p>\n<p>So I filled my time by writing.</p>\n<p>Not only that, but I actively <em>decided</em> that this wasn't something I was going to give up. Once I moved out of the one-car garage that served as my bedroom and pseudo-office in Brazil, I took that writing home with me, and resolved to not betray my momentum or the story I'd been furiously typing to the soundtrack of ceaselessly barking dogs.</p>\n<p>Five years later, here I am: writing this blog post, outlining what will become my fourth manuscript, and preparing to hit the query road (again) in 2018 for two of the manuscripts I've written in recent years.</p>\n<p>Realistically, though, a lot happened in the five years we just so brazenly fast forwarded through. In fact, those five skipped-over years were loaded with miniature lessons on all of the topics we're exploring in this post, so let's hone in on a couple of those experiences to flesh out both <em>staying true to oneself</em> and <em>the importance of networking and engagement.</em></p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/current-projects\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</a></em> has been my baby ever since the idea for it first came to me (as a short story, nonetheless) sometime in 2012. Despite any number of projects I've worked on over the last five years, I've <em>always</em> come back to it—though that wasn't always the case. At one point, in fact, I was ready to abandon it completely.</p>\n<p>I remember how I lurched forward on the couch when I first saw the ad. Some network television show featuring technology nearly identical to EMPATHY was all set to launch in the coming months. That was it. I'd been beaten to it. There was no point in writing my story; its themes and their vehicle for delivery were already in the cultural zeitgeist.</p>\n<p>Then, once that show went off the air after a rather brief run, I was sure there was no way forward. If network TV couldn't make the concept work with all of the resources at its disposal, then how could I?</p>\n<p>I don't remember exactly what snapped me out of that self-induced stupor, but if I had to guess, it was a sort of calling back to the story itself; I just couldn't stop thinking about it. Over time, I realized that though the technological concepts were similar, the stories were fundamentally different. Not only that, but I had no way of really knowing why the show went off the air.</p>\n<p>So—just like in my educational journey that led me to the land of linguistics—I decided to follow my bliss.</p>\n<p>A handful of years later, <i>EMPATHY </i>has grown from a short story into a multi-POV technothriller. And am I glad to have written (all ten-plus drafts of) it? Absolutely. I can't imagine how I'd feel if I hadn't. It's still not perfect, but I'm working on it, and won't be stopped until I'm satisfied with what it's become.</p>\n<p>And <em>EMPATHY</em> is, of course, only one of the many projects I've worked on since deciding to write more seriously.</p>\n<p>Of course, the act of writing itself, too, is, at least by my preference, solitary by nature. So where does networking come into play?</p>\n<p>Well, it didn't until probably about six months after I returned home from Brazil for the first time. After some research, I discovered the University of Wisconsin-Madison's Division of Continuing Studies planned to host a one-day seminar on self-pub on a Saturday I happened to be free.</p>\n<p>While there, I mostly kept to myself, but near the end of the session, a writer asked to make an announcement about this critique group of which he was a member. They were actively looking to round out their roster, and asked that anyone who's interested talk to him before they leave.</p>\n<p>Forever INFJ, I threw my laptop and notebook into my bag and made for the door, sure I'd be unable to handle meeting a bunch of strangers in the interest of letting them tear my work apart. A minute later, though, I doubled back. In that time, a small group of people had already crowded around this guy, and I was sure I'd missed my shot. Still, though, I talked to him and got him my contact info, and he followed up with me a few days later with more information on the group.</p>\n<p>Who was this mystery author, you ask? As it turns out, it was Dan Schiro.</p>\n<p>If you recognize that name, you're either a fan of space opera, a listener to the writescast, or both. Dan, almost exactly five years after our conversation about the critique group, would become <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast-episode-one-author-dan-schiro-and-action-scenes/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the show's first guest.</a></p>\n<p>Over the course of those five years, I became more comfortable at the critique group, through which I was able to learn more than I could possibly communicate in any number of blog posts. Not only that, but it and other conferences from the Continuing Studies division led me to meet eventual writescast guests like <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast-015-keeping-the-science-in-science-fiction-and-the-fiction-too-with-scott-birrenkott/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Birrenkott</a>, <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast-episode-nine-kristin-a-oakley-and-the-hybrid-publishing-process/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kristin Oakley</a>, and <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast-012-promoting-your-work-through-traditional-media-with-valerie-biel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Valerie Biel</a>.</p>\n<p>Speaking with them and folks like <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast-episode-three-dylan-davis-on-flash-fiction-writing-fear-and-publishing-tips/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dylan Davis</a> pushed me to explore new approaches to my own work, which eventually led to the publication of my flash fiction and short story pieces like <a href=\"http://five2onemagazine.com/wool-r-r-campbell-flash-fiction-thesideshow/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Wool”</a> and <a href=\"http://eroticreviewmagazine.com/fiction/what-it-is-to-smell-of-man/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“What it is to Smell of Man”</a> (NSFW).</p>\n<p>Now, I'm working on some collaborative projects to try to pay forward the lessons I've learned as a result of all of this networking, staying true to myself, and, ultimately, that decision I made in a moldy, one-car Brazilian garage half a decade ago.</p>\n<p>And I couldn't be more excited about whatever it is that comes next.</p>\n<h1>Concluding Remarks</h1>\n<p>At this point, whether I've achieved my goal of presenting this without being a braggart is immaterial. Truthfully, I hope my journey has left you with a new perspective on your own, and, with any luck, laid out some tools that might be of use to you going forward.</p>\n<p>If it hasn't, maybe it's just that my background doesn't match up well enough with your own. And that's fine. If you think someone else's journey might help you better understand yours, you can of course check out <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast023/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">writescast episode 023</a> where Barbara Britton and I talk about her writing journey, and frame it all through music.</p>\n<p>Though her experiences were different from mine on the surface, I'm confident you'll find the same axioms apply: she made a decision, stayed true to herself, and engaged positively with the writing community to arrive where she's at today.</p>\n<p>If Barbara can do it, if I can do it, if any number of authors out there can do it, you can, too.</p>\n<p>To begin, all you need to do is make a decision.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks for reading. If you like posts like these, be sure to subscribe to <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/newsletter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the r. r. campbell writes newsletter</a>, where I publish monthly recaps of the writescast and other writing resources. By subscribing, you not only get those insights delivered directly to your inbox, but you're eligible for 10% off most of my <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/editing-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">editing services.</a></p>\n<p>Thanks again for visiting. Write on and write well.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>Look, I'm not a community outreach guru or social media savant, but I do what I can to get my name out there and be involved in the writing community, mostly on Twitter. Not only does doing so provide an opportunity to <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcast/writescast-episode-six-cheryl-j-muir-and-developing-a-brand-as-an-author/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">build one's brand</a> and create a platform (something you'll hear about chronically at any writing conference), it's also more importantly an opportunity to network and make other writer friends.</p>\n<p>Recently, though, Twitter's been bumming me out. Regardless of where I've clicked, I've found a lot of writerly drama or otherwise disappointing interactions between people who seemed intent on talking past one another rather than engaging in earnest. Between that and the seemingly unavoidable onslaught of doom-and-gloom from the politisphere, it's been a real sad-trombone-sound-effect place to hang out.</p>\n<p>All of this led me to the following questions:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Is remaining on Twitter to maintain some semblance of a platform really worth it?</li>\n<li>What can I do to emphasize different aspects of my platform, rather than throw everything I've got at Twitter?</li>\n<li>What can I do, if anything, to remain engaged without allowing social media participation to get me down?</li>\n</ol>\n<p>So let's take each one of these questions one-by-one to see what the answer to each tells us about balancing engagement and one's own mental health.</p>\n<h2>Is remaining on Twitter really worth it?</h2>\n<p>In a word, yes. For me, anyway, I find that there's a boom and bust cycle to my feelings about Twitter, which is the case for pretty much everything else in my life, too.</p>\n<p>By and large, the writing community is actually very supportive, and I do have some friends over there whose perspectives I value a great deal—even (especially) when those perspectives challenge my own.</p>\n<p>Not only that, but remaining engaged gives one an opportunity to continue learning from others, and to also lend support to people whenever possible.</p>\n<p>Even with this question answered, that doesn't mean the solution to getting over one's malcontent is to simply forge onward and ignore those feelings. So what, then, can one do to still remain engaged when Twitter (or whatever social media) gets too gloomy?</p>\n<h2>Emphasizing Different Aspects of Platform</h2>\n<p>Contrary to what we may sometimes let ourselves believe, digital platforms are not the end all, be all to engagement with the writing community. As it turns out, one can still remain part of the community by befriending actual writers in real life (scary, right?).</p>\n<p>Through critique partners, writing conferences, book clubs, or other local meet-ups, you can help yourself expand your network without ever stepping a digital foot online to do so. Granted, you might want to use your internet sleuthing skills to find these meet-ups or organize them, but you can always do so through your email inbox and a quick use of Google instead of relying on the networks that may be leaving you drained.</p>\n<p>But perhaps you've tried to work with other writers face-to-face, and either haven't found any in your area, or haven't been able to really establish a lasting connection after having met a few. That's okay. There are other ways to work on your platform back in the digital realm that don't rely on being engaged super intensely in the world of social media.</p>\n<p>For example, though I've withdrawn from Twitter a bit recently, I've continued to work on this site and, even more importantly, <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the writescast.</a></p>\n<p>I may not be doing as much promo or outreach for the podcast right now, but I'm still actively scheduling and conducting interviews, as well as editing future episodes to continue expanding this aspect of my platform. You may not have a podcast to keep grinding away at, but maybe you have a blog. Maybe you've been neglecting posting reviews on Goodreads. Maybe you've been thinking of starting with either of these things, but haven't quite been ready to make the jump.</p>\n<p>Now could be that time.</p>\n<h2>What can be done to remain on social media while also not letting it get you down?</h2>\n<p>Though Twitter was the primary aggravation for me this time around, I (very aware of the irony) took to Twitter to ask this exact question. Rather than rephrase the responses of other folks, I'll just copy and paste some of the advice I received below.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">List the ppl you want to engage with. Avoid your feed. When ready turn off retweets. Mute words. Unfollow/mute. It's the only way I cope</p>\n<p>— Stefanie Simpson (@Simpson_Romance) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/Simpson_Romance/status/926347376423591937?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I ignore my timeline and just search up the people I want to engage with that day. Also I check <a href=\"https://twitter.com/goodnewsnetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@goodnewsnetwork</a> every day and retweet</p>\n<p>— Dee Lancaster (@dee_lancaster) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/dee_lancaster/status/926822276485365760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I took them off my phone and require myself scheduled 15 min increments on my computer only 1-3x/d. NO notifications AT ALL.<br />It really helps</p>\n<p>— Rachel Berros (@BerrosRachel) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/BerrosRachel/status/926442426818056192?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pay attention to who RT's what and turn off RT's if you have to. It's a lot of work though, if you follow a lot of people.</p>\n<p>— Michelle 🇨🇦 (@PrairieSky_27) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/PrairieSky_27/status/926289346335883264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Honestly, I unfollow/mute the worst "offenders". Fill feed instead with artists who post pretty things/ppl who aren't posting bad news.</p>\n<p>— M / cyberpunk2077 stan account (@madicienne) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/madicienne/status/926293639344545792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<p>@madicienne actually has a nice thread of responses that follows below the above tweet. I definitely recommend checking it out in its entirety.</p>\n<p>The moral of the story is that returning your feed to your control can help stave off the social media blues. I'm slowly putting the above advice to work, and it's been helping me for whatever that may be worth.</p>\n<h2>Conclusion</h2>\n<p>I'm not arguing that social media is complete and total garbage and that its use should be discontinued completely. At the same time, it's not a cure-all for anything but perhaps boredom, and that's questionable at best. 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It's never time to give up.</p>\n<p>Dark thoughts of failure are natural; everyone has them. Don't believe me? Pick up a copy of Stephen King's <em>On Writing</em> and tell me there aren't moments where even he reckons with his mortality as a writer (and, frighteningly enough, as a person). J. K. Rowling's <em>Harry Potter </em>series was famously passed over by a number of publishers, and Robert Pirsig's <i>Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance</i> was rejected 121 times before it reached publication.</p>\n<p>Aside from the fact that they're all published, what do those writers have in common?</p>\n<p>They. Kept. Writing.</p>\n<p>They wrote not because they were driven by the profit motive or the need for self-aggrandizement; they wrote because they had stories to tell, advice to give, literal and figurative dragons to slay.</p>\n<p>So if you're struggling with writer's doubt, remind yourself the joy comes in the work. It's the fingers on the keys or wrapped around a pen, the fresh-brewed cup of coffee that keeps you writing onward, the silence of the apartment once you've fed the cats. All of it is part of the act of creation, the process through which we translate the pictures in our minds into words at which others can later smile, laugh, or cry.</p>\n<h2>“But the writing itself is what has me down.”</h2>\n<p>If the above doesn't speak to you, the writer's doubt might really have you in its grasp. And that's okay—I've been there, too: so deep that even the act of writing itself seems a chore, one you'd like to abandon in favor of (dare I say it?) actual chores!</p>\n<p>I can say from personal experience, though, that whenever I've found myself on the verge of giving up writing for good, there's always been a breakthrough just around the corner.</p>\n<p>One example: I can't tell you how many short stories I've had rejected or how many times each one has been passed over individually (well, actually I could get into the specifics because <a href=\"https://duotrope.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Duotrope</a> is great, but that's not the point). There were a few times as recently as this summer where I'd find myself driving or at breakfast or in the shower, questioning whether maybe it was time to move on. Heck, I'd even forgotten I still had some stories out on submission at that point; I'd just accepted those places would never get back to me.</p>\n<p>So you can imagine my surprise when I checked my inbox to finally find an email of acceptance.</p>\n<p>Then, a month later, another one came. Then another.</p>\n<p>Over the course of three months, I went from nearly unfurling a white flag to having two stories and one article published.</p>\n<p>And guess what? I'm not Stephen King. I'm not J. K Rowling. I'm not Robert Pirsing.</p>\n<p>I'm me; you're you—we have to judge our success not against that of others, but against what makes us happy. For me, I had stories to tell, and finally knowing they'd be out there for others to (hopefully) enjoy was just the boost I needed to climb out of the hole into which I'd burrowed.</p>\n<p>Of course, then, that doubt still managed to creep in: was I writing just for the approval of others? If so, was I in this for the wrong reasons?</p>\n<p>It took me a few days of self-examination to realize that the true reason I was so pleased to have finally had those breakthroughs wasn't because it finally meant to some extent I'd somehow “made it” (whatever that means). Rather, it was because I was pleased to finally share those pieces with the community at large.</p>\n<p>For me, anyway, sharing that content was what counted in the end, and having the ability to share it on an expanded platform was a cherry on top of that sharing sundae.</p>\n<p>Knowing that, then, I had to ask myself what would happen if those publication opportunities were to dry up. Would I go back to wanting to give up? Would I stop writing altogether?</p>\n<p>No, <strong>because I found ways to keep sharing that don't rely on the necessity of another's platform.</strong></p>\n<p>Whether it's through <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/blog\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this blog</a> or <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/podcasts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the writescast</a>, there'll always be opportunities to share what it is I'm working on. And, more importantly, through <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/editing-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">engagement with my clients</a>, the writing community <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Twitter</a>, and my critique partners, there will always be ways to share in the work of others as well.</p>\n<h2>Summary</h2>\n<p>If you're experiencing writer's doubt, remind yourself that a breakthrough may be just around the corner. 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>Most of our characters have five senses through which they can interact with and report on their world as they experience it. And thank goodness for that! Since that's the position most of us find ourselves in as well, experiencing our characters' interpretations of their worlds creates empathy between reader and character—a bond that, when strong enough, will keep readers turning page after page.</p>\n<p>As writers, we decide which senses to include and when to include them, but how much of each sense is too much (or too little)? And how can we make sure readers stay firmly planted in the perspective of our main character(s)?</p>\n<p>Let's start with a short exploration of each sense and how one might commonly incorporate each.</p>\n<h2>Sight</h2>\n<p>This is the most frequently implemented sense in fiction—and by a long-shot. Seriously, if you've never done this before, open a book—any work of fiction that's within your grasp right now—and turn to a random page. It shouldn't take too long for you to find an example of sight being implemented in order to describe a scene.</p>\n<p>Now actively seek out the other four senses: hearing, touch, taste, and smell. How many examples of those do you see on that page compared to that of sight? That's right, probably not too many.</p>\n<p>Sight is implemented all of the time because, for most of us, it's easy. For example, let's describe the experience of entering a cave for the hypothetical hero we'll use in this post:</p>\n<p>The cave was dark. There were long shadows growing along the walls as the light from behind her grew farther away. Stalactites grew downward like so many jagged claws.</p>\n<p>Boom. All related to sight, all the first things that came to mind (for the purposes of this forced example, anyway). It's a stilted, cardboard-feeling example, but an example nonetheless.</p>\n<h2>Hearing</h2>\n<p>I don't have any data to back this one up, but I'd wager hearing is the second-most used sense in fiction. Imagine you're our hero back in that cave. What do you hear?</p>\n<p>Bats chirping? The hushed rush of water somewhere? The echoey footsteps of our hero as she works her way deeper into the underbelly of the mountain?</p>\n<p>Now think about each of those examples and what they add to the mood. Some could be creepy, some could offer promise, some could be left to interpretation depending on how the use of the other senses (or visceral responses from the character herself) help shape them.</p>\n<p>The point is that the use of hearing alongside sight has now helped our readers feel even more immersed in the scene—something we should aim for regardless of the genre we might write.</p>\n<h2>Touch</h2>\n<p>Outside of erotica or romance, this sense has the tendency to become lost—at least where the feeling of things outside the body is concerned.</p>\n<p>What do I mean by that, exactly? Think about writers who describe their characters' stomachs as turning, their hearts pounding, or the choking feeling in their throats. Those are, of course, implementations of touch, but they're super introspective (not that they're not important!).</p>\n<p>A challenge I issue to myself (and to other writers!) is to put the sense of touch to work in the world beyond the visceral reactions of the perspective character.</p>\n<p>What does the cave in our example feel like, then? Since we've heard water running somewhere, maybe the walls are damp, and our hero's hands grow moist and gritty with fine minerals as she uses her hand to guide herself along the wall. Perhaps she ditched her shoes at some point, and the cave's uneven floor has her stub her toe every third step.</p>\n<p>With the inclusion of those touch details, now we're really experiencing the cave through our hero. But can we find even more ways to immerse ourselves and readers in this scene? Let's see what a sense of taste might add.</p>\n<h2>Taste</h2>\n<p>Unless our character is able to eat rocks, she probably doesn't have a lot in her immediate surroundings that's worth chomping into—unless she foraged for something previously or had the wherewithal to bring a snack with her!</p>\n<p>Perhaps she has this taste hitting her tongue—it's like rotten eggs, but not quite. It kind of hangs near the roof of her mouth, only furthering that choking feeling we talked about in the section on touch. To try and chase this taste away, she removes her cantina from her backpack and puts back an earthy swig of grainy water from the stream she passed before entering the cave.</p>\n<p>See how there are opportunities for interplay between the five senses as well? By mentioning <em>where</em><em> </em>in the mouth the taste was lingering, we incorporated a sense of touch, and the same goes for mentioning the water she puts down is not only earthy, but grainy.</p>\n<p>If we'd only stuck with the sense of sight and hearing, we'd have never had the opportunity to bring the same depth to the scene.</p>\n<h2>Smell</h2>\n<p>I'm always thrilled when a writer remembers to incorporate a sense of smell from time to time. Smell, though the least used where writing is concerned, is the sense most strongly tied to memory. That being said, incorporating the smells of our heroes' worlds can do wonders for engaging readers and triggering deep connections between them and our perspective characters.</p>\n<p>Back in the cave, we know our main character is dealing with this sudden taste of rotten eggs. As she wades deeper into the cave, the taste only grows stronger—and she finally realizes why.</p>\n<p>Sulfur.</p>\n<p>The stench of it burns in her nose, the hellish smell of the earth's bowels choking her. She breathes through her mouth and wonders if now might be the time to retreat back into the wild.</p>\n<p>We've now explored this cave with each of the five senses. Now let's examine how to make sure our use of each sense is as impactful as possible.</p>\n<h1>Filtering</h1>\n<p>We've already established that our perspective characters are already the filters through which our readers experience the page. With one layer then already between readers and the book's world, why put even more layers in there to further distance readers from the action?</p>\n<p>Simply put, we want to minimize the filters between the reader and the narrative dream.</p>\n<p>So how do we keep close proximity to character in our writing, then? By minimizing filtering.</p>\n<p>I think the best way to understand filtering is with some examples. I've included one for each of the five senses below.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>She saw long shadows growing along the cave's walls.</li>\n<li>She heard the bats chirping, the hushed rush of water.</li>\n<li>She felt her hands grow gritty and moist as she ran them over the cave's wall.</li>\n<li>She tasted rotten eggs near the back of her throat.</li>\n<li>She smelled sulfur rising from the depths of the cave.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Notice a pattern? Each sentence starts with a big flag that says I, THE AUTHOR, AM NOW RELAYING SENSORY INFORMATION TO YOU THROUGH THIS CHARACTER.</p>\n<p>Okay, so maybe it's not that extreme, but the saw/heard/felt/tasted/smelled business is exactly what I'm getting at when I write about filtering.</p>\n<p>So why avoid this? Let's look at each example again, though this time with the filters removed.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Long shadows grew along the cave's walls.</li>\n<li>Bats chirped, and the hushed sound of rushing water echoed from somewhere deep in the cavern.</li>\n<li>Grit and moisture collected between her fingers as she ran a hand along the cave's wall.</li>\n<li>The taste of rotten eggs choked her.</li>\n<li>Sulfur—the stench of it was enough to chase her from the cave.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>Which examples are stronger overall? Of course I did embellish the latter a bit, but even with those ornamentations set aside, I think it's plain that removing the filters of she saw/heard/touched/tasted/smelled put readers into the scene much more deeply.</p>\n<p>When we do without the filter-y sensory verbs, we can report on the action directly. Readers will (read: should) assume that the sights, sounds, sensations, tastes, and smells on the page are being experienced through our perspective character, especially if we're working with a close POV, like the first-person or a close third, for example (for more on POV, check out <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/02/24/edit-with-me-point-of-view-part-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">these</a> <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/03/edit-with-me-point-of-view-part-two/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posts</a>).</p>\n<p>Aside from immersing readers even more deeply in our scenes, avoiding filtering should also help us trim down our word counts, something that I know can be a bother when we hunt through our manuscript's pages in search of superfluous passages. 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Between getting the kids off to school, commuting to and from work, foraging at our local supermarkets, and calling the hair salon for the fifteenth time to really make sure they have you scheduled so there's no repeat of last time when you showed up and they were like “I don't know I guess we goofed on our schedule and you'll be stuck with that terrible haircut for your engagement photos,” there's really a lot to take care of on the day to day—even if some of those events are once-in-a-lifetime occurrences (or so say the folks at the salon).</p>\n<p>Given this, how do we make time to write?</p>\n<p>For some writers, it's a matter of squeezing it in whenever they can—typing away on their phones while on the subway or scribbling on tiny notepads kept in their back pockets. These can be effective strategies for many, and I don't begrudge anyone his or her preference. 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I'd also think about myself getting up that extra hour early in the morning, pouring my coffee and feeding the cats before sitting down and putting in the work (you have to feed the cats first—otherwise they just, well, you know how cats are). When at work, in the fifteen minutes or so before I take my lunch, I start refreshing my memory as to what scene I have to write next in an attempt to recapture that mood before I plop down with another coffee and a Klarbrunn.</p>\n<p>To further reinforce the above, I also tied my writing to other positive habits during which I could do additional visualization. If your dentist is still nagging you about flossing once a day, for example, why not start doing that, too, and using that time to think about the writing you'll do the following morning?</p>\n<p>Clean teeth + clear mind = crisp pages. Or something.</p>\n<h2>Rely on Support</h2>\n<p>Writing may be a solitary activity, but next-to-nothing exists in a vacuum. That's why it's important to surround ourselves with people who will understand and respect the boundaries we need to establish in order to pursue our habit of writing daily, weekly, etc.</p>\n<p>On the positive side of this, perhaps you can ask a friend to shoot you a follow-up text every day that asks whether you got that writing in. Sure, you could have a digital reminder set to ask you this every day, but to whom do you feel more accountable: a friend or some app?</p>\n<p>Sometimes even just communicating how important your writing is to you can help others reinforce your habit without needing such a direct approach. I'm not advising anyone to wedge this into conversation (please don't be a that-guy, here), but if it does come up, mention you're trying to get into that daily habit and see how people react. Your supportive friends might have suggestions of their own for how to help yourself achieve this. Some might frown or say that's silly or say, “Oh, I wish I had the time to write,” but we all know that those people aren't choice-quality friends, and are actually, in fact, a bunch of hosers. You read that right. Hosers.</p>\n<p>And we don't listen to hosers.</p>\n<h2>Reward Yourself</h2>\n<p>Over time, I found that the best reward was looking back every couple of months and realizing how much progress I'd made on a manuscript, series of blog posts, or collection of stories (sometimes a combination thereof).</p>\n<p>Perhaps, though, you want to up the stakes to really sweeten the deal for yourself—especially as you're just getting your habit started. Then hey, go for it, but be sure to pick a positive reward that will reinforce the habit going forward. Maybe you can even pick something that will push you toward developing yet another healthy habit. 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/23/dan-harmons-circular-structure-part-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">In part one</a>, we examined each of the eight steps of circular structure. As a refresher, those eight steps are:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Our main character is in her comfort zone,</li>\n<li>but there’s something she wants.</li>\n<li>She enters an unfamiliar world or situation,</li>\n<li>adapts to it,</li>\n<li>and gets what she wanted.</li>\n<li>But! She pays heavily for achieving this</li>\n<li>before returning to a familiar world or situation</li>\n<li>as a changed person.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>All of which fits nicely onto—you guessed it—a circle, wherein our main character both starts and ends in a zone of comfort. For a visual representation, check out the below.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2352\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2352\" data-attachment-id=\"2352\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/23/dan-harmons-circular-structure-part-one/circular-structure/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"circular structure\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2352\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" alt=\"circular structure\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-2352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You are the circle; the circle is you.</p></div>\n<p>One of the things I like most about this representation is that it shows us additional theoretical angles from which we are empowered to explore our stories as a whole. Let's examine each of these below with the goal using this knowledge to better frame higher-level concepts like theme.</p>\n<h1>Life versus Death</h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_2478\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2478\" data-attachment-id=\"2478\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/07/14/dan-harmons-circular-structure-part-two/life-death/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/LIFE-DEATH.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"LIFE-DEATH\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/LIFE-DEATH.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/LIFE-DEATH.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2478\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/LIFE-DEATH.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" alt=\"LIFE-DEATH\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/LIFE-DEATH.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/LIFE-DEATH.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-2478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The cirrrrcle of lifeeeee—and death.</p></div>\n<p>This image alone might already set your gears to grinding. If it does, fantastic. If not, let's see if we can wind them up before unleashing on the page.</p>\n<p>Remember the numbered circle above, with each number corresponding to a step in this circular structure? Imagine those numbers are placed around our Life-Death circle above. What two critical points are located along the equator dividing our character's world into hemispheres of life and death? That's right: numbers three and seven—those “crossing the threshold” moments from the familiar to the unfamiliar and back again.</p>\n<p>Why is this of note? Because these are the moments in our story at which our character enters a world in which she must confront death (three) before she can emerge on the other side with hope of life once again (seven).</p>\n<p>In some stories, these notions of life or death can be quite literal. If our main characters aren't facing their own mortality, however, perhaps their ideals are. Perhaps they're confronting the death of their innocence, a dream, or hope.</p>\n<p>Contrast this with emergence on the far side of the story in step seven—the transition back into life. Here is where our character finally “sees the light” or “comes back to their deity of choice” or holds out some hope for a better self or an improved world as a result of the knowledge she's earned.</p>\n<p>The critical point here is that this life-death balance be kept in mind as we write so that it manifests itself on the page. At any point in time during our character's journey around the circle, if a reader were to examine our character's primary struggle, he should be able to note that she's either:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Experiencing a disturbance to life as she knew it (steps one and two)</li>\n<li>Confronting death (itself or of an ideal or identity in steps three through six), or</li>\n<li>Adjusting to a new world and/or perspective (steps seven, eight, and ultimately back to one)</li>\n</ol>\n<p>I've found using this as a tool to be effective both when crafting a plot and examining one after it's been put to the page—if I don't quite see how my main character's journey aligns with this set-up, I try to pinpoint where her journey has perhaps strayed in focus to either change the plot's focus point or otherwise adjust course accordingly.</p>\n<p>The above may seem like a useful coincidence as the result of the equivalent of a literary-theory parlor trick… but wait! There's more! This show's just getting started, and circular structure never tires of being a (circular) star.</p>\n<h1>Conscious versus Unconscious</h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_2477\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2477\" data-attachment-id=\"2477\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/07/14/dan-harmons-circular-structure-part-two/conscious-unconscious/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2477\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" alt=\"CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/CONSCIOUS-UNCONSCIOUS.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-2477\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Is my use of “unconscious” disconcerting to you, Psych 101 student? Please sit back down; we'll get there in a second.</p></div>\n<p>Where the forthcoming analysis is concerned, I'll go on record and say I'm well aware that the “unconscious” hemisphere would technically be more correct were it reframed as “subconscious.” In the interest of verisimilitude with Dan Harmon's original post on this matter, I've decided to roll with unconscious here, however, though it probably goes without saying that your character need not be actually unconscious for half of her journey (seriously, please avoid the whole “it was all a dream” thing—or anything that might pull the rug out from your reader in a similar fashion).</p>\n<p>Defense of my honor aside, here again we have the opportunity to create or examine plot from the perspective of the conscious and unconscious worlds of our main character. In the earliest and final moments of her journey, the world is as the character sees it—she's either blissfully journeying through the world with a sense of comfort and perhaps naiveté in steps one and two, or truly seeing the world with a new awareness in steps seven and eight.</p>\n<p>The unconscious, however, is where her story really has its legs. Steps three through six are where our character suddenly has to confront her deepest fears or explore the most hidden-away parts of her—things she may have known or suspected existed within herself, but were always kept well enough below her level of consciousness as to not let them disturb the happy bubble in which she lived previously.</p>\n<p>That is to say, she has to confront the most dangerous aspects of her unconscious (subconscious) mind.</p>\n<p>And of course she does! How will she emerge on the far side as a changed person if she doesn't have to do battle with her most foundational beliefs or fears? If she were to emerge in steps seven and eight without having done so, her change wouldn't be earned or feel as though it occurred organically: two things we should aim to avoid at all costs.</p>\n<p>Does your main character confront her deepest, darkest fears or secrets or beliefs as part of her journey? She does?! That's fantastic. We can now address the final of the almighty circles, that which balances order and chaos.</p>\n<h1>Order versus Chaos</h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_2479\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2479\" data-attachment-id=\"2479\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/07/14/dan-harmons-circular-structure-part-two/order-chaos/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ORDER-CHAOS.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"ORDER-CHAOS\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ORDER-CHAOS.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ORDER-CHAOS.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2479\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ORDER-CHAOS.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" alt=\"ORDER-CHAOS\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ORDER-CHAOS.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/ORDER-CHAOS.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-2479\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This color scheme is way too peaceful to drive home the necessity of chaos, isn't it?</p></div>\n<p>The order-chaos balance is the one that I find easiest to see in action. When considering both, however, it's important to keep in mind that order doesn't mean or have to mean “everything is perfect,” and chaos doesn't have to me “constant and absolute panic at every conceivable moment.”</p>\n<p>To frame this paradigm differently, it could also be examined as stability-instability, or, perhaps in the right genre, even peace-war.</p>\n<p>No matter how one chooses to frame the order-chaos balance (or any of the above, really), it's critical to keep in mind that we aren't working with a switch-operated system, wherein a lever is thrown from on to off (or vice versa), and everything is suddenly hunky-dory or downright dangerous.</p>\n<p>Instead, think of the circle like the dial for a dimmer system that can turn 360 degrees–and only turn clockwise. To begin, let's say light is off at step one in our circle. As it's slowly turned clockwise, light begins to creep in. It's almost imperceptible at first, but before you know it, you've turned the knob to step three, at which point all of the room's ugliness has been made apparent.</p>\n<p>In the legendary words of The Dude, “some things have come to light, man,” and there's no turning back. The only way back to the comforts of darkness is to keep turning that dial around to four and five and six, when the light has finally become just dim enough to return to some sort of solitude.</p>\n<p>But can you “unsee” what you saw when the light was on? Of course not. Neither can our characters.</p>\n<p>Whether the chaos hiding in the room's corners is a long-kept secret that comes to literal or figurative light, or simply some unfolded laundry from last week, the instability introduced to the plot needs to be apparent and inescapable.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>The above can be useful in helping us outline, as well as in analyzing our work after it's been written to verify whether we've incorporated these paradigms successfully.</p>\n<p>For further exploration, think of your favorite books and movies. How do they make use of the life-death, conscious-unconscious, and order-chaos paradigms? How can you make them work for you in your manuscript?</p>\n<p>Dan Harmon's original posts can be found <a href=\"http://channel101.wikia.com/wiki/Story_Structure_101:_Super_Basic_Shit\">here</a> (part one) and <a href=\"http://channel101.wikia.com/wiki/Story_Structure_102:_Pure,_Boring_Theory\">here</a> (part two) for those of you who are curious. <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuD2Aa0zFiA\">This video</a> on the topic is also pretty neat, if you're into that sort of thing.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks as always for reading. For more writing tips, be sure to explore the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/podcasts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">r. r. campbell writescast</a>, the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\"><em>Write with Me</em> series</a>, or follow me on <a href=\"http://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter</a>.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>So you've taken a look at the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/16/from-logline-to-narrative-arc-connecting-the-dots-part-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seven-point</a> and <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/05/10/201304the-heros-journey-and-adventure-time-html/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hero's journey</a> structures, and neither quite jibes with your vision for your plot. Or perhaps you're starting with this post because you recognize the name Dan Harmon (<em>Community</em>, <em>Rick and Morty</em>, etc.) and also really like circles. No matter what led you here, the important thing is that the circular structure I'm about to describe forms the backbone of almost any plot on both the macro- and micro-level.</p>\n<p>That is to say that whether you go with a seven-point structure, Hero's journey model, or something else entirely, this circular structure is present in any of them. If those models are the puppets, circular structure is the puppeteer… or something.</p>\n<p>On some level, essentially, circular structure is the most stripped down way I've seen employed to examine plot in general.</p>\n<p>If circular structure is the most stripped down way to examine plot in general, you might say, then why doesn't everybody use it? Why isn't it just “the one?”</p>\n<p>Not everyone thinks about, visualizes, or approaches a story in the same way. Think of each plot-structure model as using Google Maps, Apple Maps, or the Waze app. Each one leads to the same destinations, but the interfaces are unique, and there may be a few unique turns along the way that vary from the route provided by the other apps. In the end, you'll still (arguably?) get where you need to go, but it's all in how you put the apps to work for you and which interface you prefer. Mostly.</p>\n<p>At any rate—what's this circular structure all about then? Let's start with, well, a circle.</p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2352\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2352\" data-attachment-id=\"2352\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/23/dan-harmons-circular-structure-part-one/circular-structure/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"circular structure\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2352\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" alt=\"circular structure\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/circular-structure.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-2352\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It's so… <del>beautiful</del> circular.</p></div>\n<p>You'll notice that two lines run through the circle, slicing it into quarters (the slicing of the circle won't come into play explicitly in this post, but we'll explore it more in part two). I've also numbered the edges and midpoint on the arc of each slice in a clockwise manner, starting with 1 at the 12 o'clock position.</p>\n<p>Why?</p>\n<p>Here's why. Every story, including our plots, can follow this pattern to get where it needs to go.</p>\n<ol>\n<li>Our main character is in her comfort zone,</li>\n<li>but there's something she wants.</li>\n<li>She enters an unfamiliar world or situation,</li>\n<li>adapts to it,</li>\n<li>and gets what she wanted.</li>\n<li>But! She pays heavily for achieving this</li>\n<li>before returning to a familiar world or situation</li>\n<li>as a changed person.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>That's it. That's literally it. Around and around our characters go, be it over the course of our entire manuscript or a single paragraph.</p>\n<p>Don't believe that all eight steps can be achieved over the course of a single paragraph?</p>\n<p>Think of a scenario in which a character's belief or opinion is challenged. That challenge-moment is step three already, with the scene's status quo and this character's scene-length objective already covering steps one and two. In our example, the character mulls over this new perspective and accepts it (step four), which—perhaps in an ironic twist—actually helps her get the thing she wanted (step five).</p>\n<p>She then realizes, however, that this new perspective may be something that leaves her estranged from her family were they to ever find out (step six), but she knows she must go home anyhow (step seven), and she can't unsee the world from this new perspective (step eight).</p>\n<p>Bam. All of the above could be written occur within a character's head over the course of a four-sentence paragraph, even. Realistically though, as writers we should avoid having too many long-running inner monologues, and the best execution of the scenario described above would happen in a combination of exposition dialogue—in my opinion at least.</p>\n<p>So yeah… maybe running through all eight steps in a single paragraph is a <em>bit</em> heavy-handed, but the above is an example of the power this circular-structure analysis can have.</p>\n<p>Still struggling to see the utility of this? Perhaps the below suggestions have you thinking of this from a different angle.</p>\n<p>Struggling to write a synopsis? Try picking out these eight moments from your plot and use them as a guide. Trying to figure out what's missing from one of your subplots, single scene, or a three-chapter arc? Check to see if all eight of these steps are put to use.</p>\n<p>As if that wasn't enough to tide us over, there are actually even more layers to this circular-structure business that we'll cover in future posts. For now, though, try to map how this structure may have been incorporated in your favorite book or movie. If you're looking for an even greater challenge, see how many scenes from either also make use of these mechanics.</p>\n<p>Until next time, circle hunters, write on and write well.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Like what you've read here? Have thoughts on circular structure or writing in general? Feel free to reach out to me through <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">the contact page</a> or by finding me <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here</a> on Twitter.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>Though our approaches to keeping readers engaged may vary, doing so is likely a goal that we as writers share. We have many tools at our disposal to achieve this, but in this post we'll focus on invoking senses of mystery, suspense, or dramatic irony, and—perhaps more importantly—how to balance all three effectively.</p>\n<p>Mystery, suspense, and dramatic irony are essentially about the relationship between two things:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Information</li>\n<li>Relationship between reader and perspective character</li>\n</ul>\n<p>To evaluate which tool we are putting to use, we have to ask ourselves <strong>who has what information</strong> and <strong>when do they have it relative to the other party?</strong> The two parties in question here are, of course, the reader and perspective character(s).</p>\n<p>If we're to answer those questions, however, we'll first have to know which tool is which. With that in mind, let's explore each one and how we can put it to use.</p>\n<h2>Mystery</h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2267\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2267\" data-attachment-id=\"2267\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/09/who-knows-what-and-when-mystery-suspense-and-dramatic-irony/mystery/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MYSTERY.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"MYSTERY\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MYSTERY.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MYSTERY.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2267\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MYSTERY.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" alt=\"MYSTERY\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MYSTERY.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/MYSTERY.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-2267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Character to reader: “I know something you don't know.”</p></div>\n<p>A sense of mystery is created when characters have information that is withheld from readers, which leads readers to suspect there's something afoot. This imbalance of access to information can last anywhere from a sentence to the entirety of a manuscript (though be careful about pulling the proverbial rug out from under your reader by waiting until the last minute to reveal IT WAS ALL A DREAM).</p>\n<p>One (admittedly very cliché) way to generate a sense of mystery would be to have our perspective character receive a letter or phone call to end a scene. As our character is reading the letter or has their ear pressed to the receiver, the reader's only access to the contents of that letter or call is when our character pales and says, “Oh my God.”</p>\n<p>And that's where the scene ends.</p>\n<p>This example provides readers with two certainties: 1) the character in question has received some sort of news, and 2) that whatever it is, it isn't good. Alternatively, if our character had responded with a message of congratulations or an expression of joy, we'd know that they received <em>good</em> news. Still, readers don't know exactly what the news is, and they're therefore (hopefully) compelled to read onward as a result of the mystery created.</p>\n<p>The one caveat to using this (again, rather cliché) example is that it's a clear gimmick to get a reader to hop into the next scene. A sense of mystery need not be used in such overtly gimmicky ways, however.</p>\n<p>Consider something like the parentage of Jon Snow in the <em>A Song of Ice and Fire</em> series. Going all the way back to the first book, we readers <em>know</em> that Ned Stark knows who Jon's mother is, but several books later we still don't have official confirmation of who that woman might be. <em>That</em>‘s a mystery that readers can get behind, one that's not hastily thrown into scene-ending after scene-ending in an attempt to lure readers to turn the page. It <em>is</em>, however, an example of mystery being put to use to effectively keep readers interested in an impactful way.</p>\n<p>Now that we've examined mystery, let's move on to suspense.</p>\n<h2>Suspense</h2>\n<div class=\"tiled-gallery type-rectangular tiled-gallery-unresized\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-carousel-extra='{"blog_id":1,"permalink":"https:\\/\\/ryanrcampbell.com\\/2017\\/06\\/09\\/who-knows-what-and-when-mystery-suspense-and-dramatic-irony\\/","likes_blog_id":127350505}' itemscope itemtype=\"http://schema.org/ImageGallery\" > <div class=\"gallery-row\" style=\"width: 1080px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"1080\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 540px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"540\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http://schema.org/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/09/who-knows-what-and-when-mystery-suspense-and-dramatic-irony/suspense/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"536\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"268\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2272\" data-orig-file=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"SUSPENSE\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE.jpg?w=536&h=268&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" width=\"536\" height=\"268\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"536\" data-original-height=\"268\" itemprop=\"http://schema.org/image\" title=\"SUSPENSE\" alt=\""We both know what's up."\" style=\"width: 536px; height: 268px;\" /> </a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> “We both know what's up.” </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> <div class=\"gallery-group images-1\" style=\"width: 540px; height: 272px;\" data-original-width=\"540\" data-original-height=\"272\" > <div class=\"tiled-gallery-item tiled-gallery-item-large\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope itemtype=\"http://schema.org/ImageObject\"> <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/09/who-knows-what-and-when-mystery-suspense-and-dramatic-irony/suspense-2/\" border=\"0\" itemprop=\"url\"> <meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"536\"> <meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"268\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"2271\" data-orig-file=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"SUSPENSE 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE-2.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE-2.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE-2.jpg?w=536&h=268&ssl=1\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE-2.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/SUSPENSE-2.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" width=\"536\" height=\"268\" loading=\"lazy\" data-original-width=\"536\" data-original-height=\"268\" itemprop=\"http://schema.org/image\" title=\"SUSPENSE 2\" alt=\""Just kidding, we are so lost right now."\" style=\"width: 536px; height: 268px;\" /> </a> <div class=\"tiled-gallery-caption\" itemprop=\"caption description\"> “Just kidding, we are so lost right now.” </div> </div> </div> <!-- close group --> </div> <!-- close row --> </div>\n<p>Mystery and suspense differ in that the latter requires readers to be on the metaphorical same page as the perspective character. That is to say, suspense exists when <strong>the character and reader find themselves with (or without) access to the same information at the same time.</strong></p>\n<p>Let's work with the letter-opening example from the mystery section above, but tweak it so that both the reader and character receive the same information. In our new version of the scene, our reader sees our character open a letter that reads, “On the nineteenth at dawn, we end with the fawn.”</p>\n<p>What does that mean, exactly? If neither the reader nor character know, then we have a <em>mystery</em> to solve, but it will be solved with a sense of <em>suspense</em> surrounding it. See the difference? Again, we're focusing on the relationship between information and the character-reader bond to evaluate this.</p>\n<p>For further clarification, remember we're looking exclusively at information—who has access to it, who doesn't, and when. If reader and character have the same information (or lack thereof) at the same time, we're working with a sense of suspense. If only the character has it, we're working with a sense of mystery.</p>\n<p>Let's return again to our example from <em>A Song of Ice and Fire</em>. When it comes to Jon Snow's parentage, we readers may have a relationship of mystery between ourselves and Ned, but when we have chapters from the perspective of Jon Snow, we have a relationship based on suspense—we only know what he knows where his parentage is concerned.</p>\n<p>See the difference?</p>\n<p>If not, all of this may be put in perspective best after exploring our third tool: namely, dramatic irony.</p>\n<h2>Dramatic Irony</h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2275\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2275\" data-attachment-id=\"2275\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/06/09/who-knows-what-and-when-mystery-suspense-and-dramatic-irony/dramatic-irony/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DRAMATIC-IRONY.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"DRAMATIC IRONY\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DRAMATIC-IRONY.jpg?fit=300%2C150&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DRAMATIC-IRONY.jpg?fit=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2275 aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DRAMATIC-IRONY.jpg?resize=1024%2C512&ssl=1\" alt=\"DRAMATIC IRONY\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DRAMATIC-IRONY.jpg?w=1024&ssl=1 1024w, https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/DRAMATIC-IRONY.jpg?resize=300%2C150&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-2275\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Waiting for Alanis Morissette to burst through my browser shrieking about rain on my wedding day…</p></div>\n<p>This varies from mystery and suspense in that dramatic irony requires readers to have access to information that a character does not.</p>\n<p>Let's consider again either <em>Game of Thrones</em> as a show or the <em>A Song of Ice and Fire </em>series. With the ability to see scenes happening on either side of The Narrow Sea and across Westeros, viewers and readers sometimes know who is plotting against whom. When this occurs, readers and viewers have a dramatic irony relationship with the “whom” (as we can anticipate a forthcoming plot that a character cannot), but a relationship of suspense with the “who” (since we know what the “who” is up to–e.g. <em>Will this plot or attack succeed?</em>).</p>\n<p>For those less familiar with <em>Game of Thrones </em>or <em>A Song of Ice and Fire</em>, a further example of dramatic irony would be something like the below.</p>\n<p>Let's say we've got an opening scene where a boy in New York City is writing in his journal at the end of the day. He gives us some generalities about the goings-on at school as well as family life, but mentions he's really excited about his field trip to “the big buildings downtown” tomorrow.</p>\n<p>As he's about to close his journal, he realizes he's forgotten to date his entry. The final words he scrawls at the end of the manuscript's chapter one are: Monday, September 10th, 2001.</p>\n<p>Is that setting off an alarm? It should. If this kid's in NYC on September 10th, 2001, and headed to some big buildings downtown for a field trip the next day, we know things are going to be, well, terrible in some form or fashion whether he's headed to the World Trade Center or not.</p>\n<p>In this scenario, you as the reader know something that the main character doesn't. This is dramatic irony, and it's just another example of how it can be used with the reveal of information to keep readers turning the page.</p>\n<h1>Now what?</h1>\n<p>Now that we have an understanding of which tool is which, we can begin making more effective use of them in our own manuscripts. When evaluating your work, you might even realize you were already putting these to use without actually having a name for them!</p>\n<p>If you're anything like me, though, you'll find that being aware of each and how to use them presents greater opportunities to heighten the tension on the page in diverse ways. And that's the key here: when putting these tools to use, don't rely on one of them exclusively, but rather a balance of all three.</p>\n<p>If readers are constantly in the dark because characters <em>always</em> seem to have information that they don't (mystery), that could become frustrating. If readers always know what's going to happen and our characters don't (dramatic irony), that can make things stale in a hurry. If readers and characters are in the same boat at every bend in the river—metaphorically or literally—well, you can actually get away with that sense of suspense quite effectively. But, you know, I'd still encourage the use of mystery and dramatic irony where possible, too.</p>\n<p>So how will you put these to use in your own work? Let me know on <a href=\"http://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter</a> or through my <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>. I'd love to hear from you.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>Cliffhangers: these are your heart-pounding, reader-teasing, big moments of twist, right?</p>\n<p>Well, not always.</p>\n<p>Though the sudden interjection of action-packed surprise or suspense is what most people think of when they hear the word “cliffhanger,” our scenes don't (read: shouldn't) always end with an earth-shattering moment to keep readers turning the page.</p>\n<p>On the contrary, cliffhangers are more often simple reveals of information or changes in perspective than they are teases of action or the arrival of an antagonistic force. Let's explore each of these options below, starting with the most well known type of cliffhanger in order to better contrast it with the others.</p>\n<h1>Impending Action</h1>\n<p>These are the cliffhangers that most people think of when they hear the term. This could be anything including a final paragraph (or even line) where any of the following occur.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>a burning smell coming from one room over</li>\n<li>a cry for help heard over the horizon</li>\n<li>the sight of the airplane's oxygen masks deploying</li>\n<li>the souring taste of a poisoned treat dissolving on the tongue (we're assuming the character didn't know it was poisoned when they ate it)</li>\n<li>the heat of a dragon's breath landing on a character's shoulder</li>\n</ul>\n<p>In any event, the idea is that something major is about to happen once the reader turns the page.</p>\n<p>Cliffhangers of this variety certainly serve a purpose when used well, but if every chapter or scene ends with one of these, we as writers may fall into the trap of always having things turned up to eleven.</p>\n<p>Yes, we want to have tension on the page, but if the only kind of tension we put to use is the threat of physical or emotional violence and upheaval, we can quickly tire out our readers (and characters!). After a while, it even becomes predictable, which defeats one of the purposes of a cliffhanger in the first place.</p>\n<p>So what else can we use as cliffhangers? Let's explore the notion of introducing new information instead of teasing impending action.</p>\n<h1>New Information</h1>\n<p>Presenting readers with new information can also be an effective use of a cliffhanger. There are even three different ways we can do this, each of which will allow us to create either 1) greater mystery, 2) increased suspense, or 3) dramatic irony that we can use to compel our readers onward.</p>\n<p>Mystery, suspense, and dramatic irony really do warrant a post unto themselves (and I'll throw one at you next week), so for now let's put this in different terms.</p>\n<blockquote><p>What can we as the writer reveal at the end of a scene to get a reader thinking she can both anticipate the action <em>and</em> want to know whether her hunch will be confirmed?</p></blockquote>\n<p>Achieving both is critical. If our reader has a prediction about the consequences of new information, but doesn't care whether she's right or not (ie. the stakes aren't high enough), that doesn't do us as writers any good. And we need our readers to be anticipating the action (ie. making predictions of their own) before they can become curious as to whether they'll be correct.</p>\n<p>For an example of this, let's juxtapose the two paragraph endings below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>… I knelt, running my fingers over the slab. The dry earth upon it compacted beneath my fingernails, the stone itself still cool from the shade of the great oak above.</h4>\n<h4>I should've expected it, but a lump still formed in my throat when I saw the date.</h4>\n<h4>She would've been eight years old next week.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>versus</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>… I knelt, running my fingers over the slab. The dry earth upon it compacted beneath my fingernails, the stone itself still cool from the shade of the great oak above.</h4>\n<h4>I should've expected it, but a lump still formed in my throat when I saw the date.</h4>\n<h4>My pet ferret: she would've been eight years old next week.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Okay. Well. Huh.</p>\n<p>In our first example, the final line—though clearly indicating someone's (or I suppose, something(?)'s) life came to an end—remains ambiguous enough to keep a reader wanting more. Was this someone's daughter? A niece? Who knows?</p>\n<p>The second example answers this question immediately: it's the perspective character's deceased pet ferret.</p>\n<p>Of course, we should all mourn our pets (R.I.P. Jimmie “Jaime El Gato” Campbell), but the second example lacks the same punch as the first. Why? Because though new information is revealed, readers 1) have fewer options where it comes to making predictions and 2) are less likely (probably) to care about the story of a boy and his dead pet ferret than they are about an adult and a child taken well before her time.</p>\n<p>No offense to ferret owners, of course.</p>\n<p>Essentially, the goal with the introduction of new information as a cliffhanger is to get the reader thinking he or she can anticipate what's coming next. 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In other words, we as writers suggest a growth moment for the character.</p>\n<p>These growth moments can vary widely, from the challenge of a core belief to seeing a former (or perhaps still current) antagonist in a new light.</p>\n<p>The goal here is to have readers suspect they are witnessing a growth moment, and then have them want to turn the page to <strong>see if the character's actions change based on this perceived shift in thought.</strong></p>\n<p>Actions speak louder than words, they say, and keeping this in mind is imperative when it comes to introducing possible changes in perspective. In keeping with the theme of making sure our readers feel smart, it's nice to validate their predictions from time to time by having our characters take actions that are in line with this changed perspective.</p>\n<p>That's not to say we can't challenge readers' assumptions by having a character fail to take action based on a perceived growth moment. In fact, a bit of a struggle to change one's ways is often compelling. Still, if a pattern emerges wherein a character sees things differently but never changes their behavior, growth moments can become tiresome for our readers. If they begin to feel as though they don't quite “get” our protagonist or that there's no interest in real change, readers can develop character-fatigue.</p>\n<p>And when readers get character-fatigue, they stop reading.</p>\n<p>Think of it this way: if you have a friend who keeps making the same mistakes, recognizes they're doing so, and still keeps making the mistakes thinking they can get away with apologizing later, how long are you going to remain friends with them?</p>\n<p>We can't let our characters become <em>that</em> friend to our readers. 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As I've argued before, why not keep them in the metaphorical driver's seat?</p>\n<p>Well, sometimes we may want to emphasize the object of the verb rather than the person doing the verbing. Let's take a look at the example below, and ask ourselves which reading works best given the focus of the paragraph.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>“This,” Jah-ru said, “is the belt of atonement.”</h4>\n<h4>“It's beautiful,” I said. And it was.</h4>\n<h4>The leather—red and beaded in all the colors of the rainbow—was as thick and unbreakable as the cultural forces that kept it in use generation after generation… at least according to Jah-ru. It had been crafted hundreds of years earlier, Jah-ru went on to explain, by artisans whose expertise was now lost to the leathersmiths of the modern settlement.</h4>\n<h4>“Would you like to try it on?” Jah-ru said.</h4>\n<h4>“I'd be honored.”</h4>\n<h4>“That you would.” He extended it toward me, only to pull it back a moment later. “But it is only for those who have earned it. And you, my friend, have not yet atoned.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Did you catch the use of passive voice in there? It's in the sentence that begins with “It had been crafted…”</p>\n<p>An active-voice hardliner would suggest this sentence be rewritten as something like the below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>“Artisans whose expertise was now lost to the leathersmiths of the modern settlement had crafted it hundreds of years earlier.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>There's nothing inherently wrong with this phrasing, though it does now begin with a thirteen-word noun phrase. 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Why take the belt out of focus by putting emphasis on the artisans who crafted it?</p>\n<p>This is a perfect example of where the use of passive voice as seen in the first example is the better choice: it keeps the emphasis on the belt, which is the most critical component of the scene.</p>\n<h1>Concealment</h1>\n<p>Building on the (admittedly rhetorical) question posed near the end of the previous section, passive voice can also be used to conceal the agent of an action if we as writers decide that information is best left off the page (or if a character wants to prevent others from knowing who committed a certain act, for example).</p>\n<p>It would be entirely grammatical to omit “artisans whose expertise was now lost to the leathersmiths of the modern settlement” from the original scene above, but I'd argue that doing so in this case would mean casting aside a significant bit of world-building, as well as a crucial bit of evidence to support Jah-ru's claims regarding the belt's durability.</p>\n<p>So if we're going to keep the comment about the artisans in that particular example, in what scenario might we as writers want to conceal the subject of a sentence from readers?</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>The prosecuting attorney leaned in toward the defendant. “Can you confirm for the record that you personally collected the data in question?”</h4>\n<h4>Eyes darting left, darting right, the defendant gnawed at his upper lip. “Data was collected, yes.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Stop right there! Data <strong>was collected</strong>, you say? What a cop-out. Also, such passive voice. Wow.</p>\n<p>But this is perfect for the defendant, really, as he is clearly trying to conceal the role of the data collector, regardless of whether it was him or not.</p>\n<p>Characters' attempts to conceal information from others or a narrator's desire to keep it from the reader need not be as on the nose as this example to show the value of the passive voice when used carefully.</p>\n<p>In any case, if we as writers have moments where we think it'd be beneficial to conceal the agent of an action from our readers or other characters, the passive voice with the subject omitted may be the best option for us.</p>\n<h1>Idea Flow</h1>\n<p>Consider the following passage:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Since the advent of the monetary system, coins have taken on countless sizes, shapes, and designs. Whether fabricated from iron, silver, copper, or gold, the holders of these tokens have placed an immense value upon them, and not all for their financial value alone. The aforementioned intricacies of size, shape, and design have also led coins to be amassed by collectors.</h4>\n<h4>These collectors, also known as numismatists…</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>We actually get two examples of passive voice in the above paragraph, but we'll address the second of these before the first, namely: amassed by collectors.</p>\n<p>Imagine we rewrote this sentence into the active, preposing “collectors” to first position. In doing so, we'd ultimately end up with a sentence that looks something like the below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Collectors have amassed these coins for their intricacies in size, shape, and design.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Again, there's nothing wrong with that phrasing (in fact, it puts “collectors” in the driver's seat), but let's see what happens when we then try to roll into the next paragraph.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>… intricacies in size, shape, and design.</h4>\n<h4>These collectors, also known as numismatists…</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Wait, what? We go from discussing specific points of appreciation these collectors have and into talking about the collectors themselves? That seems a bit abrupt considering there exists the passive alternative as originally presented above.</p>\n<p>What makes the passive voice the better option in this scenario? Immediacy.</p>\n<p>Immediacy is the notion of keeping similar ideas near one another in the text so that readers are guided more smoothly from one idea, character, or action to the next. You might even notice that I made use of immediacy across the two most recent paragraphs—namely, suggesting the passive alternative was better, then asking why, then introducing immediacy, then defining it immediately thereafter.</p>\n<p>Though I employed no passive voice to achieve that idea flow in the last few paragraphs, we still have a demonstration of the effectiveness of immediacy.</p>\n<p>It's for this reason that the passive may again be a better choice at times, all depending upon the context in which it is used.</p>\n<h1>Irrelevance of Subject</h1>\n<p>I mentioned earlier that there were two examples of passive voice in the original excerpt on coins. We've covered the second of these, but what about the first?</p>\n<p>The initial example is hiding a bit, in that we can't rely on the use of “by” or the overt presence of a subject to identify it. Spotted it yet? If not, here's the relevant portion again, with the passive voice placed in <em>italics</em>.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>… coins have taken on countless sizes, shapes, and designs. <em>Whether fabricated from</em> iron, silver, copper, or gold…</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Sneaky, right? This is a passive construction because, though it's not written as such, one <em>could have</em> rephrased it to be something like either of the below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Whether fabricated by the Romans from iron, silver, copper, or gold…</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Whether the central bank fabricated them from iron, silver, copper or gold…</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>The first is another passive construction, and the second, our active. Essentially, in the original paragraph on coins we're seeing the agent of the action being concealed from readers because the agent in this case is simply not relevant. And why provide irrelevant information to readers?</p>\n<p>I can't think of a good answer to that, either. And so, we have another perfect example of how the passive voice might be our best bet sometimes.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>As we've seen, there are a few situations in which the use of passive voice may be a better choice than the active. Have you found other uses for the passive voice that you'd add to this list? Let me know <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on Twitter</a> or in the comments!</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Author's note: </strong>this content is now available as a podcast, complete with additional perspective. You can find the podcast version <a href=\"http://writescast.net/2018/10/05/bibliobreakdown003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at this link</a>.</em></p>\n<p>In the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/05/10/201304the-heros-journey-and-adventure-time-html/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous post</a> in this mini-series, we walked through the first six stages of The Hero's Journey as featured in season one, episode five of <em>Adventure Time. </em>This post will cover the remaining six steps of this journey, all with the goal of helping us consider how we might implement a similar structure into our own work.</p>\n<p>That being said, let's hop into step seven of The Hero's Journey and Adventure Time.</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\">The Approach</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\">At this stage, the hero and his or her allies prepare to confront their primary challenge. Turning back to our <em>Adventure Time </em>example, this is the moment when Finn and Jake enter the “brain world” of a creature that seems to dwell inside the castle. This creature presents Finn with a beast that he says is “most certainly evil,” and Finn has no problem destroying it as part of what the castlekeeper says is “the last trial.” But he lies! For after Finn has slain the evil beast, he encounters…</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\">The Ordeal</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\">Here our hero faces his or her primary challenge. This is the moment we've all been waiting for. As we'll soon see, this is a moment in which the hero (often) triumphs, but at some cost to him or herself (or someone they love) personally.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">In <em>The Enchiridion</em>, Finn—still trapped in the castlekeeper's brain world—is presented with the “last last trial” of killing an ant. Finn, wanting to know whether or not the ant is evil, asks this question of the castlekeeper, who says the ant is “unaligned.” Finn must decide whether he will kill the unallied ant, sacrificing some of the goodness in himself to do so—all in the name of receiving The Enchiridion. Finn seems trapped until he breaks free of the castlekeeper's brain world and kicks him right in the craw, disabling the castlekeeper and overcoming the final challenge.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">“So wait,” one might say, “but he didn't have to sacrifice part of himself, and he didn't even take on the task that was assigned to him.”</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">That's true, but Finn did make use of his wits (and foot) a bit in finding an option beyond the do-thing-one-or-do-thing-two paradigm. I've also heard moments like these described as “the dilemma,” wherein a character faces a tough choice, but finds some sort of loophole in the rules or defies the premise of the choice presented to them. A popular example of this can be found in <em>The Hunger Games</em> when Katniss encourages Peeta to pretend as though the two of them are to eat some poisonous berries (spoilers follow). By doing this rather than fighting one another to do the death, they spare both of their own lives, as those in charge of the games did not anticipate this third outcome (wherein both die), which actually leads to a fourth outcome (they both live).</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\">The Reward</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\">Finally our hero overcomes the ordeal! Oftentimes, however, there exists the possibility that they may lose their reward for having done so.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">Back in <em>Adventure Time</em>, this is the moment in which the manly minitaur enters into the scene and hands The Enchiridion over to Finn. He receives all sorts of praise from the minitaur and Keeper.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">We don't really get the feeling that Finn might lose his reward, however, and the next three steps in the Hero's Journey are more or less skipped over in this particular episode. Why, you ask? Well, remember we only have twelve minutes of show available to us, and through these nine steps we've already seen the (almost) completion of a full story arc.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">That the final three steps are either not featured or included very briefly is only a testament to the notion that these “formulas” are meant to be toyed with. Just like outlines are not contracts, we as writers shouldn't feel as though we have to adhere exactly to any one structure—though it'd behoove us to incorporate some sort of structure, lest we end up with our characters milling about with nothing to lose.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">Let's consider how the remaining steps <em>could have</em> been incorporated into this episode, however, for those who want to explore all twelves steps.</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\">The Road Home</h1>\n<p>Ordinarily, this step is when our hero finds him- or herself on the (sometimes very literal) road home to the ordinary world. If our character stands to lose their reward, this is the moment where they must confront that possibility.</p>\n<p>Hypothetically, let's say as Finn and Jake are traveling home, some sort of elf-witch floats out of the woods and onto the trail, revealing herself to have been the puppet-master between all our heroes' previous trials.</p>\n<p>She tells Finn that the pages of <em>The Enchiridion</em> are poisonous to the touch, and that he only has minutes to retrieve the antidote from the amulet around her neck. Furthermore, unless the antidote is also poured upon the pages of The Enchiridion itself, its pages will melt away and no hero will ever again have the chance to possess its powers.</p>\n<p>Higher stakes than before? Check. Reward at risk of being lost? Absolutely. A little dark for a children's TV show? Yeah, you could say that.</p>\n<p>But at any rate, we now have everything necessary for the eleventh step.</p>\n<h1>The Resurrection</h1>\n<p>As suggested above, this is the moment when the hero faces his or her final battle, with higher stakes than before and at risk of everything they've fought for being lost.</p>\n<p>In our hypothetical minute eleven of this episode, let's say Finn battles this witch and ultimately defeats using similar guile to that which he used to overcome the “last last trial.” For example, he might point over her shoulder and say, “Look out, the manly minitaur is coming.” He's not, but he says it anyway.</p>\n<p>When she looks, perhaps he snatches the amulet from her neck, glugs some of it for himself, and pours the remainder over the pages of The Enchiridion.</p>\n<p>That feels a little cheap, though, doesn't it? It is a bit too easy, but this is a cartoon, after all, and we probably don't have airtime left for a protracted battle at this point. Finn could pay some price for these shenanigans, though: perhaps after having the antidote poured on them, the ink on the pages runs and some information in The Enchiridion is lost forever.</p>\n<h1>Return Home</h1>\n<p>This final step is the moment in which our heroes return home, triumphant (probably) and changed (hopefully, though for the better or for the worse is up to you). This is a good moment to include reflections on the latter especially, as it is a natural segue into theme, lessons learned, and where our characters might go from there.</p>\n<p>We actually do see a brief return home in this <em>Adventure Time</em> episode (kind of), as Princess Bubblegum appears via a magic bubble to join the celebration that Finn and Jake are having after their triumph over their many trials. It's not a full and complete return to the Candy Kingdom, but given the amount of time the show has to work with, it more than suffices.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>If <em>Adventure Time</em> can incorporate nearly all twelve steps of The Hero's Journey in twelve minutes of airtime, we can almost certainly do so over the course of our own narratives.</p>\n<p>After having read up on both the seven-point plot structure and The Hero's Journey, which one do you think might work best for your story? Maybe try plotting it out using both, and see which one might work best for you.</p>\n<p>Or, if you're still not sure either structure is quite right, play with the formulas a bit and see if you can make <em>them</em> work for <em>you</em> (rather than the other way around).</p>\n<p>Once you've made your (very broad) outline, feel free to hop into the next step as listed in this <em>Outline With Me</em> series—namely, that of <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/30/character-at-the-core-the-importance-of-depth/\">character development</a>.</p>\n<hr>\n<p>Thanks for reading. If you have thoughts on The Hero's Journey or plot structure in general, you can always reach out to me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, or find me via my <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>Author's note: </strong>this content is now available as a podcast, complete with additional perspective. You can find the podcast version <a href=\"http://writescast.net/2018/10/05/bibliobreakdown003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">at this link</a>.</em></p>\n<p>So you've got your <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/09/the-logline-your-novel-in-50-words-or-fewer/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">logline</a>, but, after checking out the seven-point story structure in <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/16/from-logline-to-narrative-arc-connecting-the-dots-part-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">these</a> <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/23/from-logline-to-narrative-arc-connecting-the-dots-part-two/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts</a>, you're not sure if it's right for your story.</p>\n<p>Then let's explore another traditional storytelling structure—namely, Joseph Campbell's (no relation) The Hero's Journey, otherwise known as the monomyth.</p>\n<p>The Hero's Journey differs from the seven-point structure in that it consists of twelve steps and is generally incorporated more often in epic storytelling a là <em>Star Wars </em>(episode IV is a prime example) or the <em>Lord of the Rings</em> series.</p>\n<p>Your story need not be an epic in Sci-fi or Fantasy in order to make use of The Hero's Journey, however. For <a href=\"http://www.accountingforitall.com\"><em>XXX Accounting</em></a>—which has taken shape as adult contemporary fiction—I used The Hero's Journey to construct my protagonist's timeline in the present, but implemented more of a seven-point and Hero's Journey hybrid for her past.</p>\n<p>As further evidence that we need not have a trilogy or series lined up to take advantage of this structure, for this two-part series we'll be seeing how Pendleton Ward and his team of writers employed (most of) this structure in a twelve minute(!) episode of the popular cartoon <em>Adventure Time</em>.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><i>Note: If you haven't watched this particular episode of </i>Adventure Time<i>, now might be the time. </i>The Enchiridion <i>is episode five of season one, which is available for streaming on Hulu as of the time of this post.</i></p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">The Ordinary World</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">The ordinary world is how our Hero's Journey stories open: where the reader (henceforth “viewer” in our analysis) sees the world as it exists for our hero before the introduction of the primary conflict.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">In this (and all) episodes of <em>Adventure Time</em>, the opening credits themselves provide a brief overview of the ordinary world—that is to say, everything that happens leading up to the fist bump Finn and Jake share to kick-off the show's theme song.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">We see further establishment of the ordinary world in the moments immediately following the show's introduction, in which we see that a party that is taking place in the Candy Kingdom. Everything's fine, everything's good…</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Until some clumsy donut dives into the tower from which Princess Bubblegum is overseeing the goings-on below. The princess falls from high above, but Finn rescues her just before she hits the ground. Our hero's prowess in the ordinary world has now been established, and we're less than a minute into the episode! Finn's heroics give Princess Bubblegum an idea, which leads us to…</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">The Call to Action</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">In the broadest sense, this step is the moment when the hero faces some sort of challenge or change to their ordinary world. In the second scene of this episode, Princess Bubblegum presents Finn with an image of<i> </i>The Enchiridion, a book that, were he to possess it, would make him an “even better hero.” The problem? It lies in Mount Cragdoor and is guarded by “a manly minitaur.” Princess Bubblegum says the book is waiting for a righteous hero to claim it.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">At this juncture in the Hero's Journey, our protagonist must decide whether to take up or refuse this call to action. That is to say: will we have a reluctant or eager hero?</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">A Refusal of the Call</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">In most Hero's Journey arcs, this our protagonist initially refuses this call. Showing our protagonist as reluctant leaves room for growth and can deepen the notion that they're really making a sacrifice by going on this journey.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">In <em>Adventure</em> <em>Time</em>, however, the whole point is, well, adventure. This is what leads Finn to immediately take up the call, literally saying he is “totally into this [adventure] stuff.” He does have one moment of brief hesitation when he asks Princess Bubblegum if she thinks he will succeed, but Finn's doubt is short-lived: Finn then proceeds to dive out of a window and onto the next step of The Hero's Journey.</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Meet the Mentor</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Before Finn hits the ground (he just jumped out of a window, remember) Jake, his best friend, catches him before he falls to his cartoon death. It's in this moment that Finn has met his mentor: the individual who will train or advise the protagonist as part of his quest.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">One could understandably argue that Jake is more of an ally than a mentor, but in either case we're seeing the introduction of a partner with whom our hero will take on the challenges that ahead.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Without providing his mentor with any details, Finn enlists Jake in the quest.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">They're off to Mount Cragdoor!</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Cross the Threshold</h1>\n<p>As the fifth step in our Hero's Journey, the crossing of the threshold is the moment where we would normally have a turning point for our protagonist, one in which he or she abandons the ordinary world and begins their quest. Critically, this should be seen as a point of no return: once our protagonist crosses this threshold, they can't go back to life as it was before.</p>\n<p>This episode of <em>Adventure Time</em> takes the crossing of the threshold about as literally as it possibly could, however: Finn and Jake simply walk across a drawbridge over a moat.</p>\n<p>That's it. That's their “crossing of the threshold.”</p>\n<p>I understand how this might seem like a cop-out, but keep in mind these episodes are twelve minutes long and we have twelve steps to cover. With the real meat of The Hero's Journey before us, it makes sense the show's writers wouldn't spend too much time lingering on this threshold moment.</p>\n<p>As writers ourselves, though, this can be one final moment to show some trepidation on the part of our protagonist—perhaps they recognize that once they take this action or say these words or swear this oath, their lives will never be the same.</p>\n<p>Again, though, Finn is “totally into this [adventure] stuff” so there's no sense in dwelling too long on the crossing of the threshold. Speaking of which…</p>\n<h1>Tests, Allies, and Enemies</h1>\n<p>Though they're all important, this is a major step in the the Hero's Journey. This is where our protagonists are tested both physically and mentally, and their relationship with their mentor may or may not become strained. Will our hero become disillusioned with the quest on which they've been sent, or perhaps even with the person they've become? This is where these seeds of doubt can be sown, for this garden is great and full of action, and why not make our protagonist's struggle that much greater?</p>\n<p>Really, though, the emphasis of this step in the Hero's Journey is on the action: there are puzzles to solve, alliances to be made (and broken?), and enemies to identify and defeat.</p>\n<p>Once Finn and Jake cross the threshold in “The Enchiridion,” they encounter a gatekeeper—Keeper, as he is so aptly named (he's even dressed like a key)—who confronts them with a riddle.</p>\n<p>Keeper gives a long-winded speech about how many have tried to enter, but none have had the key to use in the locked gate that separates Mount Cragdoor from the outside world. As Keeper keeps rattling on, Finn—without so much as a word—picks up Keeper, inserts him into the lock, and walks on through the gate.</p>\n<p>To make this moment even more on the nose, Keeper then hollers after Finn and Jake as they walk away. “You've passed the first trial, young heroes,” he says, in an extremely explicit acknowledgment of the episode's Hero's Journey structure. After Finn and Jake are out of earshot, Keeper even adds that “there are many trials ahead of you, and each trial is more treacherous than the last.”</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">And just like that, we're set up for the rest of step six. We're at the halfway mark in The Hero's Journey, and we're hardly over four minutes into the episode. Algebraic, am I right?</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">From here on out, there are at least two major tests that Finn faces as part of this stage in his journey. To paint with a wider brush, however, I'll offer up some additional examples of what one might encounter during this step from another favorite of mine, the <em>A Song of Ice and Fire</em> series. Some spoilers through <em>A Clash Of Kings</em> or season two of <em>Game of Thrones</em> below.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">Think of Jon Snow (classic Hero's Journey arc). In <em>A Clash of Kings</em>, he ends up beyond the Wall as part of the Night's Watch's mission to figure out what Mance Rayder's up to, as well as to see if they can find his presumably dead uncle Benjen. The entire time Jon's beyond the wall is basically this sixth step in The Hero's Journey. He's <em>test</em>ed when he's tasked with killing a wildling (Ygritte), who, though originally his prisoner, makes Jon <em>her </em>prisoner (<em>enemy</em>). Jon is then reunited with the also captured Qhorin Halfhand (<em>ally</em>), and while all of this is going on we see Ygritte slowly go from <em>enemy to ally</em> by sticking up for Jon a few times when Rattleshirt would have much rather had him executed.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\">The list goes on. Seriously, go (re)read Jon's arc in particular and you can find many of these steps strewn throughout his story.</p>\n<h1>Checkpoint</h1>\n<p>No, “checkpoint” isn't the seventh step in The Hero's Journey—it's just where we'll leave things for now. The remaining six steps of The Hero's Journey in the context of <em>Adventure Time </em>are featured in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/05/12/the-heros-journey-and-adventure-time-part-two/\">this post</a>.</p>\n<hr>\n<p>Thanks for reading. Have thoughts on the above? Noticing The Hero's Journey in other media and want to chat about it? You can find me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a> or email me through my <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a> if you'd like to chat.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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As such, this series may be far from comprehensive, but perhaps exploring <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/05/01/an-outlines-not-a-contract-part-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Paper Trail</a>, <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/05/03/an-outlines-not-a-contract-part-two/\">Beat Sheets</a>, and, as we'll soon know them, Beat Sheets Lite, you'll be in a position to find a balance that offers you the most comfortable overview of your plot without making you feel committed to sticking to every last word of it.</p>\n<p>That being said…</p>\n<h1>How About Beat Sheets Lite™?</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\">For later drafts of <em><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPATHY</a> </em>and for my first drafts of <em><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">XXX Accounting</a></em>, I made use of what I'll call Beat Sheets Lite™ (not actually trademarked, but, you know, it makes it look more official).</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">Beat Sheets Lite allowed me to keep my destinations in mind as I wrote, with those destinations being each one of the seven points of our seven-point plot structure as explored in <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/16/from-logline-to-narrative-arc-connecting-the-dots-part-one/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">these</a> <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/23/from-logline-to-narrative-arc-connecting-the-dots-part-two/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">posts</a> (or, for <em>XXX Accounting</em>, the twelve steps of The Hero's Journey as will be covered in a forthcoming post). In this way, rather than balance dozens upon dozens of beats for each perspective character–which then had to be arranged in a logical chronology—I ended up with something like the below:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Chandra - Inciting Incident</h4>\n<h4>Meredith - Inciting Incident</h4>\n<h4>Ariel - Inciting Incident</h4>\n<h4>Meredith - First Plot Point</h4>\n<h4>Wyatt - Inciting Incident</h4>\n<h4>Chandra - First Plot Point</h4>\n<h4>[…]</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p class=\"separator\">Yes, I absolutely could be more descriptive about the given events, but, hey, no spoilers.</p>\n<h2 class=\"separator\">Pros</h2>\n<p class=\"separator\">The nice thing about this system is that it allowed me to get a more zoomed out view of the plot as a whole. A quick glance shows that Wyatt's inciting incident (his first perspective chapter), doesn't arrive until after Meredith has had her First Plot Point. In a manuscript highly dependent on having its characters' storylines converge at the second plot point, getting a feel for pacing from 10,000 feet—rather than being on the ground with a regular beat sheet—proved crucial in ensuring every chapter treated events in a logical, stakes-upping order.</p>\n<h2 class=\"separator\">Cons</h2>\n<p>Of course, the challenge with using this system (and <em>only</em> this system, as I'd abandoned beat sheets by the time I made the switch to the above), was that it became more difficult to keep track of some of the finer details, including things like which character learns what and when. In a novel where access to (accurate) information can become a matter of life and death, having those beats logged more precisely would have been of great assistance in avoiding the backtracking that came with the edits of later drafts.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>Looking back on this mini-series as a whole, I think there are three lessons we can take:</p>\n<ol>\n<li>As writers, we can't be afraid to deviate from our outlines when it will be in the best interest of the story. Breaking free of beat sheets for a while allowed me to do that.</li>\n<li>Maintaining up-to-date outlines can save a lot of work on the back-end, even if it seems like a pain at the time.</li>\n<li>None of these outlining methods should be viewed—or used, really—in a vacuum. In retrospect, using both beat sheets and Beat Sheets Lite™ would have been a more prudent choice when writing <em>EMPATHY</em>.</li>\n</ol>\n<p>In the end, it's important to remind ourselves that outlines are not contracts, and also that there are often <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/01/13/the-outline-not-one-but-many/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">not one, but many</a> of them put to use when managing our manuscript's sometimes unruly hedges. They may seem to require a great deal of work to maintain, but I know I always loved being able to look at those tidily trimmed hedges as they guided me through the maze-like experience of writing my first manuscripts.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>For more posts like these, check out the <em><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">Outline With Me</a> </em>series. If you want to get in on the conversation on outlining or writing in general, you can always find me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, or get in touch through the <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">After covering The Paper Trail method in <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/05/01/an-outlines-not-a-contract-part-one/\">part one</a> of this mini-series, part two will focus on the use of beat sheets.</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Beat Sheets</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">In light of my admittedly muddled outlining approach for <em>The Fugue</em>, I did some independent research, and, after incorporating into it some of what I learned at my first writers' conference in 2013, I decided to give a beat sheet a try. A beat sheet is, well, a sheet of beats, with a beat being any event of significance that occurs in the course of the narrative. These include not only any one of the moments in our seven-point plot structure or steps of The Hero's Journey, but also developments like a character learning a critical bit of information, coming into possession of a useful item, or undergoing some change in perspective, for example.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Using a template I found <a href=\"http://www.danielrmarvello.com/archive/2011/07/29/evolution-of-a-beat-sheet.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a>, I got to making a spreadsheet of my own, a sample of which ended up looking something like this:</p>\n<div style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a style=\"margin-left:1em;margin-right:1em;\" href=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/b65b5-screenshot2013-05-12at5-44-59pm.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/b65b5-screenshot2013-05-12at5-44-59pm.png?resize=640%2C281&ssl=1\" width=\"640\" height=\"281\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">The beats themselves were originally blurred as to prevent spoilers, but with how much the manuscript has changed since 2013, I have to believe hardly any of the above beats are still in the manuscript.</p></div>\n<p> </p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">The above may only be a tidbit of the full beat sheet, but the gist is clear: columns for chapter, beat, point of view, the scenes themselves, setting, location, date, and then two columns for word-count per chapter and total word count. I even added pretty colors to track changes in the columns so that I could spot them as I wrote.</p>\n<h2 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Pros</h2>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">The principle advantage I had with this system compared to The Paper Trail was that it was significantly easier to update. Aside from this, it allowed me to track the dates on which given events occurred, which became critical in a novel featuring four perspectives. If only I'd kept making use of beat sheets as I got into later drafts, I could've saved myself a lot of time lost to questions like: “Oh, wait. They said they were going to do that on Wednesday, but they agreed to do so on a Thursday, right? That means we have a week before—well, no. I think this scene is actually happening on a Friday, though, if I map it out.”</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Why not save ourselves from tiresome continuity questions like that by using a beat sheet?</p>\n<h2 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Cons</h2>\n<p>Though beat sheets have their upsides, I eventually moved away from this model for two main reasons. Firstly, managing something so detailed—though valuable—didn't seem worth the patience required to maintain it as I made changes to the plot. If you're anything like I was when writing the early drafts of <em><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPATHY</a></em>, your goal is to stay focused on the writing itself, which is of course imperative. That's perfectly fine, but it's worth noting there may be some work required after finishing a draft to go back and sort out your timelines after the fact.</p>\n<p>The second reason I jumped ship on beat sheets actually ties directly into the first—every time I wanted to make a change, I felt like I had to consult this imposing, prescriptive outline. In keeping with the theme of this mini-series, however, I ultimately recognized that an outline wasn't a contract. I had to let the plot grow where it may, even if it came at the expense of deviating from my outline at times.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>If you're looking for a close-up view of your manuscript's critical moments and don't mind maintaining it as you make changes to your plot, then a beat sheet is probably right for you. Looking back, I wish I had kept up with the beat-sheet method as I progressed through my drafts for <em>EMPATHY</em>.</p>\n<p>For the most recent drafts of <em>EMPATHY</em>, however, I did return to a beat-sheet-esque model, which we'll cover in part three of this mini-series. Watch for more later this week.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks for reading. Have a different take on beat sheets or want to share your experience with them? Let me know on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a> or through my <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>. It'd be great to hear from you.</p>\n<h1></h1>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>An outline's not a contract, <a href=\"https://youtu.be/9iSlPoQm2XY?t=12s\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">but it's very nice.</a></p>\n<p>All joking aside, one of the more daunting aspects of writing a novel (aside from actually writing it) can be trying to develop and maintain some sort of organizing structure to guide us through the process. It's no wonder so many people turn to making it up as they go.</p>\n<p>Don't get me wrong; there's nothing wrong with flying blind through a first draft, but as the simple existence of the <em>Outline With Me </em>series might suggest, I'm a consummate planner. That's not to say, though, that my strategies for outlining haven't changed over time, or that I've forced myself to stick to those outlines as new ideas struck during the writing process. On the contrary, I've used a different outlining strategy for all three of my completed manuscripts.</p>\n<p>With that in mind, I thought I'd walk through the different structures and strategies I've employed for each, with an exploration of their individual pros and cons. We'll take them one at a time over the course of three individual posts.</p>\n<h1>The Paper Trail</h1>\n<p>My first manuscript (<em>The Fugue</em>) was based entirely on an M. Night Shyamalan-esque plot twist, which meant working backward from that moment and toward the beginning.</p>\n<p>That also meant a great deal of chaos, as I was in way over my head as a first-time novel writer—not that I knew that at the time.</p>\n<p>Though the story itself was told only from the perspective of the protagonist, I outlined the manuscript's husk of a plot from the perspective of all its major players, as I wanted to at least make an attempt at including growth arcs of one kind or another for each.</p>\n<p>Once I had every character's individual “plot” outlined, I then printed each and took a scissors to individual moments (a.k.a beats) before rearranging them chronologically against the snippets cut from the outlines for my protagonist and the other supporting cast members. The end result left me with something like this:</p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/5ed93-20130512_180441.jpg?resize=400%2C300&ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paper clips, tiny fonts, and highlighter—nothing like it.</p></div>\n</div>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Looks pretty chaotic, right? That's because it was. Despite the appearance of the above, however, it did actually have some advantages (kind of), which we'll explore below.</p>\n<h2 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Pros</h2>\n<p>One of the primary advantages to this system was that it slowed me down. I had to really take my time to consider what went where, rather than being able to type and digitally cut and paste at a million miles a minute. In theory, The Paper Trail should have have given me more opportunities to spot plot sag or points for greater tension, but I didn't have a strong enough writing background at the time to recognize those weak areas as I encountered them (first novel, remember?).</p>\n<p>Another advantage to this system was that it helped me get a bird's eye view of the entire plot from the perspective of the novel's major players. In this way, I was able to spot when a character and the subplot(s) of which they were a part disappeared for too long in the overall flow of the action. On top of this, I had the opportunity to see when it was to the story's benefit to create settings that fostered the interaction of multiple characters and storylines.</p>\n<h2>Cons</h2>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">The obvious disarray of scraps and paper clips left me failing to see the story's major pacing issues. This led to far more rewrites than may have been necessary had I used a more easily navigable outline that better cast light on the low-stakes, claw-your-way-through-purple-prose action of, well, the entire draft, really.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Another concern more tied to the plot-twist-centered approach than to the outline itself was that I ended up with a manuscript full of characters making inorganic decisions to push the action toward The Big Reveal. That is to say, characters did things not because it's what they would have done, but because I as the author wanted them to be doing them.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">As is covered in a number of other posts, the overt imposition of the will of the author often stirs readers from the narrative dream, which can have them snapping our books closed in a hurry.</p>\n<h1 class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:left;\">Summary</h1>\n<p class=\"separator\">Ultimately, I abandoned this outline approach in favor of something with a deeper structure for my more recent manuscripts. That's not to say that The Paper Trail approach is without merit, however.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">There's definitely an advantage to being able to have a physical copy of the outline in your hands, especially if you're able to rearrange it on the fly as you see fit. In this way, it offers both tangibility and flexibility, without the need to jump from one tab or one application to the next on your actual writing interface.</p>\n<p class=\"separator\">Part two of this three-part mini-series will focus on the use of beat sheets, which I used when writing the earliest drafts of <em><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPATHY</a></em>, so stay tuned!</p>\n<hr />\n<p class=\"separator\">Thanks for reading. For more like this, be sure to explore the <em>Outline With Me</em> series, or get in touch with me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>. Otherwise, you can always reach out through the <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>So you've finished writing a(nother) novel. Congratulations! If you're anything like me, you were able to ride that high until about twenty-four hours later, when in crept the existential dread of uncertainty, of not knowing what comes next.</p>\n<p>“Back to it,” some might say. “The time to edit is now.”</p>\n<p>But is it?</p>\n<p>I'm a strong advocate for the “<a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/11/04/youve-finished-your-first-manuscript-now-what/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stop, Collaborate, and Listen</a>” approach for editing, which means giving me and my manuscript some time apart so I can come back to it later with fresher eyes. For my most recent project, I'm forcing myself to take <em>at least</em> two weeks before I'm allowed to even look in its direction again.</p>\n<p>Though I'm positive this break is the best thing possible for <del>our relationship</del> the manuscript, I'm now left feeling like the person who's returned home for the holidays after recently being laid off, only to face this deluge of questions from extended family members:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>“So what are you doing for work these days?”</li>\n<li>“Are you still working at the glue factory? You're not? What now, then?”</li>\n<li>“How many pancakes does it take to shingle a doghouse?”</li>\n<li>“Stop living off my tax dollars and get yourself a job, you lazy bum!”</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Yes, I know the last one isn't a question, and the second-to-last one means someone needs to make sure Uncle Lenny's oxygen is working properly, but the point remains: I'm now that person who's “between jobs.”</p>\n<p>Even worse: I've become the writer that's between novels.</p>\n<p>So how to cope?</p>\n<p>Thankfully, some friends from the Twitterverse were willing to share their strategies for surviving the time between novels. Let's explore five different ways below.</p>\n<h1>Onto the Next One</h1>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Brainstorm more novels? <a href=\"https://t.co/lGJljI124V\">pic.twitter.com/lGJljI124V</a></p>\n<p>— Cheer Witch | Danielle Maurer (@WryRaconteur) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/WryRaconteur/status/858506728467566592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If you've got another novel in the pipeline, why not get to developing it right away? There's never a time like the present to start researching, outlining, and developing new characters, after all.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Not sure how to get started with an outline for your new work? Check out the <em><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outline With Me</a> </em>series to see if that's of help. Or, if your well of ideas has run dry, go on and peruse my <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hb2jw4x7bJU1qgxBv_mMWv6djsmq2HgqCyAPh0aWDCU/edit#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writing prompt generator</a>.</p>\n<p>But maybe—just maybe—you're not ready to hop into a new novel. Maybe you're looking for a shorter term project to take on. That's where our next suggestion comes in.</p>\n<h1>Write Short Stories or Poetry</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Work on short stories and poems until you're inspired to start your next novel?</p>\n<p>— Jesse S. Smith, Author (@JesseSmithBooks) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/JesseSmithBooks/status/858507775852204033?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<p>“Now hold up,” you might say. “I'm no poet, and short stories are another beast entirely.</p>\n<p>To which I'd reply, “You're right. But why aren't you a poet, and what makes short stories seem so beastly?”</p>\n<p>Is it perhaps because they haven't been the focus point of your craft? That would be my first guess, at least.</p>\n<p>It's kind of like you've been training to slay dragons (and finally slew one!), but now the world needs you to put those skills to work in the slaying of a kraken.</p>\n<p>Different beast? Absolutely. But will some skills carry over? I'd believe so.</p>\n<p>If you think either of these routes might be effective in helping you navigate your time between novels, check out <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/01/20/writescast-episode-three-dylan-davis/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this podcast</a> with short-story author Dylan Davis, who's full of tips for writers trying to break into the world of <del>the kraken</del> the short story.</p>\n<p>But do you need a break from fiction, like, <em>for real</em> for real? This next coping strategy might be more your thing.</p>\n<h1>Write Non-Fiction</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/JackieWrites/status/858529709847490560\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://twitter.com/JackieWrites/status/858529709847490560</a></p>\n<p>Like Jackie suggests above, transitioning into non-fiction can help keep your skills sharp. Maybe write for your blog more often, or put together some articles based on the research you did for your previous manuscript. With enough diligence, I'm sure you can find a home for those articles to help get your name out there.</p>\n<p>Even if the non-fiction pieces <em>don't</em> find a home, you're still helping yourself better frame your understanding of whatever the topic may be. Who knows? Maybe tinkering with non-fiction will help let you see your fiction in a new light, making it all the easier to edit when the time comes.</p>\n<p>If you're feeling too exhausted to write at all, though, there are still plenty of ways to keep the creative juices flowing during your self-imposed sabbatical.</p>\n<h1>Get Creative</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I'm thinking I'll do a combination of some short stories + non-fiction + maybe try out some… painting? <a href=\"https://t.co/xRov0mnAT6\">pic.twitter.com/xRov0mnAT6</a></p>\n<p>— r. r. campbell (@iamrrcampbell) <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell/status/858699993682784256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 30, 2017</a></p></blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"></script></p>\n<p>Yes, I've totally quoted myself here, but let's push past the self-indulgence for now.</p>\n<p>For my current novel-writing hiatus, I plan on branching out a bit: perhaps getting back into music, or finally trying out painting like I've always wanted to do.</p>\n<p>If you've already gotten in the good habit of <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/30/on-writing-every-day/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">writing every day*</a>, don't let that you-time slip through your fingers. Transition it into some other hobby for a bit, be it creative or otherwise. Now's the time to explore!</p>\n<p>Or, if you're totally burnt out, maybe it's best to just do you.</p>\n<h1>Treat Yourself</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/ManlyHamm/status/858507171839041536\" rel=\"nofollow\">https://twitter.com/ManlyHamm/status/858507171839041536</a></p>\n<p>There's nothing wrong with stepping away if you think that's what will help you most. Like Hannah says, take a vacation if you have to—even if it's only a mental one.</p>\n<p>We've already put in the hard work of getting the words down, of completing a(nother) draft. It'll be there waiting for us whenever we're ready to get back together.</p>\n<h2>Summary</h2>\n<p>So what are <strong>you</strong> planning on doing the next time you find yourself between novels? Have a suggestion not shown on the list? Let me know in the comments or reach out to me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>.</p>\n<p>This time around, I'm thinking I'll try for an all-of-the-above to see what works. I'll be sure to report back once I'm ready to start editing!</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>Thanks as always for reading. If you've already done the above and are ready to start editing, feel free to <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/editing-services/\">enlist me</a> as your editor. I'd love to be of help!</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>Thanks for visiting the new rrcampbellwrites.com!</p>\n<p>Whether a veteran of the former site or a total newcomer to r. r. campbell writes, I thought it'd be prudent to give a breakdown of what's new, what's changed, and what's still to come.</p>\n<h1>What's New</h1>\n<p>As part of this exciting transition, I'm excited to announce that I'll now be offering manuscript <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/editing-services/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">editing services</a>. 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What was once the <em>Write With Me</em> series has been repurposed as the <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Outline With Me</a> </em>series, and the former <em>Edit With Me</em> series has been transformed into the new <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Write With Me</a></em> posts.</p>\n<p>If you ever have questions on previous posts or suggestions for new ones, you can always get in touch through <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a> or via the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<h2>Archived Posts</h2>\n<p>Looking for that old post on Joseph Campbell's The Hero's Journey, or perhaps the one on how an outline's not a contract? 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Those simple differences in the character action-reaction chain changed the feel of the entire interaction. This is the kind of context we as writers provide to readers, the sort of thing that frames their understanding of characters as individuals, the relationships between them, and the relationships all of these have with plot and setting.</p>\n<p>Above all else, this should emphasize the importance of being deliberate when having our characters take action of any kind.</p>\n<p>Our first examples also show exactly why it's critical that we minimize general actions that anyone could perform when writing our scenes. Let's take a look at the below and try to discern why it just seems… flat.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>“It'll be fine.” I smiled, but I knew the words fell on deaf ears.</h4>\n<h4>He nodded. “I know. It's just…” The words never came.</h4>\n<h4>“Come on,” I stood. “You'll feel better if you get outside for a bit.”</h4>\n<h4>“Right.” He smiled as she stood.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>A keen reader will notice a few things about this scene and this blog post as a whole so far. Of the ten character actions included to this point, five of them have been either simple smiles or nods of the head.</p>\n<p>These stock actions run amok in early drafts everywhere, and every use of them leaves a lot of room for strengthening. Though humans do smile and nod an awful lot in our day-to-day lives, as writers it's our job to paint a picture with as much depth as possible in as few words as possible (<a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/10/edit-with-me-proportion/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">word economy</a>, remember?).</p>\n<p>So how do we get there? Stronger, more precise action. Let's explore the same scene again, but with some changes based on this idea.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>“It'll be fine.” I thumbed a tear from beneath his eye.</h4>\n<h4>He sniffled, bowed his head. “I know. It's just…” The words never came.</h4>\n<h4>“Come on.” I took him by the hand as I stood. “You'll feel better if you get outside for a bit.”</h4>\n<h4>“Right.” The corner of his lip turned upward as he let me pull him up.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Though the above does use sixteen more words to cover the same amount of dialogue, let's evaluate what those sixteen additional words buy us.</p>\n<p>First of all, we get a better peek into the depth of the relationship these two characters share. When our POV character thumbs a tear from beneath his friend's eye, we get a feel for the degree of intimacy in the relationship.</p>\n<p>Making use of sniffling as an audio cue to readers also hints at the possibility that our troubled character may have been crying earlier—a good use of a show rather than a tell. Not only that, but the bowing of his head conveys a sort of resignation or defeat, which does away for the need for the tell-y commentary in the first example: namely, that our POV character's words are falling on deaf ears.</p>\n<p>When our POV character takes his friend by the hand, we have a further demonstration of intimacy, and we get a sense that our POV is taking on a leadership role in the relationship here.</p>\n<p>Then, of course, there's the upward turn of the lip for our troubled friend. Yes, that <i>is</i> just a way around using the verb “to smile,” but it's more precise and shows that this character's outlook is changing incrementally, rather than all at once.</p>\n<p>Lastly, we have the inclusion of the phrase “he let me pull him up.” The inclusion of the word “let” here implies some degree of consent on the part of the troubled friend, which demonstrates a perceived willingness on his part to make a change to feel better.</p>\n<p>Whew. Those sixteen extra words bought us <i>a lot</i> more than falling back on the old smile-and-nod factory.</p>\n<p>Using more precise action language isn't the only way to improve our use of character action, however. Let's explore what else can be done to keep those actions and reactions fresh.</p>\n<h1>Avoid Repetition</h1>\n<p>When attempting to make use of more economical character actions, it can be tough to come up with enough variation in them to sustain an entire novel. When editing an earlier draft of <i><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPATHY</a></i>, I can't tell you how many times I had to replace examples of characters lingering or letting things linger or linger linger linger.</p>\n<p>Weird word, right? Anyway—</p>\n<p>There are a few strategies for finding effective replacements when trying to keep your characters' behaviors from becoming too repetitive.</p>\n<p>The first is to slow down—not with your writing, I mean, but in real life. Give yourself permission to become a (polite) weirdo by watching what others do when you're out getting lunch or taking the dog for a walk. If you're a total shut-in, study the actions of characters on TV and in film to get a feel for how those actors use gestures to convey a wide range of emotions. Even this can be effective in mining for new character actions, though I still encourage the more organic “observing people in the wild” approach.</p>\n<p>Why? Because remember: people in movies and on TV are just acting. They're making physical what we as writers make verbal. The best actors will look natural, but it's never the same as real, authentic interaction, in my opinion.</p>\n<p>Another great resource is to pick up a copy of <i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Emotion-Thesaurus-Writers-Character-Expression/dp/1475004958/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1493389111&sr=8-1&keywords=the+emotion+thesaurus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Emotion Thesaurus</a></i> by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi. I keep a copy of this on the bookshelf next to my desk, and any time I find myself stuck trying to convey a character's emotion via action or internal response, I page through it to find something that will get my mind moving in another, more varied direction.</p>\n<p>Seriously, get yourself a copy. You'll be doing yourself, your characters, and your readers a huge favor.</p>\n<p>But don't take me the wrong way here: I'm not saying (nor would I ever) that you can only use each action <i>once</i> per novel per character or anything. The goal is simply to keep things fresh so that readers don't find themselves going through page after page of characters putting their hands on their hips or pursing their lips or furrowing their brows. On their own, every character action has merit, but when the same ones are used over and over again, they begin to lose their impact as a reader goes on.</p>\n<h1>Character Tics and Nervous Habits</h1>\n<p>At any rate, we now know we're going to be more economical with our character actions going forward, and also try to avoid repetition when possible–but what about character tics? Don't we as people all have little habits when we're nervous or happy or scared?</p>\n<div>\n<p>Of course we do. So shouldn't your characters?</p>\n</div>\n<p>These are the main exceptions to the suggestions above, as they can help define a character for readers.</p>\n<p>Consider the <i>A Song of Ice and Fire </i>series by George R. R. Martin. How many times does Stannis grind his teeth? How many times does Jon Snow flex his sword hand? How many times does Varys titter?</p>\n<p>If you've read the series, you know the answer to the above is: “Holy cow, they really do those things all the time, don't they?”</p>\n<p>And yes. Yes, they do.</p>\n<p>But they're emblematic. They're actions that seem reserved specifically for those characters, and they represent not only their reactions to the goings-on, but who they are as people.</p>\n<p>In <i><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPATHY</a></i> for example, Heather is always sipping her coffee to buy herself time to respond or to conceal a facial expression. She does it for both of those reasons, but also because, well, she has to fuel her chronic caffeine addiction. It's in these ways that sipping from her thermos becomes an action all her own. For further examples from <i><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EMPATHY</a></i>, consider that Wyatt picks at his mustache when irritated, and, in an earlier draft, Meredith suffered from terrible stress-induced heartburn.</p>\n<p>All of these habits were particular to those characters, and also cues to the reader to know 1) exactly who they were dealing with and 2) give them a better sense of those characters as people.</p>\n<p>That's not to say I have those characters doing these things constantly, either. On the contrary, I feel it's best to really want to “save” up these actions for the moments that truly call for them, or they, like any too-repeated action, will lose their effectiveness. How many times you use them for your own characters is up to you, but as with all things in writing it's important to strike a balance and let context be your guide.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<div>\n<p>When writing our character actions and reactions, it's critical that we 1) strive for precision and economy, and 2) minimize repetition unless we're 3) taking advantage of character tics and nervous habits.</p>\n</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>\n<p>Using these tips as a guide can help us help readers get the best feel possible for every character, while also keeping each scene as fresh as possible. Fresh scenes make for engaged readers, and engaged readers make for happy readers.</p>\n</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>\n<p>—</p>\n</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>\n<p>Thanks as always for reading. Have questions on character action? You can always find me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or through my <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>If your point-of-view character is hearing voices in her head, there's no need for concern: it's just inner monologue.</p>\n<p>Inner monologue consists of the thoughts a character narrates to herself in such a way that the reader is privy to them. It's a common enough tool, but it's one that, when not used carefully, can dig you into some common pitfalls that are worth avoiding when possible. In this post we'll explore how to make use of inner monologue without digging yourself in too deep.</p>\n<h1>Set It Off</h1>\n<p>One of the first things it's worth watching for when it comes to inner monologue is making sure a reader can identify it as something separate from general exposition. One of the easiest ways to do this is to set the monologue off in <i>italics. </i>Let's look at an example below.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>The door parted and a man walked in.</h4>\n<h4><i>Could it really be him?</i> Shanae twirled a lock of hair around her finger, her eyes tracking him. <i>Those blue eyes, that cobalt tie. It has to be.</i></h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Just like that, we get a sneak peek into Shanae's head as she tries to sort out who the man entering the room might be.</p>\n<p>Using italics shouldn't always be the go-to solution, however. Though it works well in manuscripts told from the third-person point of view, it's not really necessary when grounded in the first person.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>The door opens; a man walks in.</h4>\n<h4>I twirl a lock of hair around my finger, my eyes tracking him. Those blue eyes, that cobalt tie. It has to be him. Has to be.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>The above example is essentially the same scene retold in the first person (and present tense). Notice that no italics were used, but it's still apparent that we're getting some personal insight into the main character's observations. Imagine the final three lines of the example were set off in italics. Weird, right? If the writer were to set off every thought in italics when writing in the first person, readers would end up with pages littered with italics.</p>\n<p>One pitfall that's pretty common for early writers (and experienced ones, too) is the temptation to make sure readers are super aware that what they're reading is coming from inside the head of a point of view character.</p>\n<p>Oftentimes, said writers will flag these thoughts with qualifying verbs in what is commonly known as filtering. Let's look at our example again, but with some filtering verbs thrown in.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>I look to the door. It parts and a man walks in.</h4>\n<h4>I twirl a lock of my hair around my finger, my eyes tracking him. I analyze those blue eyes, try to remember that cobalt tie. It has to be him. Has to be.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>GROSS. Look at all that clunky verbiage bogging the passage down. We've added nine more words and received nothing in return for them! It now even kicks off with an example of filtering, wherein the narrator lets us know she's looking at the door.</p>\n<p>Answer this: in the first two examples, was it unclear that the narrator was the one doing the looking toward the door? Was it unclear that the narrator's thoughts were, well, thoughts?</p>\n<p>Exactly. Unless there's a strong contextual, voice, or rhythmic argument to be made for the inclusion of these filters, avoid them whenever possible. They're empty words that contribute nothing context can't imply on its own.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><b>BONUS: </b>For more on avoiding filtering, check out <a href=\"https://litreactor.com/essays/chuck-palahniuk/nuts-and-bolts-%E2%80%9Cthought%E2%80%9D-verbs\">this post</a> by Chuck Palahniuk on LitReactor, or <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/09/08/the-five-senses-and-filtering/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this one from yours truly</a> that really zeroes in on this topic more in-depth.</em></p>\n<h1>Keep It Real</h1>\n<p>Where inner monologue is concerned, it's important to keep things real. Keep them <i>reasonable</i>. As writers, it's easy to project our own traits and knowledge onto our characters, and even easier to not realize we're doing it.</p>\n<p>Are you an art major writing a character who's an accounting whiz? Unless your character graduated with a degree in art history, they shouldn't be comparing a poorly maintained financial record to the angular chaos of Kandinsky's <i>Composition VIII.</i></p>\n<p>If you're a physicist writing a short story about a young soccer star, that character probably shouldn't be considering things like whether the field's coefficient of friction is great enough to require additional force on every pass. Instead, she might make the more character-grounded observation that the grass is longer and each pass will therefore have to be struck a bit harder. Keep your Greek-letter variables at home.</p>\n<p>The point here is this–you know what you know, and characters know what they know. These are two separate things. Our characters' world views should be influenced only by the summation of their own experiences and background. Inner monologue and observation about the world should reflect this.</p>\n<h1>Balance It Out</h1>\n<p>As with all things, balance is key. In <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/04/07/edit-with-me-dialogue-part-three/\">the previous installment</a> of this series, I wrote about the importance of not letting our characters climb atop a soapbox to preach for pages on end. The same applies to inner monologue.</p>\n<p>Like everything else, inner monologue is just another tool we as writers have at our disposal. Some tools are better suited to some tasks than others, and are better used at some times than others.</p>\n<p>If you've written a scene of high-octane action where a character must make split-second decisions on how to proceed, your prose should reflect that. If the timer only has four seconds to go, your main character probably doesn't have time for four paragraphs of inner monologue–and even if they do, slowing things down like that at such a pivotal moment will surely compromise your reader's ability to feel settled in the scene.</p>\n<p>Not only that, but if you do go the route of setting your inner monologue off in italics, paragraph upon paragraph of it will make for a real eyesore on the page (and a snoozefest in the reader's brain.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>When it comes to inner monologue, remember the three keys:</p>\n<div>\n<ol>\n<li>Set it off</li>\n<li>Keep it real</li>\n<li>Balance it out</li>\n</ol>\n<p>For now, though, it's my turn to set off, (hopefully) keep it real, and balance things out by saying <i>tchau</i> for now. As always, thanks for reading. Write on and write well.</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<div>\n<p>Still have questions on inner monologue or writing in general? Feel free to reach out on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or by email through the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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While attempting to do so, though, it can become tempting to have characters act as a mouthpiece for the author's opinions, which can, in the worst cases, lead to <a href=\"http://www.noblesoul.com/orc/books/rand/atlas/faq.html#Q5.1\">actually three-hour long diatribes</a> like the one featured in Ayn Rand's <i>Atlas Shrugged.</i></p>\n<p>Where these speeches are concerned though: no one cares. Seriously. Be deft, not daft. Having your protagonist go on a journey of self-discovery that has them question their beliefs can be done deftly. Beating your readers over the head with a hundred pages of monologue, however, is absolutely daft. We're here for fiction, not a faculty congress.</p>\n<p>If you're reading your first draft and finding paragraph after paragraph of uninterrupted monologue (putting in occasional beats for your speaker to wipe sweat from their brow or adjust their tie doesn't count as an interruption), you'll lose readers in a hurry if you don't take care of that during editing.</p>\n<p>So check your text—are there places where characters are ranting and raving to themselves out loud just to prove a point? Is there a way this could be better presented via actual dialogue (not monologue), their actions, or the plot as a whole? If so, I recommend you give those other methods a shot. <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duLds-TZMGw\">No one wants their readers' shoes to become projectiles.</a></p>\n<h1>Characters Talk Among Themselves, Not Directly to the Reader</h1>\n<p>Anyone who's checked out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/about/\">About Me</a> page will know I'm a fan of the Netflix original series, <em>House of Cards</em>. This might lead one to say, “Hey, well if characters aren't meant to talk directly to the reader or audience, why is Frank Underwood allowed to do it?”</p>\n<p>Those moments in the show are intentional breaks of the so-called fourth wall. That's why. It is possible to have your narrator make side comments directly to the reader (especially if your storytelling style supports this), but this situations are exceptions, not the rule. As such, we'll set aside purposeful breaks of the fourth wall for the remainder of this discussion.</p>\n<p>Building on the anti-soapbox stance above, I think it's important that we remind ourselves that characters are not simply vessels through which an author speaks directly to the reader. That is to say, don't use them to get around the “show, don't tell” mantra by having characters “tell” things to the reader that you feel would stand out too much if included in exposition.</p>\n<p>I think this happens most often when writers want to make sure readers remember details from earlier on in the manuscript. An extreme case could look something like:</p>\n<p class=\"tr_bq\">\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Len craned his head to the side. “Wait. Where are we going again?”</h4>\n<h4>“The supermarket.”</h4>\n<h4>“Why?”</h4>\n<h4>“That's where the superintendent last saw Davy.”</h4>\n<h4>“Oh. Yeah.” Len rubbed his chin. “Why are we looking for Davy again?”</h4>\n<h4>Jim threw his hands up. “We need to find Davy because he's the only one that might know how to stop the disease from spreading or whatever.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>OMG. NO. STAHP. Any character's goals should be absolutely apparent to the reader, but not like this. Oh, please, not like this.</p>\n<p>If you have a character whose entire purpose is to act as a humping post for filling out your readers' memories, you probably don't need that character. Doing something like this can come across as extremely patronizing to a reader. In fact, most of them probably have better memories and deductive reasoning skills than one might want to give them credit for. Talking down to them through a cardboard cut-out like Len in the above scene is insulting. We have to trust our readers.</p>\n<p>The examples need not be as extreme as the above. When editing my manuscript for <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\">EMPATHY</a></em>, I found even simple quips that could have been considered reminders or “tells” to the reader. When checking your own dialogue for these, ask yourself whether 1) the character in question would actually deliver the line in question, 2) whether they <i>have</i> to deliver the line in question, and 3) whether the line actually serves the scene as a whole, or exists simply for the benefit of the reader.</p>\n<p>Remember, the key is to not stir readers from the narrative dream. Reminding them that the author exists is a surefire way to have them start thinking about other things outside the scope of the book, which could eventually pull them away.</p>\n<h1>WOT IN TARNATION R U DOIN' W/ THAT DIALECT?</h1>\n<p>Nothing grinds my gears like some overdone dialect. Some writers—thinking they have to really “capture” a manner of speaking—will dive headfirst into contractions, abbreviations, purposeful misspellings, and slang-stacking. Authenticity is one thing, but keeping an eye out for readability is paramount.</p>\n<p>Think of your manuscript as a dish of… whatever. Chicken. Some sort of chicken dish with lemon spritzed on it or something. You give it a taste and think to yourself, “Gee, this is great, but I bet pepper would really help round out the flavor profile.”</p>\n<p>How much pepper do you put on?</p>\n<p>You put on <i>just </i>enough, hopefully. You “season to taste” as it were.</p>\n<p>Think of dialect as peppering your manuscript to taste. Let's analyze and compare two lines of dialogue below, one laden with dialectal indicators, and another that includes them without dumping an entire shakers' worth of pepper onto the page.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>“Told 'em y'all won't gon' be fixin' to help. Might'swell have y'all run up there, other side of the hill, chasin' cats.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>“I told 'em y'all wouldn't be fixing to help. They might as well have y'all running 'round the far side of a hill chasing cats.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>That first line is so full of metaphorical pepper that I'm still metaphorically sneezing. The second? Well, without context it still might be hard to tell what the speaker is really getting at, but are you still reading it with an accent of sorts? You are? Is it more readable than the first line? It is?</p>\n<p>That's because the second line is peppered to taste.</p>\n<p>Granted, we've all got different preferences where taste is concerned, but if readability is a goal of yours (I don't know why it wouldn't be), try to keep in mind the diverse backgrounds and flavor tolerances of your readers.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>Whew. There you have it. We made it through dialogue for now. 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In many cases, people will call to one another by name if they're not in each other's line of sight (or if there are a number of other possible conversation candidates around), but once a conversation is started, they don't continue to do it.</p>\n<p>Pet names are another matter, though. If you've got characters trying to be cute with one another, they might throw around a “babe” or a “hon” or even a “<i>mi amor</i>” once in a while, but remember that if you overplay that as a device, you're choosing to present your characters in a very particular way. 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Though I'm sure I'll do a post or podcast of its own on the conference itself at some point, I thought I'd pass along some tips for what to expect during agent pitch sessions based specifically on my experiences this weekend.</p>\n<div>\n<p>I can't pretend to have done dozens upon dozens of these pitches, and though I do have a good track record of getting page or chapter requests out of them (four requests from four pitches this weekend, for example–fingers crossed), every agent and every pitch is different.</p>\n<p>The following questions are some of the most common ones I received, or some of the ones I found most challenging based on what I had or had not prepared for.</p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:normal;\">1) What are some comp titles for this? </span></h2>\n<p><b><br />\n</b>I came prepared for this question, but I froze up so hard when it was asked of me. I shouldn't have tripped up since I literally made a list of comparison titles I drew from while writing <i>EMPATHY</i>, but nervousness had me forget that all I had to do was turn to a different page in my notes and reference that list directly.</p>\n<p>I did manage to choke out one of the titles (Hugh Howey's <i>Wool</i>, from which I drew to structure the research compound itself), but I wish I had at least been able to stumble my way through comparing EMPATHY as a technology to Information as featured in Malka Older's <i>Infomocracy</i>. My original thought in writing <i>EMPATHY</i> was to create a 21st-century <i>Flowers for Algernon</i>, which also would have been handy to throw out there had I thought to mention it.</p>\n<p>The lesson to be learned here is that even if you come prepared, make sure you practice <i>all</i> of your pitch, not just the “hook and the book” component. As one particular agent said, “Right now you know your book better than me. I need you to tell me how I could sell this to a publisher.”</p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:normal;\">2) What kind of research did you do to write this?</span></h2>\n<p><b><br />\n</b>Only one agent asked me this question, and I can say this is the one question I came with no response prepared for. Though <i>EMPATHY</i> is a technothriller, one of my goals in writing it was to avoid bogging it down with technical details like one might encounter in a military or medical thriller. Though highly technical thrillers can and do sell well, I wanted the focus of this book to be more on deeply human stories in a time of extreme technological advancement, which puts less of an emphasis on the technical side of things. That being said, that alone is not a sufficient enough answer for a question like this.</p>\n<p>In <i>EMPATHY</i>‘s case, I was able to talk about my background in experimental design based on my undergrad studies in linguistics, which required me to draw up and execute a study of my own design after receiving Institutional Review Board approval. This was instructive in designing the EMPATHY research compound and creating an almost ethical experiment (for the book, not for my actual research).</p>\n<p>Where the neurological side of things is concerned, my interest in linguistics did lead me down the psycholinguistic trail, which did naturally have some tie-ins to neurolinguistics (I can see your eyes glazing over from here). I'm also fortunate enough to have a neuroscientist among my beta readers, and she hasn't been shy about making suggestions where those matters are concerned. I'm both thankful and lucky for that.</p>\n<p>Computer programming is another major feature in <i>EMPATHY</i>, and also the area in which I have the least formal education. I've dabbled with HTML and Javascript in the past, however, and also hung out in a Barnes and Noble for an afternoon paging through a book on Python to pick up some key structural components to the language.</p>\n<p>Granted, my response to this question was nowhere near as thorough as the above when asked it. I managed to stumble my way through a few keywords that seemed sufficient to move on to the next topic, but take it from me, friends: 1) always <i>do</i> your research, and 2) be ready for this question should it come up during an agent pitch.</p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:normal;\">3) Do you think this has series potential? Are you working on any follow-ups?</span></h2>\n<p><b><br />\n</b>This question will admittedly come up less frequently if you're pitching something outside the umbrellas of sci-fi and fantasy. Since there's a ton of world-building that goes into these genres, though, it's not uncommon for authors to have a franchise in mind.</p>\n<p>If you <i>do </i>plan on writing a series, however, <b>it is critical that the first book be able to stand alone.</b> Make sure you emphasize this point during your pitch, and back it up with feedback from your betas if possible. The reason for this is that though agents are looking for writers who are interested in making a career out of writing, there are no guarantees that a first book will do well enough to warrant a publisher saying they want more in the series.</p>\n<p>I'd love to tell you how I answered this one for <i>EMPATHY</i>, but I don't want to give anything away 😉</p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight:normal;\">4) What else are you working on?</span></h2>\n<p><b><br />\n</b>This ties into the previous question a bit. If you're not writing in a genre that would normally lend itself to a series, you may be asked what else you are working on as a sort of probe to verify whether you're a writer who's in it for the long haul or if you're going to be a one-and-done.</p>\n<p>Again, assuming you actually <i>are</i> working on something else, make sure to be prepared with a quick logline for that project as well. In one of my pitches (I don't think I was even asked what else I was working on in this case), I did drop a line about how I am currently writing <i><a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/p/what-am-i-doing.html\">XXX Accounting</a></i>, and the agent actually seemed almost more interested in that title than <i>EMPATHY</i>. Even if things don't work out between us for <i>EMPATHY</i>, guess who'll be getting a query for <i>XXX Accounting</i> once it's ready to go out?</p>\n<p>That's right. That agent. Not only that, but I'll be able to say I met her at a conference where I was pitching her another project at the time–a two-for-one deal, if you will.</p>\n<p><b>Summary</b></p>\n<p>There's plenty more on agent pitches I could dive into, but I'll save those for future posts. Just remember that the key thing to keep in mind during any of these pitches is that <i>you've already done the hard work</i>. You wrote a book. A whole book. All you have to do know is be comfortable and thorough when you talk about it. Agents want to work with you as much as you want to work with them. It's a reciprocal relationship, so try to remind yourself of that before, during, and after any pitch you might do.</p>\n<p>(And keep your fingers crossed for me!)</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>Thanks as always for reading. Want to get chatty about pitches or writing in general? Find me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or shoot me an email at rrcampbellwrites@gmail.com.</p>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">In one way or another, characters communicate with one another. Body language, text, telepathy (if your story features something like that)–all of it is fair game where writing is concerned. Of course, though, the most popular way to have characters chat, argue, or build up and tear down one another is via dialogue.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">For many of us, talking is second-nature. We hear someone say something, we react, they react to that, and so on. When it comes to writing that sort of thing down, however–that's another matter entirely. Dialogue can quickly become clunky, tell-y, and repetitive unless edited with care, which is why this and the next posts will spend some time focusing on tightening up those character conversations.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Today's post will focus on a few points, all of which are broad brushstroke recommendations (like most writing advice). As usual, I'll focus on the conventional wisdom, so to speak, but what are rules for if not to be broken?</span></p>\n<h1>Don't Explain Your Dialogue</h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">This is a pretty sweeping suggestion, as it should be. This falls under the general “show, don't tell” umbrella, which I've covered previously <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/02/03/edit-with-me-show-and-tell/\">here</a>. So what are examples of explanations in dialogue? Let's check out a few examples.</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Immigrants built this country,” Hershel said sincerely.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Do it, Dad,” Carl said, his voice thick with seriousness.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Carl,” Rick screamed.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Gross. Each of these lines is cringe-worthy not only for the explanations tagged on to the end of them, but because of the contexts in which each are said on <i>The Walking Dead. </i>Seriously, the first of these is so forced it feels like it was cut-and-pasted from a scene that got written out early on in production, and the second is… well, if I remember correctly, there would have been no time for Carl to throw those words out there with the amount of time Rick had to work with. And the third, well, that's just a classic. Had to include it.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">So what are the explanations in each of these lines? Respectively they are “sincerely,” “voice thick with seriousness,” and “screamed.”</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” you might say. “You're calling an adverb an explanation? And ‘screamed?' You're gonna count that as an explanation?”</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">I am, and let me tell you why.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">I've seen some dissenting opinions regarding adverbs floating around the Twitterwebs lately, but I am a firm believer that the use adverbs should be minimized whenever possible. I could (and will, at some point) write an entire post on this, so I'll keep it short for now: adverbs are often crutches or cheap ways to get across points that either 1) should be apparent based on a reader's understanding of a character and the situation, and 2) can almost always be expressed in a better way, if necessary.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">And screamed? This is a tell. You're telling me Rick screamed.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">How can the three lines above be changed to avoid these explanations and tells? Let's take a look.</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Hershel laid a hand on Glenn's shoulder. “Immigrants built this country.”</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Do it, Dad.” Carl leaned forward, unflinching.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Carl.” Rick's voice echoed through the woods.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Hershel places his hand on Glenn's shoulder? Bam! Sincerity. </span><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Carl leans in to show an investment in the moment <i>and</i> he doesn't flinch? Talk about seriousness! </span><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Rick's voice echoes off the trunks of the trees? He must've been hollering.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">There's a word economy argument against the rephrasing of Hershel's line, but I'd kick that to the curb by saying it paints a more vivid picture and is a demonstration of a show over a tell.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Also, what do you notice missing from the above examples? That's right, dialogue tags. Let's get into that in our next section.</span><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\"><br />\n</span></p>\n<h1>Replace Tags With Action Where Possible</h1>\n<p>I think there's a natural tendency to toss on a he said/she said after a line of dialogue. In dialogue-heavy scenes, however, filling the page with saids can get repetitive real quick. I think the first instinct a lot of writers have when trying to avoid “said repetition” is to start throwing replacement verbs around. As covered above, though, there are so many instances in which using a replacement verb like screamed or cried or whispered or hollered comes across as a tell.</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">So what are we as writers to do, then? Let's look at an example scene below.</span></p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“I don't know, Dad,” Carl said. “Do you really think we should stay?”</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Hard to say,” Rick said. “We've got shelter here. Shelter and safety.”</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Maybe it's better for us to go,” Shane said. “This place gives me the creeps.”</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“I don't know how long we'll be welcome, anyway,” Lori said. “Let's just go.”</span></h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">All right, aside from the fact that this conversation happens 23,943 times (exact count) throughout <i>The Walking Dead </i>as a series (seriously, just swap around character names and you'll see what I mean), those saids are somehow even more annoying than the conversation itself.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">We've already established we're going to avoid verb-swapping to patch things up, so let's try substituting some actions instead. Throwing in these beats on each line will clarify who the speaker is without having to throw “said” in there at all.</span></p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Carl adjusted his hat. “I don't know, Dad. Do you really think we should stay?”</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">“Hard to say.” Rick knelt at his son's side. “We've got shelter here. Shelter and safety.”</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Shane puffed out his chest. “Maybe it's better for us to go.” He spat. “This place gives me the creeps.”</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Lori looked from Rick to Shane and back again. “I don't know how long we'll be welcome, anyway. Let's just go.”</span></h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Hey, look at that. A full conversation between multiple characters that doesn't make use of “said” even once.</p>\n<p>Aside from making use of action where possible, there's one way to provide even greater balance in our dialogue.</p>\n<h1>Sometimes Neither Are Necessary</h1>\n<p>You read that right. In many cases–especially conversations between only two characters–dialogue tags and actions aren't necessary at all.</p>\n<p>That's not to say you should <i>avoid</i> using character action in your dialogue. On the contrary, doing so can help round out a character and better ground readers in the scene. Sometimes, though, to give readers a better feel for the pace of the conversation, it's better to let the words speak for themselves. Let's look at one last example and then explore what makes it work.</p>\n<p class=\"tr_bq\">\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Glenn kept his voice low. “Rick.” He waved him over.</h4>\n<h4>Rick sidled his way through the brush, hand on his holster. “What is it?”</h4>\n<h4>Glenn nodded across the way.</h4>\n<h4>Walkers. Of course. Rick chewed at his lip. “I go first. Keep close behind me. We'll follow the treeline where we can.”</h4>\n<h4>“You sure?”</h4>\n<h4>“Sure as I've been about anything.”</h4>\n<h4>“But last time we–“</h4>\n<h4>“We don't talk about last time.” Rick cringed. Too loud. He'd spoken all too loud.</h4>\n<h4>One walker craned its head their direction, then another. The two of them took off through the thicket.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>So how did this read to you? They were whispering, weren't they? Sure were. And how quickly were they having this back and forth? Pretty quickly right before they took off, right?</p>\n<p>But how do we know these things? There's no indication of how any character speaks after the first line, and at no point does the text clarify that they are speaking quickly.</p>\n<p>Context, friends. Context, as always, is key. After the first sentence, clues like sidling, hands on holsters, and other non-verbal clues like nodding and waving let us know they're keeping the chatting to a minimum, and that something dangerous is afoot. Hence, we as readers hear whispering voices.</p>\n<p>The speed of the dialogue is also implied not only through this action, but the format of the dialogue itself. Notice that three lines feature no actions or dialogue tags at all. Are you still able to tell who's talking? I hope so. With only two characters on the page, they'll trade off lines every time a new paragraph is started. The lack of actions and tags getting in the way makes for a more brisk read, which complements the manner in which the conversation is being had.</p>\n<p>Lesson learned: dialogue, just like everything else with writing, is but one tool in your toolkit. Take advantage of context to frame your characters' conversations and complement that context with action and tags <i>where necessary</i>. Give your prose balance and room to breathe, and you'll have written your way into successful dialogue in no time.</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>That's all for this week on dialogue, but we'll be back next week with even more! Have some thoughts or questions of your own on dialogue, feel free to send them my way on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or by email through my <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<h1><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\">P</span><span style=\"font-size:x-small;\">R</span>O<span style=\"font-size:large;\">P</span><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\">O</span><span style=\"font-size:large;\">R</span>T<span style=\"font-size:x-small;\">I</span>O<span style=\"font-size:large;\">N</span></h1>\n<p>Well, that was annoying. Before you abandon thread, though, let's ask ourselves <i>why </i>that was so off-putting.</p>\n<p>The answer comes easily: writing “proportion” like that just wasn't necessary—except that it was for reasons that will become apparent later on.</p>\n<p>Proportion in writing refers to the number of words expended on any given facet of a story relative to all others—dialogue, description of characters or setting, advancement of the plot… the list goes on.</p>\n<p>There are two key concepts to keep in mind at proportion's core: word economy and purpose. In order to know how to edit for proportion, let's explore each concept one at a time, starting with word economy.</p>\n<h1>Word Economy</h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_373\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-373\" data-attachment-id=\"373\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/10/edit-with-me-proportion/pexels-photo-159888/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-159888.jpeg?fit=867%2C650&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"867,650\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-photo-159888\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-159888.jpeg?fit=300%2C225&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-159888.jpeg?fit=867%2C650&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-373\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-159888.jpeg?resize=543%2C407&ssl=1\" alt=\"pexels-photo-159888\" width=\"543\" height=\"407\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-373\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Buy strong verbs. Sell adverbs. Almost always sell adverbs.</p></div>\n<p>I've mentioned word economy in a handful of posts in the last couple of months, but we've never really explored it in any detail. The best metaphor I have for how to describe word economy is, of course, financial.</p>\n<p>Every book has or will have a set number of words in it. Think of each word as a dollar or euro or dollarydoo, whatever works best for you. If your genre normally runs at about 80,000 words, for example, you've got 80,000 words to “spend” over the course of your book.</p>\n<p>How will you spend them? Different books call for different budgets. Fantasy as a genre, for example, will often see more spent on description and world-building than a thriller, which will focus more on tight scenes of action.</p>\n<p>Before I dive too far into this metaphor, I'll acknowledge that genre word-count rules are not always so rigid. Like any rule in something as subjective as writing, there are always going to be exceptions. When actively writing or editing though, especially as an unpublished author, it's practical to ensure we're more or less within the target word-count range for our genre before querying. Not every novel can be <i>Infinite Jest</i>, nor can it be published at 25,000 words.</p>\n<p>Disregarding exceptions to word-count guidelines, let's press on with considerations of our word budget.</p>\n<p>Unlike an actual personal budget, I don't think (nor do I recommend) any individual writer should attempt to assign an actual quantity of words to a given category of expenditures. In fact, an efficient writer advances plot, develops character, and builds description with a purposeful choice behind (almost) every word.</p>\n<p>What I recommend instead of creating an actual budget is to consider which investments might be worth it, and which may not.</p>\n<p>Let's say we're writing a scene in a bar. Our goal is for readers to have a good feel for the place, and to play up the role the bartender plays in fomenting tension between our protagonist and antagonist as they try to hash things out over a couple of beers.</p>\n<p>After finishing this scene, we find ourselves really proud. We've accomplished the goals we set out to achieve with it, and man alive we cannot believe we actually pulled it off for once. We should probably give ourselves a little credit once in a while, but that's another matter entirely.</p>\n<p>The first inclination we have may be to leave the scene as it is. Don't fix what isn't broken, right? Well, with writing it isn't about just whether things work, but <i>why</i> and <i>how</i> they work, too. “Serviceable” is rarely the sort of praise one is looking for from readers (I hope so, anyway), so let's dive in to purpose and see how we can evaluate the scene's word economy for better proportionality.</p>\n<h1>Purpose<span style=\"font-size:large;\"><br />\n</span></h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_374\" style=\"width: 560px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-374\" data-attachment-id=\"374\" data-permalink=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/10/edit-with-me-proportion/pexels-photo-196744/\" data-orig-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-196744.jpeg?fit=940%2C623&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"940,623\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"pexels-photo-196744\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-196744.jpeg?fit=300%2C199&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-196744.jpeg?fit=940%2C623&ssl=1\" class=\" wp-image-374 aligncenter\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/pexels-photo-196744.jpeg?resize=550%2C365&ssl=1\" alt=\"pexels-photo-196744\" width=\"550\" height=\"365\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /><p id=\"caption-attachment-374\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simply put, our scenes have to do more than pass butter. Or is that cheese?</p></div>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Let's start with the bartender. As the writers of the scene, we love this guy. He has that really cool mustache and he wears the vest from a three-piece suit over a pit-stained white tee. What a crusty guy. Fun, but crusty. Oh, and he starts the scene by telling that story about the dude he had to throw out of the bar last week for telling another patron he looked like “the bovine equivalent of Marilyn Manson.” He swept in and stopped that spat before it could get any worse. What a boss! Clyde–that's the bartender's name. Boy, we sure do love us some Clyde.</p>\n<p>Looking over the scene, we might say, “Nice! Clyde gets a whole page to himself, and then Stock Protagonist and Stock Antagonist appear and he really rustles their jimmies.”</p>\n<p>Before we just leave Clyde to his one page of stardom (or worry too much about the details of jimmie-rustling), let's ask ourselves some of the <i>why</i> and <i>how</i> suggested at the end of the Word Economy section.</p>\n<p>Why was Clyde included? Why was he described in such great detail? Is he a recurring character? How does he figure into the story's overall plot? How does he figure into any subplots?</p>\n<p>We could (and should) ask ourselves similar questions about the bar itself, too. How much detail was provided? Why? Will the characters be back here? Is it important that the reader know exactly what each character is drinking and how much it cost? Whose idea was it to come to this place, anyway?</p>\n<p>The answers to these questions can give a guide to where, how, and what needs to be cut or tightened up from the scene. What each question attempts to get at is this: what is the purpose for the inclusion of these details and will they be necessary to know later?</p>\n<p>If the answers to these questions are: “I just really like [setting, character, or subplot],” and “Not really, kind of, maybe,” those probably are not reason enough to keep those details in the next draft. As mentioned in the word economy section, every word, paragraph, scene, chapter—it all has to give you the best bang for your buck. When we have words or scenes or characters or setting descriptions that serve themselves more than they serve the overall arcs of our stories, they're not giving us the best return possible.</p>\n<p>That is to say, they're not serving a greater purpose.</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>Essentially, to write with proportion in mind, we're asking ourselves whether each scene or word is the best way to serve our stories. I repeat: serve <i>our stories</i>, not ourselves as the authors of them.</p>\n<p>When going through our manuscripts, we should watch out for places where we may have done the equivalent of writing proportion as <span style=\"font-size:x-large;\">P</span><span style=\"font-size:x-small;\">R</span>O<span style=\"font-size:large;\">P</span><span style=\"font-size:x-large;\">O</span><span style=\"font-size:large;\">R</span>T<span style=\"font-size:x-small;\">I</span>O<span style=\"font-size:large;\">N</span><span style=\"font-size:medium;\"> (see? I told you it would come full circle). Writing it like that (or writing about a one-time-appearing bartender in agonizing detail) might have seemed like a really cool idea at the time, but unless it serves a greater, transcendent purpose, it's time to reconsider the scene's construction.</span></p>\n<p>If I say so myself, writing “proportion” all googly-moogly certainly served this blog post well as an illustrative example, but can the same be said for our manuscripts' equivalents?</p>\n<p>As writers, we can't always trust ourselves to know the answer to that question. We have to trust our beta readers, our critique groups, our editors. They'll have more objective eyes than we ever could.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks as always for reading. Have questions or comments on proportion? Or are you looking for another set of eyes on your manuscript? Aside from writing these posts and putting together <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/podcasts/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">these podcasts</a>, I'm also an <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/editing-services/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">editor available for hire</a>. If you just want to join in on the conversation, you can find me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a>, too. I'd love to see you there.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>A few weeks ago while trolling the Twitterwebs, I stumbled into a pitch game I hadn't heard of before: <a href=\"http://kjhstories.blogspot.com/2017/01/say-what-son-of-pitch-is-back.html\">#SonofaPitch</a>. I'd done in-person agent pitches for earlier projects, but never written a query letter. Having recently recently completed my manuscript for <i>EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</i>, though, I figured I may as well give it a shot.</p>\n<p>Hoo-wee, am I ever glad I did.</p>\n<p>Some of you may remember <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/02/13/its-time-for-sonofapitch/\" target=\"_blank\">this post</a> from mid-February on which other writers left their comments regarding my draft query for the first round of the event. The feedback I received was helpful, but what I took from that first round more than anything were new writer friends (it counts as friends even if it's only through Twitter, right?).</p>\n<p>With their comments in mind, I geared up for round two, in which only select published authors could provide feedback on individual pitches. I managed to sneak into the second round (because I am a prompt emailer, not because I did anything special with my writing, mind you), and was just happy to be there. But then, as it did in the first round, something magical happened.</p>\n<p>As I followed <a href=\"http://samanthadunawaybryant.blogspot.com/2017/02/sonofapitch-query-8-empathy-imminent.html\">the post</a> hosted on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/mirymom1\">Samantha Dunaway Bryant</a>‘s blog throughout the week, the generosity of the feedback I received amazed me. More impressive still was the fact that with fifty-one qualifiers for the second round, some of the critiquing authors went through every entry—<i>every entry</i>—to help each one of us improve our pitches (I'm looking at you, <a href=\"https://twitter.com/KathleenPalm\">Kathy Palm</a>). As you can see in the comments on the post, each one of them helped me revamp my pitch throughout the week in preparation for the game's final round.</p>\n<p>Excited as I was to be getting all of this insightful, critical feedback, I never thought I'd make the final round once the votes (and alternate votes) were tallied. There were so many amazing premises, queries, and first 250 words in the second round that I was ready to take what feedback I had received and be satisfied with that.</p>\n<p>But then again, something magical happened: my pitch qualified for the final round alongside nineteen others.</p>\n<p>This was the one. Big time. For the third and final round, editors from a number of publishers would patrol <a href=\"http://kjhstories.blogspot.com/2017/02/son-of-pitch-round-three-finalists.html\">the posts</a> throughout the week, making requests for pages if they liked what they saw. Based on feedback I received in the previous round as well as some side conversations with other entrants and event organizers, I was out of my mind over the prospect of having an editor reach out and ask for more of my manuscript.</p>\n<p>I mean it: I lost sleep with how real the excitement was. A week from then, there was a chance I'd have my work in the hands of an acquisitions editor, taking another step toward my goal of getting <i>EMPATHY</i> published.</p>\n<p>And guess what? Once more, something magical happened. As <a href=\"http://kjhstories.blogspot.com/2017/02/son-of-pitch-entry-empathy-imminent-dawn.html\">this link</a> can attest, I received no requests. Zero. Not a one.</p>\n<p>Magical indeed—though for reasons I had yet to come to grips with.</p>\n<p>I'd be lying if I said I wasn't disappointed. Rejection is something every writer faces, but after those weeks of positive affirmation and engagement with others, I made two classic mistakes. One, I'd forgotten I'd been here before, and two, I lost sight of what the game was about in the first place.</p>\n<p>If you've followed my blog for a while (and if you have, please identify yourself because this would be news to me), you know a few years back I pitched my first novel <i>The Fugue</i> to a combo of three agents and editors while at a conference. After going three-for-three with partial or full manuscript requests, I was over the moon. That was it! I was going to hear back from them and end up with representation and then work with my agent to get published in short order!</p>\n<p>A quick search of Amazon for <i>The Fugue</i> by r. r. campbell will tell you how well that worked out.</p>\n<p>I was disappointed at the time with how things turned out, but, as I would only later accept, the experience pitching that first (hot garbage) manuscript was more valuable than any immediate success could have been.</p>\n<p>Forgetting this lesson is what had me lose sight of what #SonofaPitch was about in the first place. It wasn't about the end goal of getting published (though I'm still absolutely working toward that), it was about engaging with the community, making friends, and enjoying in the growth and success of others. Oh, and coming out on the far side of the game with an improved pitch didn't hurt either.</p>\n<p>Beyond the new friends and a <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\">much more solid pitch</a>, my main takeaway was a reminder of something that I'm ashamed to have forgotten. It's not about how our stories end. It's about how we <i>get to</i> that end, whatever it may be. The same is true for our characters, and it will, more importantly, always be true for us writers, too.</p>\n<p>I plan to keep pitching. I plan to keep connecting. I plan to keep writing—and I hope you do, too.</p>\n<p>You never know when something magical might happen.</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>Thanks for reading. As always, you can reach out <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or get in touch through my <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>Now that we've established the notion of point of view in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/02/24/edit-with-me-point-of-view-part-one/\">this post</a>, let's hop right in to what to watch for with it when writing. We'll treat each POV in a separate section.</p>\n<h1>First Person</h1>\n<p>I'm of the opinion that the first person is the most straightforward POV to write because you can put yourself directly in the POV character's perspective to watch out for common mistakes. Let's take a look at a few mistakes to avoid when writing in the first person.</p>\n<h2>The “I” Has It</h2>\n<p>Let's say you have a main character named Xander. The below could be a scene from your manuscript.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>Fridays are always the worst. Leaning back in my chair, staring up at the in-laid tiles on the ceiling, I pass the hours hurling pencils toward it in an attempt to see how many I can get stuck by punch-out time. Eighteen's the record in case you're curious. Eighteen pencils in eight hours. You'd think a man with twelve years of practice could do better than that. To be honest, Xander really should have. Today I manage nine. Nine! Pathetic. I stand on my chair and pluck each pencil from the ceiling, one-by-one.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Well, the issue here probably sticks out like light-up sneakers in a dark garage. The reference to “Xander” in the third person is a break from first-person POV, and reads as though the comment is coming from the narrator itself. Replacing Xander with “I” tidies this up nicely.</p>\n<p>Of course, the character could refer to him- or herself in the third person as if talking to themselves or making self-aware commentary. The line in question could be revised to something like:</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>A real dolt, me. The magnificent Xander: piss-poor at even the mundane.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This isn't a point of view shift since we can read it in the character's voice and know it's self-referential.</p>\n<p>Realistically, POV shifts of the variety displayed in the paragraph above tend to be of little concern for most folks writing in the first person. It is definitely worth watching out for if you previously wrote a piece in the third person and are now shifting to first, however. That's where mistakes can be made.</p>\n<h2>Inner Monologue and The Observable Universe</h2>\n<p>When writing in the first person, it's important to ensure that your character's thoughts remain grounded in information he actually has available to him at the time of the scene. Not only that, but the experience of the world should be based on this character's direct observations. To explore this, let's return to Xander and his scene in the office.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>Somewhere down the hall, Johnny Copymachine is waxing poetic about how he could've been a famous film producer. Malcolm is listening politely while Cora bows out before Johnny can ask her if she'd like to star in another one of his so-called indie films. Last time he asked, she agreed to a bit role for the sake of saving face around the office, and when she showed up on set (if you could really call it that), Johnny Copymachine had the bollocks to tell her it was a nudey bit. A real mess, the whole thing.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>All of the information in the above paragraph could be true, but how do we know Xander knows all this? Last we knew, Xander was standing on his chair in his office. One could assume Xander knows this because it is a matter of routine, or that he can hear these events taking place (but how could he “hear” Cora bowing out of the office? Remember, in first-person POV (barring any magical powers), your main character should only have access to the past and the observable world (from where they are or were in it at the time the events occurred). Let's revise the above to ground it a bit more in the first person.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\">\n<h4>Somewhere down the hall, Johnny Copymachine's voice is waxing poetic about how he could've been a famous film producer. Sounds as though Malcolm is politely engaged, but if Cora's around—and she's always around the copier—she's surely bowing out before Johnny can ask her to be in another one of his so-called indie films. Rumor has it that the last time she agreed to a bit part in one of his videos, he had the bollocks to tell her it was a nudey bit. Brent in HR said the whole thing was a damn mess to sort out, given that it happened off-hours and off-property, but it was a damn mess all the same.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Bam. Same information (in fact, we get more this time), and it remains grounded in Xander's POV throughout the excerpt. The crucial bit here is that we know <i>how</i> he knows what he knows—direct observation (hearing), hearsay (rumors), and supposition (based on what he knows of people from past interaction). This helps readers develop a better feel for the credibility of the information they're being given as well, which can be an asset in many circumstances.</p>\n<h1>Second Person</h1>\n<p>Writing in the second person? I wish… I wish I could be of some assistance. My experience with the second person is so limited (read: read non-existent), that it'd be a disservice for me to attempt to assist with it. I can imagine, however, that similar rules apply here as would apply in the first person: keep things grounded in what the “you” can actually see, hear, taste, smell, and touch, while also ensuring they don't consider information that hasn't been previously provided to them.</p>\n<p>That being said, let's hop into the third person, specifically third-person limited.</p>\n<h1>Third-Person Limited</h1>\n<p>We can use our analysis of the first-person POV when looking at the third person as well—we just have to do it from a slightly different angle.</p>\n<h2>Mind Your “He” and Remember Your “She”</h2>\n<p>Making sure you keep consistent with your personal pronouns should be as easy here as it was for first person. In this case, if your narrative voice refers to your main character as “I” or part of a “we,” then you've got a POV inconsistency on your hands.</p>\n<p>Because I kind of like this Xander guy, let's rework our original paragraph with him so that it's in the third person. We'll use that as a starting point for some example editing.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>Fridays are always the worst. Leaning back in his chair, staring up at the in-laid tiles on the ceiling, Xander passes the hours hurling pencils toward it in an attempt to see how many he can get stuck by punch-out time. Eighteen's the record. Eighteen pencils in eight hours. A man with twelve years of practice should do better than that. If he's honest with himself, Xander really should have. Today he manages nine. Nine! Pathetic. He stands on his chair and plucks each pencil from the ceiling, one-by-one.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Ugh. It reads strangely, doesn't it? Let's explore why.</p>\n<p>The first thing that comes to mind for me is that it's in the present tense. This is probably because the present tense in the third person reads unnaturally to me, for some reason. If this were shifted to the past, it might have a better feel to it, but let's save ourselves that step and see how else we can improve this.</p>\n<p>There are no references to “I” or “we,” so we POV inconsistency isn't causing the trouble. What I think really drives me mad about this paragraph is this strange contrast of voice. Lines like “Eighteen's the record” that were once firmly grounded in Xander's direct commentary now read as though the narrator is providing that information.</p>\n<p>Perhaps Xander is no longer our narrator. Think of <i>The Great Gatsby</i>. Gatsby, though the main character, isn't the narrator in that book—Nick Carraway is. Maybe this story about Xander needs to morph into something like that. It's an option, anyway, but it would require the introduction of a very present narrator, which could throw off the narrative itself.</p>\n<p>Let's check out a reworked paragraph below, which attempts to strike a balance between narrative voice and Xander's voice.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>Fridays are always the worst. Leaning back in his chair, staring up at the in-laid tiles on the ceiling, Xander passes the hours hurling pencils toward it in an attempt to see how many he can get stuck by punch-out time. Eighteen's his record. Eighteen pencils in eight hours. A man with twelve years of practice should do better than that, he thinks to himself.</p>\n<p>Today he manages nine. Nine! He shakes his head. Pathetic. Standing on his chair, he curses himself as he plucks each pencil from the ceiling, one-by-one.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Look at that! This is a step in the right direction. changing “Eighteen's <i>the</i> record” to “Eighteen's <i>his</i> record” creates a more clear delineation between the narrator (who now, in my opinion, reads as less of an actual character), and Xander himself.</p>\n<p>Splitting this into two paragraphs seems to help this excerpt breathe a bit more, too. I've also tossed in some commentary on actions Xander is taking (shaking his head, cursing himself under his breath), to reinforce that comments like “Nine!” and “Pathetic” are coming from Xander, not the narrator.</p>\n<p>One last trick I slipped in was the inclusion of “he thinks to himself” at the end of the first paragraph. This works as a clarification here, but I know some editors are already upset with me for doing it like this. Why, you ask?</p>\n<p>Because it's filtering.</p>\n<p>Filtering is the temptation to toss in observational verbs like think, wonder, watch, smell, etc. as a way of clarifying that the perspective character is thinking, wondering, watching, or smelling whatever the objects of said verbs are.</p>\n<p>I'll admit to doing this once in a while for the sake of rhythm, for example, but instances of filtering should be minimized whenever possible.</p>\n<p>Let's use our other example from our first-person POV with Xander to explore what filtering is, and how it can be edited out. The below paragraph is a third-person rehash, littered with examples of filtering.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>Somewhere down the hall, Xander hears Johnny Copymachine waxing poetic about how he could've been a famous film producer. Xander thinks it sounds as though Malcolm is politely engaged, but if Cora's around—and she's always around the copier—she's surely bowing out before Johnny can ask her to be in another one of his so-called indie films. The rumors around the office—at least the ones Xander's heard—suggest the last time she agreed to a bit part in one of his videos, she showed up to the set and Johnny had the bollocks to tell her it was a nudey bit. Brent in HR told Xander the whole thing was a damn mess, given that it happened off-hours and off-property, but it was a damn mess all the same.</p></blockquote>\n<p>So this reads okay, in my opinion. It's firmly grounded in the third person and there are no clear perspective changes.</p>\n<p>But should we settle for okay? Of course not. Let's edit this to remove examples of filtering.</p>\n<blockquote class=\"tr_bq\"><p>Xander gets down from his chair to the sounds of Johnny Copymachine jabbering down the hall, waxing poetic about how he could've been a famous film producer. Malcolm's voice pipes up, politely engaged. Xander snickers. Malcolm may be polite, but if Cora's around—and she's always around the copier—she's surely bowing out before Johnny can ask her to be in another one of his so-called indie films. The rumors around the office have suggested the last time she agreed to a bit part in one of his videos, she showed up to the set and Johnny had the bollocks to tell her it was a nudey bit. Brent in HR said the whole thing was a damn mess, given that it happened off-hours and off-property, but it was a damn mess all the same.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Alright, we're at better than okay here in my opinion. This version grounds everything in Xander, and also refocuses the attention on him before diving into any inner monologue. I think these changes offer a more crisp read by eliminating the clunkiness of the Xander hears/sees/thinks, etc.</p>\n<p>So the moral of the story with third-person limited? Avoid filtering and keep your POV character as your reference point.</p>\n<h1>Third-Person Omniscient</h1>\n<p>I'll be frank. This category is similar to the second person for me. I don't use it often (ever?) and read it about as frequently. Since omniscience grants a great deal of freedom, however, I think the primary focus for anyone writing a story told in this POV should be to avoid shifting focus characters too frequently, as this can be jarring for a reader. To avoid this when shifting point of view, start a new paragraph or include a page break, for example.</p>\n<h1>Lessons Learned</h1>\n<p>Writing these (epically long) posts the last two weeks as well as engaging in some POV-related conversations on Twitter has been a helpful exercise for me, anyway. It's been a real demonstration of the importance and value of voice, and how that voice can be better focused in on (or zoomed away from) depending on the POV chose.</p>\n<p>Most transcendentally, it has me realizing that I may need to rewrite my WIP in the first person after hitting the 25,000-word mark in third-person limited. The story moves along alright, but what it really needs is a fresh voice—something I think the above has shown is most reflected in the first person perspective.</p>\n<p><strong><em>Update: </em></strong><em>As of April 19th, 2017, I've rewritten all of </em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\">XXX Accounting</a> <em>in the first person, and my goodness: what a difference a fresh perspective can make. If you're struggling to connect with your main character, I definitely suggest giving them a go in a different point of view to see if that helps change things.</em></p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks as always for reading. Have questions on POV? Reach out on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or through <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">the contact page</a>. I'd love to hear from you.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>Selecting a point of view for our manuscripts is a critical step, one that is often overlooked when diving in to a first draft. In many cases, it's easy to jump into the point of view that seems most natural to us as writers: the one which we read most or simply whichever felt best at the time.</p>\n<p>Being deliberate with our POV selection is important, however, as it has possibly the greatest base-line effect on the presentation of our entire story. Our characters, the worlds in which they live, our readers' experiences of both—all of it is viewed through the lens of POV.</p>\n<p>So what points of view are available, and how do we pick one? Let's tackle these topics one at a time.</p>\n<h1>The Points of View</h1>\n<p>There are four to choose from:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>First person</li>\n<li>Second person</li>\n<li>Third person limited</li>\n<li>Third person omniscient</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Some will argue that there are only three of these—that the third person limited and third person omniscient are simply two aspects of one POV—but for the purposes of this post, let's treat them as separate entities.</p>\n<p>With each of these four in mind, let's examine what defines them and explore their advantages and disadvantages.</p>\n<h2><b>First Person</b></h2>\n<p>These are narratives told from the perspective of “I.” That is to say, our main character refers to him- or herself in the first person through the narrative. Examples of books told in the first person include <i>Room</i> by Emma Donoghue and <i>The Martian</i> by Andy Weir. The latter does change POV at times, but more on that in a moment.</p>\n<p><b>Advantages: </b>If you've read either <i>Room</i> or <i>The Martian</i>, one of the things that likely stands out most from both titles is the strong voice of the main character. Since readers have the opportunity to experience the world (or Mars) as the main characters experience it, we have access to these characters' hopes, fears, opinions and observations in the most direct way possible. This creates a tight sense of proximity between the reader and POV character, which indirectly strengthens a reader's bond to the narrative itself.</p>\n<p>It's for these reasons that I ultimately chose to write <em><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">XXX Accounting</a></em> in the first person. After about 20,000 words of it written in the third person, it felt like even I as the writer couldn't connect with the main character, something I knew was critical for the narrative I aimed to tell. With that in mind, I surged forward in the first person, which helped me get a much better feel of who Robin was as a person. I'm hoping this does the same for readers, too.</p>\n<p><b>Disadvantages: </b>The above advantages can quickly become disadvantages, however, in that stories written from the first person perspective often fail to employ dramatic irony. That is to say, there are no or few opportunities for readers to have access to information that the main character does not, which can be a storytelling asset if implemented properly. Furthermore, relying on the first person means that our readers had better love to love or love to hate being with that one character for the entire tale. If not, what I'll call first-person fatigue might get to them, pushing them away from our character (and story!).</p>\n<p>One way that <i>The Martian</i> gets around this fatigue (not that I tired of Watney's POV in the first place), and also builds a sense of dramatic irony is by cutting away from Watney at times to be with the characters actively attempting to rescue him. In this way, the reader is privy to information that only the folks at NASA have, and also privy to information that only Watney has. The reader can then anticipate future tension points, which creates a more engrossing read.</p>\n<p>Also, I should mention there is such a thing as a novel told from the first-person plural perspective, but the only example of this I can think of is <i>Anthem </i>by Ayn Rand. I have a strict “No Ayn Rand” policy around here though, so all I'll say about the use of first-person plural (in this novel, especially) can be gimmicky and ham-fisted. Don't be gimmicky and ham-fisted.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em><strong>Note:</strong> </em><em>Yes, I write in the first person plural at times on this blog, but I do it with the intent of serving a greater purpose—namely, that we're all in this together.</em></p>\n<h2><b>Second Person</b></h2>\n<p>Second-person narratives are the closet at the end of the hall labeled DO NOT ENTER. Most people see the sign and move along, but once in a while some folks, well, they just have to see what's behind that door.</p>\n<p>Stories told in the second person use “you” to relay the events of the story as though they were happening to the reader directly. One popular manifestation of this are those choose-your-own-adventure books, the kind of thing R.L. Stine put to use in the <i>Give Yourself Goosebumps</i> stories however many years ago.</p>\n<p><b>Advantages: </b>Things are up close and personal in the second person. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't terrified as I read the <i>Give Yourself Goosebumps</i> series as a kid, as I had no choice but to imagine myself in every scene. I was the one walking around that haunted theme park. I was the one that had to deal with the dummy that came to life… or whatever it was. My memory for the actual events is hazy, but my palms still sweat at the memory of how I felt reading them.</p>\n<p><b>Disadvantages: </b>Writing “you” all the time gets old fast. So does reading it. It's easy for it to begin to read abrasively as time goes on as well. Characterization is also difficult to pull off, because what if we tell a reader something like “You've always loved Almond Joys, ever since your Grandma gave one to you on your fifth birthday,” and our reader <i>hates</i> Almond Joys and had no surviving grandparents when they were five years old? Suspension of disbelief exists, of course, but when writing in the second person a writer runs the risk of alienating the reader in a more direct way. And in second person narratives, if we lose your reader, we lose our main character!</p>\n<h2><b>Third Person Limited</b></h2>\n<p>Third-person limited is where I butter my bread… or something. Or at least that was the case for <em>EMPATHY</em>, anyway. I love using it for reasons I'll discuss in the advantages below, but first I should probably establish what it is.</p>\n<p>Third person employs third-person pronouns, and third-person limited means that readers only have access to the thoughts and feelings of one given character at a time. That is to say, readers experience the world from the perspective of the chosen character, without being in so deep as to experience it as first person.</p>\n<p><b>Advantages: </b>An example of the third-person limited being put to fantastic use is in George R. R. Martin's <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i> series. Every chapter is told from a single, limited perspective, which opens open myriad opportunities for a balance of mystery, suspense, and dramatic irony in every chapter. In fact, the structure for <i>ASOIAF</i> inspired my approach for <i><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\">EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</a></i>.</p>\n<p><b>Disadvantages: </b>None. There are none.</p>\n<p>No, that's not true. One of the disadvantages of third-person limited is that it's easy to create too much distance between the reader and your characters. It can also be a challenge to remain in one character's perspective throughout the duration of the paragraph/chapter/novel. As the author, we might know how other characters are feeling, but if we're writing from a limited perspective, we can't telegraph all this information to readers directly. We can, however, convey it through the lens of the character whose POV we've decided to employ. For more on this, check out <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/03/edit-with-me-point-of-view-part-two/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">part two</a> in these posts on point of view.</p>\n<h2><b>Third Person Omniscient</b></h2>\n<p>This is written using the same sets of pronouns as third person limited, but the primary difference is that readers, via the narrator, have access to the thoughts, motives, and feelings of any character based on the narrator's focus at any given point in time.</p>\n<p><b>Advantages: </b>Readers know everything! They know if character A is plotting to betray character B, if character B sees it coming, and whether character C is aware and able to save the day at the last minute. Readers know when characters are lying or purposely withholding information, and they even know of secrets kept tight to the chest, secrets that could change everything if the character that kept them would just share them with the world!</p>\n<p><b>Disadvantages: </b>For all of the above reasons, third person omniscient also has disadvantageous angles. If readers expect to have access to all information all of the time, it's hard to throw unexpected twists in there without a reader saying “Hey, narrator, you didn't tell me that!” This can disrupt the narrative dream (especially if the narrator isn't a character her- or himself), and be off-putting. If an allegedly omniscient narrator betrays the reader's trust even once, how can they trust him or her going forward?</p>\n<p>I am admittedly no expert on the omniscient point of view, mostly because of personal preference, I suspect. I feel omniscience doesn't leave room for the same degrees of nuance that the other POVs do, especially first person and third person limited.</p>\n<p>Having now explored each of the POVs, how do you choose one that works best for your story? Or, if you've already written your story, how do you ensure you made the write choice?</p>\n<h1>Choosing a Point of View</h1>\n<p>Realistically, the best way to choose a point of view is to do a series of evaluations as they relate to the story we're trying to tell and the relationships we want our readers to have with our characters. For the below, for example, you could rate each prompt on a scale of one (strongly disagree) to five (strongly agree).</p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">I want readers to have an in-body relationship with my main character.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Readers should have the closest relationship with one and exactly one character in particular.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">I want readers to see, smell, taste, hear, and touch the story's world as closely as possible.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">It's okay if readers don't have access to all the facts all of the time.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">When reading characters' thoughts, it's important that readers access them in the voice of the person thinking them.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">If your answers tend to fall closer to five, you'll more than likely want to roll with a first-person POV. As described above, first person is the most intimate of points of view, which will let readers be up close and personal with both your chosen character and the world as he or she experiences it.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">If you had more ones and twos in your responses to the above (or even if you had a number of neutral threes), then third person is probably for you. Choosing between omniscient or limited essentially then comes down to a couple of other questions.</span><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\"><br />\n</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">How often will you need to jump between different characters' viewpoints?</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Do you want readers to have access to all information all of the time, or do you want to be able to hide some information from them?</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Answers of “often” or “a lot” or “a veritable shitton” to the first question above means that omniscience is likely your thing (only literary omniscience, not the real thing. Sorry.). If you're cool hanging with a single character's POV for an entire chapter or first third of a book or an entire book in a series, then limited might be for you. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">What we're really doing in answering the second question is juxtaposing our story's need for mystery and suspense against its need for dramatic irony. Those topics could warrant a blog post in and of themselves, though, so perhaps for now we can repackage the question as:</span></p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Do you want your readers to discover things as your POV characters discover them? If so, then limited is the way to go.</span></li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Is it better for your story if readers have access to information that your characters don't? If so, then an omniscient POV is your date for the big dance. Or something.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">Like I mentioned at the top of this post, POV is something I feel many of us take for granted as both writers and readers. Not only that, but it can get convoluted all sorts of fast, which is why I divided this topic into two separate posts.</span></p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\"><a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/03/03/edit-with-me-point-of-view-part-two/\">In this follow-up</a>, we cover how to ensure we remain consistent when writing in our choice POV, and also learn how to evaluate whether we've maximized our choice's effectiveness.</span></p>\n<hr />\n<p>Thanks for reading. Have questions on POV? Just want to be friends? You can tweet at me at <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">@iamrrcampbell</a>, or reach out through <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">my contact page</a>. I'd love to hear from you.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><span style=\"color:#ff0000;\">NOTE: </span>The below is an outdated version of my query for <em>EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</em>. Though it's changed a great deal, I leave the original here so that it can be compared to the one seen on the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\">Current Projects</a> page. The first 250 words have also changed dramatically as well. These things evolve so much over time!</p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">After the break you'll find my submission for #SonOfAPitch. 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Without answers on the disappearances and concerned for the welfare of the entire patient body, Chandra must team up with an amateur programmer and an EMPATHY administrative assistant to save the study from itself… before this technology turns on her, too.</span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><span style=\"font-family:inherit;\">This multi-perspective thriller also follows the stories of inventor-turned-necromancer Wyatt Halman, truth-bound journalist Meredith Maxwell, and the naive-yet-determined administrative assistant Ariel Commons, each of whose lives are set on a crash course that will determine the fate of the study and singularity technology itself. Complete at 114,000 words, <i>EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</i> is ready for your consideration.</span></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><b>First 250 Words:</b></span></p>\n<p><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Chandra Adelhadeo had survived brain surgery. Surviving the wait for the procedure's results was proving to be another matter entirely. </span><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">As she sat in the post-install waiting room, she ran a finger along the scar. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Chandra cringed. She knew better than to touch it. The nurses had told her as much. </span><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">She curled her fingers inward, grasping tightly at the grit of the charcoal pencil in her other hand. </span></p>\n<p><span style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">She opened the sketchbook on her knee to a fresh leaf. Before the pencil could hit the page, however, worry took her again. So much hinged on the conversation she would have on the other side of the door at the end of the hall. Any minute now they would call her name and–ugh. 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As always, you can also reach me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter/com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or at rrcampbellwrites@gmail.com.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>Developing all the hard work we put into our <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/30/character-at-the-core-the-importance-of-depth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">character sketching</a> is critical when writing an early draft. Sometimes, though, we can go a bit overboard with how many of those details we include on the pages themselves. This can also be true of all the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/01/06/setting-more-than-just-place/\">world-building</a> we do before writing a word of the manuscript, too.</p>\n<p>Balancing characterization and exposition can be a chore, but it's also one of the most effective ways to improve our word economy. We've got great details, so why not let them speak for themselves, in turn keeping them from getting in the way of our story? Let's explore how we can achieve this below.</p>\n<h1>Characterization</h1>\n<p>When it comes to bringing our characters to life, it's worth falling back on the old “show, don't tell” axiom as discussed in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/02/03/edit-with-me-show-and-tell/\">this post</a>. But how does one evaluate whether they have shown or told readers about their characters?</p>\n<p>We can start by asking ourselves this: how did a reader learn about trait X over the course of the novel? Did they learn about it through the character's actions, speech, and thoughts? Or did they learn about it through narrative commentary?</p>\n<p>Unless you're living in <i>Arrested Development</i>, there is no narrator commenting on the goings-on in your everyday life. You learn about the people around you by interpreting their words, actions, and appearance. Sometimes (most times), you have to make inferences based on the information available. So here's the thing: our readers should have the same experience when reading about our characters.</p>\n<p>Consider the passage below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Geraldo was a sweaty, brusque man who hated armadillos. He had hated them ever since he was a boy when one escaped from a petting zoo enclosure and gnawed on his ankle, which required a couple of surgeries to repair and left him with a limp that his weight only further exacerbated. “I'd rather you took that disgusting creature away from me,” he said. “I had a bad experience when I was a child, you see.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Unique as his experience may be, this is a whole lot of <em>tell</em> that would interrupt the flow of any scene. Let's consider the rewritten passage below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Geraldo smelled it before he saw it.</h4>\n<h4>“Have you ever seen one of these before?” the zookeeper said. He removed the beast from its crate.</h4>\n<h4>Geraldo's ankle throbbed as the memory crept in. “I'd rather—“</h4>\n<h4>“An armadillo, sir. No sense in cowering. A rock with legs is all.”</h4>\n<h4>A rock with legs. Legs and teeth. Geraldo dabbed his brow with a kerchief. “All the same, I would appreciate it if—“</h4>\n<h4>“Surely you have no fear of such a creature.” The zookeeper extended it toward Geraldo. “Created by God Himself, the same who made we men in His image.”</h4>\n<h4>Fear had replaced whatever reverence Geraldo might have had for God all those years ago. The image of his mauled ankle haunted him, conjuring thoughts of the subsequent surgeries, the limp for which the children teased him in the schoolyard. No, he would not permit such an attack again. “Sir, I must ask that you remove that creature from my presence immediately.”</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>If you're anything like me, you would much prefer to read the second scene as opposed to the first. The second creates mystery because it reveals character rather than stating it. It also aims to create a hunger for more details on this attack and why Geraldo still can't get over it as an adult, both of which are assets in convincing our readers to stick with our tales.</p>\n<p>This also leads me to my next point on characterization: backstory. If we already took the time to flesh out our characters prior to writing our novel, we know a ton more about them than the reader possibly could on page one. Does that mean we should go ahead and front-load our entire piece with backstory in order to make sure readers really get our main character? No—at least I'd hope not.</p>\n<p>The thing about backstory is that it needs to be relevant to the immediate scene. If I rewrote either of Geraldo's passages above to include details of a fishing trip he took a few weeks before the scene started, would you care? Probably not unless it had something to do with his fear of armadillos, and even then, you're not likely to care unless that context is established <em>before</em> we get to the backstory.</p>\n<p>I recognize that this might mean we have backstory that never makes it into our manuscripts. Really, though, I assure you that's okay. We as people may have overcome some serious fears over the course of our personal lives, but does that mean we start off every conversation by letting others know about them? I sure hope not. Context is key. Never forget that.</p>\n<h1>Exposition</h1>\n<p>I'm sure you found ways to show off your world-building in your manuscript, too. Fantastic! As mentioned in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/01/06/setting-more-than-just-place/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">other posts</a>, setting can be a character all its own, one that should never be neglected.</p>\n<p>That being said, that doesn't mean readers are necessarily interested in exploring every nook, cranny, and closet of the environments in which our characters thrive. Like evaluating <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/02/03/edit-with-me-show-and-tell/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">narrative summary versus immediate scene</a>, it's important to find a balance in the details we provide.</p>\n<p>I have a friend who writes some great space opera, for example. It's his wheelhouse, so to speak, and I don't think I could ever put together anything like the vivid, intergalactic environments he creates for his narratives. Does that mean he starts every chapter or scene transition with a complete breakdown of the newly seen planet's history, economy, culture, language, and appearance of its peoples? Absolutely not.</p>\n<p>Truth be told, there were some early drafts that had setting descriptions that read like Wikipedia articles. The information in itself wasn't uninteresting, but its presentation did cause the writer to commit one of the greatest writing sins: it awoke readers from the narrative dream.</p>\n<p>Keeping our readers immersed in the world we've created is imperative. Adhering to the mantra of “show, don't tell” is one way to ensure our readers aren't jolted from the narrative. Rather than employ grotesque infodumps, we can have our readers experience the setting as our characters experience it. Let readers see it with your character's eyes, smell it with their noses, and touch it with their hands. All the details will still come across, but in a way that seems natural to the reader.</p>\n<p>A final note on exposition pertains to lectures from the writer. I cannot emphasize enough that our voice as the writer (different from our voice as a narrator) should never swoop into the text, especially to lecture readers on whatever it is we feel is important to know for a given scene, or to provide some commentary on the characters' actions.</p>\n<p>Let's say you've written a complete and total psychopath, not unlike Annie Wilkes from Stephen King's <i>Misery</i>. In <i>Misery</i>, Annie abducts author Paul Sheldon and keeps him locked away until he does her bidding. It's messed up. Real messed up. But King the author doesn't step in at any point and cue readers into the fact that he understands how messed up this is and guys guys guys I promise I'm not like this in real life and please understand this is just a book and don't judge me the author for having written such a terrifying character.</p>\n<p>We shouldn't do this either. Characters—though in many ways a reflection of the writer—should be seen as stand-alones, with no need to make excuses for their antagonistic tendencies. They're antagonists for a reason, after all. They're not meant to be pleasant.</p>\n<p>And don't—really, please, I'm begging you—don't toss blunt and excruciating political diatribes à la <i>Atlas Shrugged</i> into your narrative. If we as writers want to tell a political story or provide some sort of commentary, we have to find a more nuanced (ergo, powerful, in my opinion) way to convey this information to readers. We're promising them fiction. 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The latter example has a subtlety that the former does not, while still communicating the same idea precisely. Whenever possible, one should strive for the show option, which in this case is “John balled his fists.”</p>\n<p>Many early stage writers often have the urge to explain, something Browne and King's <em><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Self-Editing-Fiction-Writers-Second-Yourself/dp/0060545690/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1492614511&sr=8-1&keywords=self+editing+for+fiction+writers\">Self-Editing for Fiction Writers</a> </em>discusses thoroughly. I still struggle with this in first drafts, particularly in my dialogue. Consider two examples below.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>“We have to protect the prime minister,” Carter said with urgency.</li>\n<li>“Today is the best day ever.” Marcia skipped away with glee.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Both examples avoid the use of adverbs (something we'll discuss in a future post), but convert what would have been adverbs into verbose and unnecessary commentary (“with urgency”/”with glee”). So how could these be rewritten to <em>show</em> rather than <em>tell</em> readers how these actions are being executed?</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Carter burst into the room. “We have to protect the prime minister.”</li>\n<li>“Today is the best day ever.” Marcia skipped away.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>The first example now shows the urgency of Carter's speech through his actions—the manner in which he enters the room. A reasonable reader will fill in the gaps here, reading Carter's dialogue in a manner consistent with his actions. The second example simply cuts “with glee.” Marcia has just informed us that this is the best day ever, and skipping away is a gleeful action in and of itself. “With glee” was a redundant inclusion, and avoiding this kind of redundancy is one of the many goals we as writers should strive to achieve when doing our work—unless, of course, one plans on making use of it for emphatic or rhythmic reasons.</p>\n<p>Beyond emotion, two other areas of note regarding the show vs. tell paradigm pertain to exploring the differences between narrative summary and immediate scenes. Think of any 80s or 90s action movie. There's always a training montage, right? That sort of montage, or any visual summary to show the passage of time, is the film equivalent of narrative summary. If those films had shown us the full and complete workouts, those would have been immediate scenes.</p>\n<p>The natural tendency many starting writers have is to overuse immediate scenes, which can lead to questions like the below.</p>\n<blockquote><p>“You said ‘show, don't tell,' right? Shouldn't I show everything my characters are doing so that readers know what's going on?”</p></blockquote>\n<p>That's a well motivated question, but it ignores two critical things about most readers.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Most readers are way smarter than we give them credit for.</li>\n<li>Most readers only care about our characters' actions insofar as the plot or character development are concerned.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>I once heard a story about a writer who insisted on having his main characters eat every couple of chapters so that readers knew they weren't skipping any meals. Unless our main characters are actively struggling against famine in a survival story where resources are scant, there is little need to reassure readers that our characters are human and have human needs. We should trust them to fill in the gaps, or, when necessary, make use of narrative summary.</p>\n<p>When attempting to decide whether to employ narrative summary or to write an immediate scene, refer to the below chart.</p>\n<div></div>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\" href=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2bd9d-immediate2bnarrative.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/2bd9d-immediate2bnarrative.png?resize=400%2C235&ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"235\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\">If something big is happening, let your readers be there.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p>Naturally, one could debate what counts as major or minor, but what it really comes down to is this: will a reasonable reader care to see every moment of the scene? If the answer is no, then push it into narrative summary (or cut it altogether). If the answer is yes, then it's time to (re)write an immediate scene. When answering this question for ourselves, it's key to remember readers are far more clever and less easily amused than we might think.</p>\n<p>One final bit of show-versus-tell editing advice I can offer is to trust your readers to have good memories. Writing a mystery novel? Don't include a summary of clues at the start or end of every chapter just to make sure readers are logging them. Writing a dystopian survival tale? There's no need to keep reminding readers that our characters will need to find food to survive. We can make these things apparent through the characters' actions, and convey pertinent information to readers once and only once. They'll feel insulted if we keep beating them over the head with the same information.</p>\n<p>When writing or going back to edit our own work, it's critical to favor showing over telling. Though as we've seen, there are some moments where narrative-summary-tells can and should be employed.</p>\n<hr />\n<p>How do you strike a balance between showing and telling? What are some of your challenges when putting these ideas to work? Reach out to me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">Twitter</a> or through <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">the contact page</a> with your thoughts. I'd love to hear from you.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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The final thing I like to do before filling a page with the words of a first draft is to create a series of outlines in an upside-down pyramid sort of way (also known as <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyKt8_ZLxUg\">the reverse funnel system</a>).</p>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\" href=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/d0c4b-outline2binfo2bwhite.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/d0c4b-outline2binfo2bwhite.png?resize=400%2C166&ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"166\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\">Could I have gone with a regular old pyramid to prove some sort of point about how the logline is the foundation of the plotting process? Yes, but pyramids are for pharaohs and 90s foodies.</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Before you navigate away from this page to avoid being brainwashed on Invigaron, let me assure you that the reverse funnel has less to do with multi-level marketing and more to do with the ballooning level of detail that comes with every subsequent outline.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/12/the-logline-your-novel-in-50-words-or.html\">logline itself </a>is a sort of outline, as is the <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2gIIA7e\">narrative</a> <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/12/from-logline-to-narrative-arc_23.html\">arc</a> we established shortly after creating the logline. From here, what I like to do is create a 3-5 paragraph summary of the plot as a whole, which helps fill in some of the gaps between the events detailed in the narrative arc. This will help generate ideas for how this outline can be broken down into chapters, and from there, individual scenes.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">When working on the 3-5 paragraph outline, remember that <b>you're not writing your novel yet</b>. If it feels like your outline is running long, it may be because you're including too much detail for a broad brushstrokes guide, so to speak. Save the minutiae for subsequent outlines.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Once I have a few paragraphs in hand, I then move into a chapter-by-chapter outline. It will end up looking something like the below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>Chapter One: </b>Character does a thing in their “ordinary world.” The inciting incident occurs.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>Chapter Two: </b>Character reacts to inciting incident.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The above are extreme generalizations, but this is normally how I would arrange the content. I give the character's name, the actions they are taking as the novel begins, and then describe the inciting incident as it will occur on the page. For the second chapter, I pick right up where the first left off, providing a more fleshed out reaction from the protagonist to the events of the first chapter. I also make it a goal to limit the outline for each chapter to five sentences or less.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I go on in this manner, working my way through the seven elements of the narrative arc while using the logline and paragraph-based outline to structure the story as a whole. While doing so, I keep in mind the <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/11/goal-conflict-resolution-cliffhanger.html\">scene-goal-conflict-resolution-cliffhanger</a> structure I've described in previous posts.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Once I've made it through the story's resolution in the chapter-outline format, I then take the chapter outline and translate it into the aforementioned structure to create a scene by scene outline. It will ultimately look something like the below.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\"><strong>SCENE: </strong>A horse walks into a bar.<br />\n<strong>GOAL:</strong> Horse wants to get a drink.<br />\n<strong>CONFLICT: </strong>Bartender asks horse, “why the long face?”<br />\n<strong>RESOLUTION: </strong>Horse jacks bartender in the chin.<br />\n<strong>CLIFFHANGER: </strong>Horse is arrested for assault.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Granted, in the past I've mentioned that <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2013/05/an-outlines-not-contract.html\">outlines are not contracts</a>, but with a good feel for the detail of our world, characters, and our story already established via the steps described in the previous posts in this series, one should be able to move through the outline process with enough confidence to know the final scene-based outline will be enough to get through a first draft. Remember, <i>no one</i> has to (should?) see your first draft. 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">One need look no further than Tolkien's <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> series or George R. R. Martin's <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i> to understand how a thoroughly developed world can enrich a narrative. In both of these examples and countless others, however, setting isn't just a place. It can be a character itself! Think of Hogwarts from the <i>Harry Potter</i> series, the silo from Hugh Howey's <i>Wool</i>, and the titular Room from Emma Donoghue's 2010 bestseller.</p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Each of these environments separates themselves from simple set dressing in that they are unique, contrary to expectations, and described in vivid but tactful detail. In this post, we'll explore how to craft an engrossing setting in which your characters can thrive.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Unique</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Creating a unique setting for your characters is easier said than done. Degrees of uniqueness can vary, however, ranging from the setting in its entirety to elements thereof. For the former, consider <i>Wool</i> by Hugh Howey, the premise of which is that survivors of the apocalypse are living out their lives within a silo that burrows deep into the ground. The silo is partitioned into over one hundred floors, each of which is different from the others based on the function performed by those that work or live on that floor. This entire environment is unique–not the sort of thing most of us have (or will?) encounter within our lifetimes.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">On the other hand, consider <i>Room</i> by Emma Donoghue. Room is what you might think it is: a room. At first glance, there's really nothing special about a space with a bathroom, small kitchen, and a bed. In fact, it sounds an awful lot like a studio apartment. What makes Room unique isn't the setting itself, but the <i>nature </i>of the setting. Once readers learn that Room is actually a shed in which the five year-old protagonist, Jack, and his mother have been held against their will for the entirety of the Jack's life, we get a much different take on the space itself. With Room being the only world the perspective character has ever known, the relationship he has with his environment is equally as rich as the relationship he has with his mother.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">It's easy to get discouraged when pitting your own settings up against those in <i>Room</i> and <i>Wool</i>. Those authors are bestsellers, after all, and setting plays a major role in the plot for both books. If you're stuck on how to add unique or stand-out flair to your settings, try to think of the little things you appreciate (or don't) from places you see in your day-to-day life and incorporate them into your writing. Do you have a faucet that always leaks? Your character can, too. Hate how you have to turn the key all the way to the left and then wiggle it before your front door will unlock? Your character hates that, too. Or maybe they find it appealing for some reason. I don't know. In any case, I should really call my landlord.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Tying these ideas into the prospective novel about our Mormon bartender, Joseph, I've decided to have the story take place in a township surrounded by a bustling metropolis on all sides. The reason it remains a township separate from the surrounding city has to do with its resistance to historic annexation on the part of the nearby city. Not only that, but the town has some historically bizarre laws, which are enforced by a constable rather than a traditional police force. Joseph's bar will be located within the township's limits, which will open up the door to all sorts of out-of-the-box legal wrangling and shenanigans.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I'll get into more details regarding Joseph's setting as we advance through the post. Let's leave it there for now.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Contrary to Expectations</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Tied closely to uniqueness, countering popular expectations is another way to make your settings stand out. This is something that's already been incorporated in the model novel for these <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">Outline With Me</a></em> posts: the fact that this novel will feature a bar run by a Mormon who himself does not drink.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">One not need create total contradictions to meddle with expectations, however. Think about Hogwarts from the <i>Harry Potter</i> series. J.K. Rowling could have simply set her magical school in, well, a school, but instead she had the school be a castle. Not only that, but elements of the castle (moving staircases, the room of requirement, paintings whose subjects can visit subjects in other pieces of art) run contrary to the expectations of muggles like us. As mentioned above, creating elements in a setting that violate what is commonly accepted also adds to the setting's uniqueness, which demonstrates how intertwined these two concepts are.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Looking at setting for our Mormon bartender, I thought it would be best to avoid the “stock” or “default” location for a story that features a number of Mormon characters. The first place most people probably think of as it relates to Mormonism is Utah, which is why I've decided to set this novel in Minneapolis (well, a <i>fictional</i> township contained within Minneapolis city limits, but you get the picture).</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Toying with readers' expectations by challenging their “stock” and “default” notions for setting should increase your story's memorability, which, if they enjoy reading it, can never be a bad thing.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Vivid and Tactful Detail</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">A third way to ensure your settings are more than just stage dressing is to incorporate details that are bold and well dispersed throughout your manuscript.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">In <i>Room</i>, we are given the literal dimensions of the space, which should trip the careful writer's “tell” alarm. Rather than simply provide us the dimensions of Room, however, Emma Donoghue presents them to us via her protagonist as he makes a game out of quantifying his environment with a makeshift measuring system. In this way, we aren't <i>told</i> of Room's dimensions, but rather we experience it through the manner in which Jack explores the space. In this way, this information is presented both memorably and tactfully.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Think again of Hogwarts and its various paintings. A casual mention of them would have certainly been unique and run contrary to expectations, but the details Rowling provides regarding them is what breathes life into their presence in that world. The subjects of the paintings have names, backstories, and personalities all their own. Not only that, but the details aren't dumped on us the moment Harry encounters one for the first time. We learn about them as Harry learns about them, which makes for a tactful presentation.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I'll pull a final example of vivid and tactful detail from George R. R. Martin's <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i> series. Consider the Wall. Its scope is tremendous, yes, but I often find the tiniest details regarding it to be some of the most unforgettable. The way it is described as “weeping” when the ice upon it is melting, the sound of weapons <i>clang</i>ing against one another in the yard, the smell of Three-Finger Hobb's meals wafting about the mess hall–all of it helps create a location that, actual magic aside, feels truly magical. It's immersing in the very least. Similarly to how Harry explores Hogwarts, Jon Snow learns about and explores the Wall (as do Tyrion and Melisandre, both of whom also give us glimpses at Castle Black from their perspectives). Again, we see the value of point of view in enhancing the appeal (or lack thereof) for a given location.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">For Joseph and his bar, I've decided to run really contrary to expectations, while also giving myself a lot of opportunities for vivid and tactful detail. His bar won't be just any bar, no–it will be the most popular Packers bar in all of Minneapolis.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">What's this all about, you say? For the uninitiated, the Green Bay Packers (American) football team has a rival in the team based out of Minneapolis, the Minnesota Vikings. By owning a bar that is against the common beliefs of both Joseph's religion and popular sentiment in the area, I'll establish a memorable quirk while also creating more opportunities for tension.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">On top of this, I'll be able to “write what I know” as a lifelong Packers fan when creating a lore for the bar. The history should write itself in naturally (where appropriate!).</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">When creating a setting for your own work, try to make use of all five senses in order to create vivid details. You get bonus points for incorporating smells, as this sense is not only the least employed in fiction, but it is also the most closely tied sense to memory.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Once you have your details, make sure you knit them into your manuscript tidily as well. Avoid massive detail dumps at the start of a scene, for example, by having your point of view character experience the space themselves. Think of it this way: when you walk into a room, do you drop everything you are doing and analyze the environment down to the very last detail? No, of course not. You may remark on the lighting or the smell or the damp feel of the place, but you don't necessarily notice the fine woodwork supporting the room's sconces until you're right up against it. Depending on who you are (and which character is telling the story), such details might not go noticed at all!</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The important thing as the author is to know these details yourself, whether they make it to the final draft or not. The more immersed you are as the author, the easier it will be to immerse your readers as well.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Keeping Track of Your World</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">On a final note, though creating a world is a challenge in itself, keeping track of all its details can be even more trying. To help yourself keep things sorted, try drawing maps, diagrams, or drawings of your different settings. You don't need to be a visual artist to put pencil to paper and draw out something that makes sense to you. You're the only person that has to be able to tell what you're looking at, after all. These are <i>your</i> reference materials!</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">If drawing or mapping doesn't do it for you, try creating a list similar to the one used in our <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/12/30/character-at-the-core-the-importance-of-depth/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post on creating characters</a>. What attributes do you think are worth including in a template like that? Think of the five senses and let them lead the way. With the basic elements of plot, character, and setting now fleshed out, we're ready to move on to creating an outline for the story in its entirety, which we'll cover in next week's installment of the <em><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">Outline With Me</a></em> series.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">—</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Have thoughts on world-building or setting? What do you do to develop vivid worlds and keep track of them? <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tweet at me</a> or get in touch through <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">the contact page</a> to join the conversation!</p>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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For readers with an interest in really diving into this topic, I recommend <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Characters-Emotion-Viewpoint-Techniques-Viewpoints/dp/1582973164\"><i>Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint</i> by Nancy Kress</a>. I have a copy of this book within arm's reach of my desk, and always page through it to review the notes I've taken within it when preparing to write new characters.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Rather than recapitulate the content of that book, I'd like to go a different direction for this installment of the series. In a previous post, I mentioned having attended a workshop put on by <a href=\"https://twitter.com/KristinOakley\">Kristin A. Oakley</a>, author of <i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Carpe-Diem-Illinois-Kristin-Oakley/dp/0989978036/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1482768960&sr=8-1&keywords=carpe+diem+illinois\">Carpe Diem, Illinois</a> </i>and <i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/God-Mayhem-Street-Leo-Townsend/dp/1942586175/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=37ZDVGYPE0ZWTNM9014C\">God on Mayhem Street</a></i>. During her session, we focused entirely on creating characters from the ground up. Her list provides a number of must-knows about your characters (every character), which I found instrumental when laying the foundation for <em>Accounting for it All</em>.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Using her list as a starting point, I added some of my own thoughts to the below. We'll discuss <b>some of the less obvious points</b> after the list.</p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>CHARACTER TRAIT TEMPLATE</strong></h2>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Character Name:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Nickname, if applicable:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Birth date/place:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Character Role:</div>\n<p></p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Age:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Race:<br />\nEye Color:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Hair Color/Style:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Build (height, weight, proportion):</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Skin Tone:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Clothing:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Defining characteristics/mannerisms:</b></div>\n<p></p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">PERSONALITY</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Changer/Stayer:</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Strengths:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Weaknesses:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Vices:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Fatal flaw:</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Wants vs. needs:</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Dilemma:</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Pet peeves:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Hobbies:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Entertainment:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Food:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Music:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Gadgets/other items:</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Sports:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Preferred colors:</b></div>\n<p></p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">BACKGROUND</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Parents:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Siblings:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Friends:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Romantic relationships:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Pets:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Life-changing events:</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Education:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Religion:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Transportation:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Attitudes and beliefs (political, social, etc.):</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Hometown:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Ethnicity:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Worst mistakes:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Biggest regret:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Greatest achievement:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Goals:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Occupation:</div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>What led them here:</b></div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"></p>\n<p>Whew. Quite the list, right? Think of your protagonist. How many of these do you know the answer to off the top of your head for that character? Does answering any of the previously unanswered prompts change your perception of this character? It should.</p>\n<p>And if it changes <i>your</i> perspective, imagine the power that change in perspective could have for your readers.</p>\n<p>Let's look at some of the bolded examples above a little more closely.</p>\n<p><b>Build (height, weight, proportion): </b>As a writer, you may have a strong image in your mind of what a given character looks like. Communicating that image to readers effectively can often be a challenge, though. When thinking on this category (as with the others) try to think of details that “stand out” or “define” your character most. Saying a character has a thick build is different than saying they're big-boned, which is different than saying their waistline is robust.</p>\n<p>When thinking of your character's build, or anything as it relates to their physical appearance, I also believe it's worth avoiding possibly problematic dichotomies. In the real world, people are rarely just tall/short or fat/skinny, etc. It's all a matter of perspective. How would other characters see this character? How does this character see himself? Ask yourself these questions when describing the character in question and you can wind up with a much more unique set of descriptors for them.</p>\n<p><b>Defining characteristics/mannerisms: </b>Does this character have some sort of identifying linguistic or physical idiosyncrasy? For example, do they stutter when nervous or bite their nails? What habits do they have? Think of Frank Underwood from <i>House of Cards</i>. Would his character be the same without him knocking his ring on a desk or table in critical moments? Anyone who has seen the final shot of season two knows that the answer to this is certainly “no.” This mannerism carries weight and adds to character.</p>\n<p><b>Changer/stayer: </b>This is a big one, one that I've included in the list after reading <a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Characters-Emotion-Viewpoint-Techniques-Viewpoints/dp/1582973164\">Characters, Emotion & Viewpoint</a>. The core element of whether a character is a changer or stayer has to do with how they evolve (or don't) over the course of the story. Does this particular character begin your tale as a timid, reserved person only to become an (at least occasionally) outspoken individual? Then you have a changer. If this character refuses to learn from their mistakes, is stubborn, or otherwise uninterested in change, then this character is a stayer—assuming, of course, that they started the story embodying those same characteristics.</p>\n<p>In my experience, having a good mix of changers and stayers with conflicting beliefs and goals makes for a good amount of tension.</p>\n<p><b>Fatal flaw:</b> This is a big one. What is the one character trait this character exhibits that ultimately leads to (or begins to lead them toward) failure? Is it a lack of self-awareness? Is it knee-jerk decision making? Are they too prideful or too modest? You can earn bonus points if your protagonist's fatal flaw is also an asset at various points throughout the narrative. It's important, however, that this trait test their mettle during the course of action, especially as your story approaches its climax.</p>\n<p><b>Wants vs. needs: </b>I feel this is valuable to point out, as from an outsider's perspective it's often easy to know what a character's needs versus wants actually are. But are those needs and wants obvious to the character in question? Does this character have their wants and needs appropriately categorized? If so, why? If not, why not? Asking these additional questions can help a writer get a better feel for a character's sense of self-awareness and value system.</p>\n<p><b>Dilemma: </b>This is one I haven't seen on many other “character sketch” lists, but I was thankful Kristin included it on hers, citing <i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/90-Day-Novel-Unlock-story-within/dp/0983141207/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1483099975&sr=8-1&keywords=the+90-day+novel\">The 90-Day Novel</a></i> by Alan Watt as its original source. The idea behind it is that your character must make a choice that could resolve one problem, but only does so at the expense of creating another. Think of this as the “finding a loophole” moment. Essentially, the character in question is able to overcome a daunting hurdle by changing the rules of the game, so to speak. Granted, not every story or character is right for this sort of moment, and even if they are, this is admittedly hard to pull off—which makes it all the more worthwhile to at least consider for each of your characters as you develop them.<b><br />\n</b><b><br />\n</b><b>Gadgets/other items: </b>What's something this character always or often has with them? In <i><a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\">EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn</a></i>, my MC often has a sketchbook and charcoal pencil with her. In the <i>Men in Black</i> franchise, they often have that mind-erase-thingy. In <i>The Hunger Games</i>, Katniss has that mockingjay pin. These not only help define these characters further, they can also double as <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/11/11/magic-beans-what-they-are-and-where-to-plant-them/\">magic beans.</a></p>\n<p><b>Preferred Colors: </b>This may seem minute, but don't overlook this point. What does one's favorite color say about them? It's easy to say “nothing,” but remember–you're not just asking yourself this question. What does one's favorite color say about them… <i>to other characters</i>? How does this relationship to color play itself out in the daily life of the character, if at all?</p>\n<p>Think of Marie from <i>Breaking Bad</i>. What color was she always wearing? What color did she most surround herself with at home? Can you answer those questions without looking them up online? You can? See how color preference can help shape a given character's memorability?</p>\n<p><b>Life-changing events: </b>Ah, yes. Defining moments and backstory. Though critical for your protagonist, these are just as critical for his or her supporting cast as well. It wasn't until I developed a fully fleshed out backstory for some supporting characters in <i>EMPATHY </i>that they really came alive for me. In fact, I went on to write some short stories surrounding impactful moments for these characters in order to get a better feel for the world from their perspective. If you're struggling to breathe life into a character–particularly a member of the supporting cast–try writing something from their perspective. You'd be amazed at how this can change things for you.</p>\n<p><b>What led them here: </b>Yes, backstory is a part of this in a general sense, but whatever led your character “here” (read: to your story) should tie directly into the action on the page. What events happened immediately before this character found her way to her first appearance in your manuscript? Answering this question at the start of every scene in which she appears will help you get a feel for her mood, needs, wants, and physical state as she partakes in the action.</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>Completing one of these templates for every character may seem arduous (it is), but it pays dividends in the end. Creating one of these character bibles in advance of writing won't have you scratching your head at the midpoint when you can't remember what color a character's eyes were on page eight, or what year they graduated high school when you mentioned it in chapter nine.</p>\n<p>Of course there are a ton of traits above that I didn't elaborate on in this post, but if you have any questions on those or suggestions for other traits to add to the template, don't hesitate to reach out. As always, you can <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\">tweet at me</a> or get in touch through<a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\"> the contact page.</a></p>\n<p>And stay tuned for next week, where we'll focus on world building–and get back to doing so within the frame of our story about Joseph, the Mormon bartender.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>In last week's post, I covered outlining a novel from the inciting incident through the first pinch point. As a recap, this is what we've got so far for our case story.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>Logline: </b>A Mormon bartender must save the family business before the state revokes its liquor license… or he won't be able to afford Grandma's surgery.</div>\n</blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">—</div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"></div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>Inciting Incident:</b> After a long night tending his family's bar, Joseph returns home to find his Grandma collapsed on the bathroom floor.</div>\n</blockquote>\n</div>\n</div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div></div>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>First Plot Point: </b>Joseph strikes a deal with his liquor distributor, buying more in bulk than usual to get a better deal. He plans on using the increased profits from the deal to pay for Grandma's operation.</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div></div>\n</blockquote>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>First Pinch Point: </b>Gayle Heartly, newly elected head of the town council, informs Joseph that his bar's liquor license is unlikely to be renewed.</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p>—</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">With the above in mind, let's move on to crafting this story's midpoint.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Midpoint</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The midpoint, almost too predictably, should take place near the middle of your narrative arc. Also known as the turning point, this moment is the one in which your protagonist goes from being <i>re</i>active to <i>pro</i>active. That is to say, he or she (tries) to take the reins and propel forward the manuscript's remaining action him- or herself. This should be a transformative moment for your protagonist, one that puts them outside their comfort zone.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">So what are some possible midpoints for our story about Joseph, the Mormon bartender? Let's brainstorm.</p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\">Despite the warning from Gayle, Joseph applies for the renewal of the bar's liquor license.</li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\">Joseph negotiates for the return of all the excess liquor he purchased before proceeding to sell the family business as a last-ditch effort to fund Grandma's surgery.</li>\n<li style=\"text-align:left;\">Joseph, hoping for the support of his religious community in order to help his poor grandma, comes clean regarding the nature of his family business.</li>\n</ul>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Right off the bat, I think it's safe to cross off option one. Though Joseph must be proactive in doing this, it's not a transformative moment at all. In fact, it's literally the bare minimum he could do to keep the doors of the bar open.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Option two is slightly better, though it also lacks the transformative power necessary in a midpoint. on top of this, Joseph is also trying to <i>undo</i> the past–it's not a very forward-thinking approach. I think it would be an option he might consider prior to the midpoint (let's make a note of this to bridge the gap between First Pinch Point and Midpoint later on), but it doesn't work as a midpoint on its own.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Ooh… but option three? That sounds <i>hard</i>, both to write and for Joseph to actually do.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">But that's the point! Like in real life, change in fiction is difficult. Overcoming these sorts of obstacles is the exact sort of thing that creates a harrowing tale. Without this sort of tension, readers can lose interest. And when readers lose interest, they put down your book.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Now that we have a midpoint, let's see what a second pinch point gets us.</p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<h1>Second Pinch Point</h1>\n</div>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">So your character has taken a risk at the midpoint of your story. What becomes of that risk? How do the stakes get made even higher, or what still stands in the way of your character achieving his or her goals?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The answer to those questions comprises the second pinch point in your tale.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">For Joseph–though he still faces the threats that that darn Gayle Heartly imposes–he must now also confront potential backlash from the community of which he feels most a part. Knowing that our second pinch point should tie into the risks our character has taken and that it should also heighten the stakes, what further obstacle can we put in Joseph's way?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Let's try this on for size.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>Second Pinch Point: </b>Despite Joseph's best intentions, the bishop of his ward informs the worshipers in their community that he can't condone supporting Joseph's plan to use alcohol to fund Grandma's operation.</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Oh nooooooo. Well, bummer. All things considered, Joseph should have known what he was getting into, but this still stings either way.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Without the support of his community, how will Joseph overcome? Well, let's have a little fun thinking about that as we set ourselves up for our second plot point.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I think it's reasonable to assume that not all members of Joseph's ward would condemn him outright. Beyond that, surely some of his closest friends already knew of the full situation. Let's use those axioms as the launching pad for what Joseph and his closest friends might do from here.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The first think I can think of (which means it's likely–and is–pretty cliché) would be for the gang to try and get a benefit of some kind together in order to sell off the excess alcohol and also raise money for Grandma. For this novel, let's roll with it. Cliché is as cliché does, and it will all come down to execution in the end. I'm sure there will be a way to make this seem less hokey when the time comes to outline scene-by-scene.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">So let's say Joseph and his buds now have a date picked out for this Big Event<b style=\"background-color:white;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;\">™</b>, and that they've got everything all organized and ready to go.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Doesn't this sound like the perfect time for Gayle to rear his ugly head and ruin everyone's fun? It does, doesn't it?</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Let's keep this impending disaster at the forefront of our minds as we hop into the second plot point.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Second Plot Point</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Contrary to the image I provided in <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2gIIA7e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">post two</a> of this series, the second plot point and the climax/showdown in a story are not one in the same. I'm just… bad at Paint, okay?! There's a reason I won't be designing my own book covers. I've actually seen the second plot point described a few different ways. I think either can work, depending on the nature of your story. <a href=\"http://www.writerstoauthors.com/seven-point-story-structure-second-plot-point/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">One idea</a> is that this is the moment your protagonist gets the last bit of information he or she needs to be thrust toward the narrative's climactic moment. <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Screenplay-Foundations-Screenwriting-Syd-Field/dp/0385339038\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Another theory</a> suggests that this is sort of the “enough is enough” moment for your protagonist, when he or she decides the time has come to confront the antagonizing forces that have been provoking them.Let's use a combination of these for our story about Joseph.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>Second Plot Point: </b>After learning the basis for denial of the liquor license is the result of illegal discrimination against Joseph, Joseph takes this information to the liquor license review board in an attempt to force the license's renewal.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Yes, I recognize that this is <i>very </i>general. Additionally, you might say, “Really, so our protagonist will just have an out because he's being discriminated against on religious grounds?”</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Hey, I didn't say religion was the basis for the discrimination. You did. I agree that discrimination on religious grounds would be a bit stock, though. It's what everyone expects–which is why we'll use something entirely different. Don't worry, I have a plan for that, too, the details of which will emerge as we move into future posts in this series.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Resolution</h1>\n<p>Now all we have to do is decide how this ends. The one question you have to ask yourself when it comes to plotting out the resolution is: “Does my protagonist succeed in accomplishing his or her goal?”</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Though this appears to be a yes-no question at first glance, there is always room for nuance. In fact, it is through nuance that one can arrive at a so-called bittersweet ending, wherein the protagonist achieves his goal at some cost, or wherein he fails but gains something unexpected.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">I often prefer bittersweet endings in my own work, but let's give Joseph something to be happy about by the time this story is done. I just don't have it in me for him to let Grandma down.</p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>Resolution: </b>Joseph gets the liquor license renewed. Big Event<b style=\"background-color:white;color:#252525;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14px;text-align:left;\">™ </b>is successful, as is Grandma's surgery.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Congratulations! We now have all seven components of our narrative arc planned out. But wait–it's important to still resist the urge to write your own tale with <i>only</i> this information sorted out. There's much more to come, including developing setting, character, an overall summary, scene-by-scene plotting, and more.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Thanks as always for reading. Do you have some thoughts on this process in general or as it pertains to your own work? Holler at me on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a> or reach out through my <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact</a> page.</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Now that you've got your logline, you may feel ready to hop right into writing your manuscript. Though I never discourage playing in the literary sandbox, so to speak, I feel that once a logline has been established, it's in a writer's best interest to start hammering out more of the details before diving too deep into their narrative. As mentioned in <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/12/writescast-episode-two-writing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this podcast</a>, I'm more of an outfit guy than a pants guy, after all, and as such I find outlining imperative to success.</p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p>But where to start with an outline? It's just a matter of beginning-middle-end, isn't it? Yes, in a very broad brushstrokes way. If we zoom in to a level that gives us a bit more detail, though, we actually find a seven-point structure instead of three. Using a seven-point structure, we can turn our log<i>line</i> into a narrative <i>arc </i>as seen below.</p>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear:both;text-align:center;\"></div>\n<table class=\"tr-caption-container\" style=\"margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;text-align:center;\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align:center;\"><a style=\"clear:left;margin-bottom:1em;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;\" href=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cea43-narrative2barc.png?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https://i0.wp.com/ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/cea43-narrative2barc.png?resize=400%2C190&ssl=1\" width=\"400\" height=\"190\" border=\"0\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" /></a></td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"tr-caption\" style=\"text-align:center;\">A pumped up version of “In a world where [x], [character] must [act] before [deadline] or [consequence].”</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n</div>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">For the purposes of this series, let's use the logline below as the basis for developing a narrative arc.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">“A Mormon bartender must save the family business before the state revokes its liquor license… or he won't be able to afford Grandma's surgery.”</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Hawk-eyed readers will notice I've done away with the “In a world where…” clause, which can be used to introduce the notion that this story will take place in a world unlike our own. Given that this clause has been left out, it's safe to assume our Mormon bartender will be operating in something approximating the modern day.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Looking at the picture above, we see that the launching pad for our narrative arc is the inciting incident. Let's explore what that is and why it, like the other six components to our narrative arc, serves as such a fundamental piece of the plot structure.</p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align:left;\">Inciting Incident</h1>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">The inciting incident does just that–it incites. This is the moment that rocks your main character's world, hooking the reader through an unexpected twist or unusual, suspenseful, or mysterious moment.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:left;\">Looking at our logline above, I can identify a few candidates for possible inciting incidents. In my mind, this story's most compelling inciting incidents should relate to either:</p>\n<ul>\n<li>the identity crisis likely inherent to an individual who identifies as Mormon but is also a bartender</li>\n<li>the revocation of the liquor license</li>\n<li>Grandma's surgery or general health</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Of these three, I personally feel that a change in Grandma's health would make for the best candidate as an inciting incident. Why? Compared to the other two options, it has the broadest opportunity for emotional appeal, and a change in Grandma's health will clearly be central to the plot as evidenced by its appearance as the [consequence] clause in our logline.</p>\n<p>Building upon that, there should be a fair number of opportunities to explore the identity crisis cited in the first bullet point throughout the book. The possible revocation of the liquor license, too, will make for a major component of our story, but I think it can be better capitalized upon if used as a way to turn up the pressure on our main character later on.</p>\n<p>So let's see what we can do in terms of creating an inciting incident scene. Since we don't have a name for our main character yet, let's use “Joseph” as a placeholder for the time being.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><b>Inciting Incident:</b> After a long night tending his family's bar, Joseph returns home to find his Grandma collapsed on the bathroom floor.</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Oh no! Grandma! What could have caused this collapse? Is she going to be okay? How will this change things for Joseph going forward? These are all great questions, questions that you as the writer don't even have to have answers ready for yet. Leave yourself some wiggle room to better sculpt the details later on. It helps to start getting some ideas ready (I already think I know the direction I'll want to take this), but let's just see where this goes if we leave it open for the time being.</p>\n<h1>First Plot Point</h1>\n<p>From the inciting incident, your character should then find themselves on the trail toward the first plot point. This moment is the equivalent of the “Crossing The Threshold” element of Joseph Campbell's (no relation) <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2013/04/the-heros-journey-and-adventure-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">“Hero's Journey”</a> structure for those of you who may be more familiar with that. Essentially, the first plot point is the moment where your character makes a decision that will forever change the trajectory on which they find themselves. Think of Jon Snow joining the Night's Watch, Ned Stark agreeing to be Hand of the King, or Lady Catelyn taking Tyrion prisoner, for example.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><i>PRO TIP: Run your plot through both the seven-point structure and the Hero's Journey setup to see how it changes your story's emphasis points. Does one seem to work better for your story than the other? Roll with that one instead!</i></p>\n<p>For our story about the Mormon bartender, let's see what we can conjure up for a first plot point. A quick brainstorm leaves me with a few options.</p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joseph learns the family bar–their primary source of income–may lose its liquor license.</li>\n<li>Joseph strikes a deal with his liquor distributor, buying more in bulk than usual to get a better deal. He plans on using the increased profits from the deal to pay for Grandma's operation.</li>\n<li>Joseph elects to sell the family business in order to fund Grandma's operation.</li>\n</ul>\n<p>Taking these one-by-one, I'm going to eliminate the first bullet point right away. Why? Because Joseph isn't making a decision. Remember, your protagonist has to <i>actively decide</i> to cross some sort of threshold at this point in your narrative arc.</p>\n<p>The second and third bullet points meet our established criteria for a first plot point, but I prefer the second to the third for one important reason. If Joseph were to sell the bar outright, the story could certainly go on, but that would leave Joseph with significantly fewer options once Grandma's surgery was paid for (assuming the sale price of the bar was equal to or greater than Grandma's yet defined surgery). I think getting into the logistics of selling a bar at this point in the story would bog it down, generally, kind of in the same way that continue to explore this option is bogging down this blog post.</p>\n<p>That being said, let's roll with option two. I feel this is the best option because 1) our protagonist is actively making a decision, 2) it demonstrates he must have some wherewithal where the business is concerned, or at least an admirable propensity for risk-taking, and 3) through his relationship with his liquor distributor, we'll have a solid opportunity for show-not-tell character development.</p>\n<p>Not to mention, going with option two will set us up well for our first pinch point, which we'll discuss in the next section.</p>\n<p>The below is what we've got so far, then.</p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<blockquote><p><b>Inciting Incident:</b> After a long night tending his family's bar, Joseph returns home to find his Grandma collapsed on the bathroom floor.</p></blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><b>First Plot Point: </b>Joseph strikes a deal with his liquor distributor, buying more in bulk than usual to get a better deal. He plans on using the increased profits from the deal to pay for Grandma's operation.</p></blockquote>\n</div>\n<p>With the first two of seven components to our narrative arc sorted, let's move on to the first pinch point, the final arc-component we'll explore in this week's post.</p>\n<h1>First Pinch Point</h1>\n<p>Simply put, the first pinch point pinches. It will tighten the vice in which a character finds him- or herself, often by introducing the antagonist this character will confront for the remainder of the arc.</p>\n<p>Taking a look at our logline, I think it's apparent where a “pinch” might come into play–the revocation of the liquor license.</p>\n<p>Given what we know to this point, it would be perfectly reasonable to settle on the idea of a liquor license revocation as a pinch point, but I like to think we can do better. True, characters do struggle against concepts and ideas all of the time. Take Luke Skywalker fighting against the idea of the Empire, for example.</p>\n<p>But what would Star Wars be without Vader? Vader <i>embodies</i> the idea of the Empire and himself becomes the antagonizing force, with the Empire and all it represents becoming more thematic than anything.</p>\n<p>With that in mind, let's see what we can do in terms of a first pinch point.</p>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<blockquote><p><b>Inciting Incident:</b> After a long night tending his family's bar, Joseph returns home to find his Grandma collapsed on the bathroom floor.</p></blockquote>\n</div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><b>First Plot Point: </b>Joseph strikes a deal with his liquor distributor, buying more in bulk than usual to get a better deal. He plans on using the increased profits from the deal to pay for Grandma's operation.</div>\n</div>\n</blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<blockquote><p><b>First Pinch Point: </b>Gayle Heartly, newly elected head of the town council, informs Joseph that his bar's liquor license is unlikely to be renewed.</p></blockquote>\n</div>\n<p>And just like that, an antagonist is born. Gayle is now a person that Joseph (and hopefully the reader) can direct their anger and frustration at directly. Why would Gayle do such a thing? What's his angle? Why does he hate Grandma?</p>\n<p>Finally, why did he wait until <i>after</i> Joseph paid for all that surplus liquor to break this news to him? Gayle, you are such a jerk. You are a big jerk who is making things really difficult for Joseph and Grandma.</p>\n<p>But hey! That's okay. We need jerks like Gayle to keep our narrative arc developing smoothly.</p>\n<p>So what's next for Joseph, Grandma, and Gayle? In next week's post, we'll talk about the remaining four components to a narrative arc: the midpoint, second pinch point, second plot point, and resolution!</p>\n<div>—</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>Thanks as always for reading. For daily writing tips and other updates, be sure to follow me on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>. Have more than 140 characters' worth to say? Shoot me an email at rrcampbellwrites@gmail.com!</div>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Outline With Me <em>series. </em><em>For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/outlining-your-novel/\">outlining your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>You did it! You've finally decided to write that novel you've been talking about forever, but now you have to actually get that premise onto the page. Where to begin?</p>\n<p>Opinions vary, but I, for one, am a planner if nothing else. If you're a planner, too, then reducing your novel's premise to a logline might be a great place to start–before you put a single word into your manuscript itself.</p>\n<p>What's a logline? Simply put, a logline is a fifty-words-or-fewer overview of the premise for your book. Sound impossible? It's not! If you stick to the formula below, I promise you'll become a logline pro in no time.</p>\n<p>Though we'll be operating under the assumption that you're creating a logline to help yourself explore the premise of your story for your own purposes, some of the tips included are also meant to help you prepare for using this logline as part of your pitch to agents or editors at some point down the road (assuming you choose to go that route).</p>\n<p>Essentially, any logline resembles something like the following.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\">“In a world where [<i>x</i>], [character] must [act] before [deadline] or [consequence].”</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p>“Whoa, whoa, whoa,” you say. “I came here for writing tips, not an algebra lecture.” Alright, fine. But putting your tail between your legs and heading for the hills at the first sign of adversity isn't what your main character is going to do, right? Be like your main character. You, too, can overcome (or at least try).</p>\n<p>Let's break down each of the components above, using examples from my current WIP as of the date of this post, and the novel I plan on writing once completed with this one.</p>\n<h1>“In a world where [<em>x</em>]…”</h1>\n<p>Looking at the above formula, one might be led to believe that all loglines must start with the phrase “in a world where….” Well, that would be false. By and large, most loglines <i>don't</i> start with this stock phrase. Why include it then?</p>\n<p>This lead-in is particularly effective (and many times necessary) when writing Sci-fi and Fantasy. Given the immense amounts of world-building that are inherent to these genres, the “in a world where” lead-in serves as a sort of disclaimer, letting the reader know that this is a time and/or place unique from the world the reader may be used to on a day-to-day basis.</p>\n<p>Let's take a look at the lead-in phrase in my logline* for <i>EMPATHY: Imminent Dawn.</i></p>\n<blockquote>\n<div>“After a nanochip grants her access to the internet in her mind…”</div>\n</blockquote>\n<p>“Hey, wait,” you say. “That doesn't contain the ‘in a world where' phrase at all!'” Well, you're right. Rather than stick with the stock phrase, I've used an alternative setup to provide the reader with the context necessary to evaluate the remainder of the logline.</p>\n<p>On my <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/current-projects/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Current Projects</a> page, you'll notice that the logline for <i>XXX Accounting </i>doesn't contain one of these lead-ins at all. This should communicate to a reader that the time and place for this particular story is not all that different from his or her own.</p>\n<p>With our story world having been established, let's move on to the second component in our formula, which describes the story's main character.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>*A visit to my current projects page will show that this is no longer the logline for </em>EMPATHY<em>. Rather than update this post accordingly, I've left the logline untouched here, as a demonstration of how the logline used in outlining can vary from the one used while querying.</em></p>\n<h1>[character]</h1>\n<p>The character component of a logline should, in the very least, give you a feel for what unique identifying information will set your character apart from the others. This is a great place to build in intrigue, relatability, or both for your main character, especially if you plan on using this logline to earn the interest of agents, editors, or readers at some point down the road.</p>\n<p>That being said, there can be a tendency to throw a laundry list of adjectives at your character in order to assure a reader that this character is unique. I would say one or two adjectives at most is appropriate. If you can't find a way to provide yourself or readers with an image of your main character in only a couple of words, it may be worth asking yourself whether they are unique enough to support a full manuscript worth of action.</p>\n<p>Let's take a look at the [character] portion of the logline for each of the novels currently featured on my Current Projects page, building on what was established in the previous section.</p>\n<blockquote><p>“After a nanochip grants her access to the internet in her mind, an art-school dropout…”</p>\n<p>“A porn-star-turned-accountant…”</p></blockquote>\n<p>Hold up now. Before you accuse me of breaking my own rules where adjective-stacking is concerned, let's examine each of these cases for <i>EMPATHY</i> and <i>XXX Accounting</i>, respectively.</p>\n<p>When employing “art-school dropout,” I've definitely adjectivalized “art school.” It works as a single descriptor here, as “art school” as a whole modifies the kind of dropout in question.</p>\n<p>For “porn-star-turned-accountant,” we definitely end up with a handful of words, but these unique identifiers can hardly be reduced to anything more minimalistic while also remaining precise enough to embody the character in question. If you see a way to reduce this even more, please let me know (pretty please?), but I don't see it after having tinkered with it for a while.</p>\n<p>The moral here is that you don't want to end up with a [character] section that reads like:</p>\n<blockquote><p>“A punctual, bratty, and cat-burgling sycophant…”</p></blockquote>\n<p>Because realistically, who cares if they're punctual or bratty? “Cat-burgling sycophant” is specific enough to leave your reader with an impression. Things like punctuality and brattiness will come through via the character's actions on the page. Your logline has to cut away all the fat–or at least as much of it as possible. Besides, we'll focus on character traits like punctuality and brattiness later on on the outlining process.</p>\n<p>With [character] having been addressed, let's forge onward into action.</p>\n<h1>[act]</h1>\n<p>Yes, concise character description is critical to creating an effective logline, but the need for a compelling goal almost exceeds the necessity of a compelling character where loglines are concerned–especially in the outlining stage. A fascinating character is paramount to propelling readers through the pages, but if that character doesn't have a concrete, high-stakes goal, all the character fascination in the world won't solve a plotting problem.</p>\n<p>To add to this, when using a logline to attract the attention of an agent or reader, they'll have a whole book to get to learn the intricacies of your character. To pull them in within a fifty-word limit, though, the situation in which your character finds him- or herself must be compelling.</p>\n<p>Given this, let's take a look at the [act] components in the loglines we've started so far, and analyze them from there.</p>\n<blockquote><p>“After a nanochip grants her access to the internet in her mind, an art-school dropout must use this chip to apologize to her comatose wife…”</p>\n<p>“A porn-star-turned-accountant has to cover up years' worth of money laundering…”</p></blockquote>\n<p>In the logline for <i>EMPATHY</i> the [act] component is intended to have an emotional appeal that introduces the ideas of loss, love, and grief as important players.</p>\n<p>The logline for <i>XXX Accounting</i> takes a different approach. It may not be explicitly stated, but there is an implied threat to the main character's well-being contained within the [act] component. Though the threat will be fleshed out more explicitly later in the logline, including it early on can always be effective.</p>\n<p>In both of the above scenarios, the [act] communicates or suggests high stakes for both main characters. Though we don't yet know what will happen if both characters fail to accomplish their goals, the [act] gives an impression of the struggles both characters will encounter over the course of the narrative. Imagine if the the [act] in either of the above loglines were replaced with any of the below.</p>\n<blockquote><p>“… must eat a sandwich…”</p>\n<p>“… must clean the bathroom…”</p>\n<p>“… must complete paperwork…”</p></blockquote>\n<p>Woof. Boring, right? Granted, when done properly, the [act], [deadline], and [consequence] components can be pit off one another to produce high-stakes scenarios even if the [act]s themselves seem rather mundane, but those cases are the exception, not the rule.</p>\n<h1>[deadline]</h1>\n<p>So one of my characters has to apologize to her comatose wife, and another has to account for some money laundering. So what? If they have all the time and resources in the world to accomplish their goals, no one cares. This is why the [deadline] component of a logline is so critical–it allows you to turn up the heat on your character so that a reader has a better understanding of the dire circumstances in which your character finds him- or herself.</p>\n<p>I take a divergent approach to the [deadline] in each of my loglines.</p>\n<blockquote><p>“After a nanochip grants her access to the internet in her mind, an art-school dropout must use this chip to communicate with her comatose wife–before this new technology turns on her.”</p>\n<p>“A porn-star-turned-accountant has to cover up years' worth of money laundering in order to evade an IRS audit…”</p></blockquote>\n<p>Just looking at the manner in which the two of these are punctuated, it should be apparent that one of these loglines is complete while the other is not. Though we don't know the actual timeline on which this internet-in-brain technology will turn on our art-school dropout, the fact that this deadline exists certainly ups the ante. Furthermore, the [deadline] carries a veiled [consequence] within it. As the writer, you can now focus on your plot's equivalent of this “turning” (whatever it proves to be) as the primary threat to your character's main goal.</p>\n<p>Could the [deadline] and [consequence] in this example be made more explicit or have a clearer timeline associated with each? I'm sure they could. The “turning” in the EMPATHY example could–and probably should–be made more specific as well. That's something I'll have to keep in mind before querying agents (and did, as the <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.wordpress.com/current-projects\">current projects</a> page shows). It's a start for now, though, and putting something on paper is half the battle.</p>\n<p>Where the logline for <i>XXX Accounting </i>is concerned, the [deadline] complements the [act] in a more direct way. It confirms to readers that our porn-star-turned-accountant must account for all this money laundering not because she necessarily feels it is the right thing to do, but because the IRS is breathing down her neck. Again, this logline doesn't explicitly spell out a time or date by which she must complete her [act], but it does imply one.</p>\n<h1>[consequence]</h1>\n<p>I find the [consequence] aspect of a logline to be one that can generally be lumped in with your [deadline] or [act], particularly if they complement one another as shown above in our <i>EMPATHY </i>example.</p>\n<p>Consider what we have so far for the <i>XXX Accounting </i>logline. We know that our character has to make right regarding something very illegal before the IRS finds out. The complete logline, shown below, doesn't explicitly state that our main character will face fines and jail time if she doesn't resolve this in time, but familiarity with the concepts of money laundering and the IRS should imply these consequences to most readers.</p>\n<blockquote><p>“A porn-star-turned-accountant has to cover up years' worth of money laundering in order to evade an IRS audit. There's just one problem: she has no idea what she's doing.”</p></blockquote>\n<p>“If the consequence is implied,” you might ask, “shouldn't we be done? What's up with all that gunk on the back end of your logline?”</p>\n<p>That, my friends, is called upping the stakes.</p>\n<p>With the essential components of the logline addressed in the previous sentence, tacking on a final clarifier provides additional information about our character and what her struggle will be over the course of the narrative. If she were an accounting whiz or money laundering expert, her struggle wouldn't be that great. Knowing that she knows, well, nothing about accounting increases the tension for a curious reader and also begs another question–how did she end up in her position in the first place?</p>\n<p>Do you want to know the answer to this question? You do?</p>\n<p>Does this scenario seem interesting to you? It does?</p>\n<p>Great, that means the logline would work from a reader's perspective.</p>\n<p>When writing a logline for pitching purposes (as opposed to one for outlining purposes), the ultimate goal is to give readers a “Goldilocks” amount of information. You don't want to spoil anything, but you also don't want to give so little information that the prospective reader has no interest in your character or plot. If they finish reading your logline with a bit of intrigue and a question or two just begging them to read on… they will!</p>\n<h2>“But even with this formula, my logline isn't coming together.”</h2>\n<p>I get it. Loglines are hard. But truth be told, all fiction that follows a traditional narrative arc should be able to be collapsed into these simple components.</p>\n<p>“Aha,” you say. “This formula isn't working for me because my story is so cutting edge! It does away with the core foundations of storytelling and replaces them with axioms all my own!”</p>\n<p>First of all, we're all really proud of you. Second of all, maybe you're right. Third of all, you're probably <i>not</i> right, though.</p>\n<p>If you're struggling to fit the idea you have for your story's arc into this formula, there's a chance it's because your narrative requires some retooling in order to become more focused. This is one of the main reasons I advocate writing a logline <i>as part of the outlining process.</i> Having a logline as my guide helps me keep things leather-pants tight during the writing process, and focused as I increase the level of detail in my outline.</p>\n<p>Another common obstacle folks have when creating their logline has to do with the characters themselves. If you arrive at the [character] stage of your logline and aren't sure which one of your characters to use, that leaves two possibilities:</p>\n<blockquote><p>1) your narrative doesn't have a central protagonist.</p>\n<p>2) you are writing a narrative from multiple perspectives.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Not sure who your central protagonist is? Write loglines for all possible candidates. Whose storyline is most compelling and has the highest stakes? Does the entire narrative revolve around that character and his or her (in)action? It does? Then that's your central protagonist.</p>\n<p>In David Mitchell's <i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Bone-Clocks-Novel-David-Mitchell/dp/0812976827/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480982975&sr=8-1&keywords=the+bone+clocks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Bone Clocks</a></i>, there are five different perspective characters, but the central protagonist throughout the book is clear–it's Holly Sykes. She gets the first and last word as a perspective character, and the story would be radically different (and incomplete) were it told exclusively from the perspective of any other possible candidates.</p>\n<h1>Now it's your turn.</h1>\n<p>Give writing a logline a try. If it helps, lay out all the “stationary” elements of a logline before plugging in the variables. I'll make it even easier for you below. Just copy and paste the formula into whatever word processor you use, and replace everything contained in [brackets] with what works for your story.</p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<blockquote><p>In a world where [<i>x</i>], [character] must [act] before [deadline] or [consequence].</p></blockquote>\n</div>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<div style=\"text-align:left;\">\n<p>If you're still struggling even after doing this exercise, never fear! Check out my new logline generator, which you can access either <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/p/logline-generator.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a> or <a href=\"https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hb2jw4x7bJU1qgxBv_mMWv6djsmq2HgqCyAPh0aWDCU/edit#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here</a>! It won't write your logline for you, but after seeing enough of them, it should help get your brain headed in the right direction.</p>\n<p>Ready to move on to the next stage in organizing your novel? Let's get to work on that <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/12/from-logline-to-narrative-arc.html\">narrative arc</a>!</p>\n</div>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>One of the rules hardcore grammar enthusiasts preach all of the time is that the passive voice should be eliminated when writing. Though one of the joys of writing fiction is the ability to play with language and break the rules when possible, I'm a firm believer in deploying active voice over passive voice in most circumstances.</p>\n<p>Using an active structure is preferable to a passive structure in most situations for one primary reason: active voice reads with much more agency for your characters. While using active voice, your character <em>does something</em> rather than having <em>something done to him or her</em>, in other words. There's a strength in that development-wise, but also linguistically.</p>\n<p>Employing active voice isn't always enough to salvage a sloppy sentence, however. Below, we'll also explore how precise word choice can do wonders for otherwise uninspired prose.</p>\n<p>Let's hop right in.</p>\n<h1>So What Is Passive Voice?</h1>\n<p>Right. That's probably worth clearing up as a starting point. I'll be getting a little grammar-y here, so if parts of speech aren't your strong point, you may want to brush up on them before reading on.</p>\n<p>Passive voice is a sentential structure wherein the direct object of the verb becomes “fronted” in the left-to-right arrangement of words. This shifts the focus from the sentence's subject (more often than not, your character), and onto the object with which they are directly involved. Take the sentences below as examples.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>PASSIVE: The truck was driven (by Larry).</h4>\n<p>ACTIVE: Larry drove the truck.</p></blockquote>\n<p>In the examples above, “truck” is the direct object of the verb “to drive” (it is the thing the subject directly affects via his action). The passive sentence fronts “truck,” placing it in the spotlight. The active sentence, on the other hand, puts Larry in the (literal) driver's seat.</p>\n<p>In fact, the passive sentence would read just as grammatically if “by Larry” were removed from it completely. That's the reason why I included it in parentheses. In fiction, your characters need to be present and active. How well do you think they can do either if their inclusion in a sentence is optional?</p>\n<h2>Okay, but so what? Both sentences communicate the same information.</h2>\n<p>Good one. You're not wrong, but when it comes to writing, it isn't about content alone. It's about presentation, too. As I've shown in <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2016/11/04/youve-finished-your-first-manuscript-now-what/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previous posts</a>, agents and publishers can love your premise all day, but if the execution isn't there, well, neither is your book deal. Active voice is one way to make sure your manuscript stays character-focused, not direct-object-focused.</p>\n<p>Using a new set of examples, let's see how much stronger we can take some casually strewn together passive voice sentences.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>1) The apple was eaten quickly by Carlos.</h4>\n<p>2) The business was efficiently run by Evelyn.</p>\n<p>3) The sheep were shepherded through the gate by the sheepdogs.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Though all three of these are simple declaratives (and hard “tells”), I'm confident that with some active voice and a little additional tweaking, we can make them “pop” that much more.</p>\n<p>Let's start by making each of these active. We'll take the contents of the “by…” clauses and front them in the sentences, giving those characters the agency they deserve.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>1) Carlos ate the apple quickly.</h4>\n<p>2) Evelyn ran the business efficiently.</p>\n<p>3) The sheepdogs shepherded the sheep through the gate.</p></blockquote>\n<p>With a simple rearrangement of words (and changing the verb from its participle form to its regular past-tense form), we've refocused readers' attention on the characters in question.</p>\n<h2><b>Yeah, but both of those sentences are still pretty wretched.</b></h2>\n<p>That's true–the passive-to-active shift alone hasn't left us with any award-winning content. Active voice by itself often isn't enough to really supercharge your sentences. Let's inject a little more pep into each one, taking them one at a time.</p>\n<p>For “Carlos ate the apple quickly,” we have a pretty straightforward scenario. One way to improve this sentence would be to tighten up the action even further. There are at least two ways to do this that come to mind off the top of my head. The first is to replace the adverb “quickly” with something a little more descriptive and precise. The second has to do with the actual verb choice: “to eat.”</p>\n<p>Let's toy with this sentence, keeping in mind the first point only.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>1) Carlos ate the apple in record time.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Oh, hey. Cool. A new record! That's great. But what image comes to mind when you think of someone setting an apple-eating-for-time record? Is it of someone just munching their way to the core all methodical-like, or is apple juice streaming down their cheeks and covering their hands once they're done?</p>\n<p>Sure, we could write a version of the sentence that includes all those details, but let's see if we can capture some of that magic by tweaking the verb alone.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>1) Carlos devoured the apple in record time.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>DEVOURED. Bam. A verb like “devoured” certainly implies speed or ravenousness, hopefully bringing to mind some of the images described above as well. Imagine how much differently the sentence would read if instead of “devoured” we had used “chewed through,” “consumed,” or “ingested.” Very different feels, right? After eliminating passive voice, focusing on verb precision is the next great step in beefing up your prose.</p>\n<p>Using what we covered in 1), let's work on 2): Evelyn ran the business efficiently.</p>\n<p>Again, we have an adverb we can do away with.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>2) Evelyn, an efficiency fanatic, ran the business.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Alright, so maybe this new sentence doesn't read with <i>exactly</i> the same meaning, but I would argue that most readers would take the above to mean that, given her propensity for efficiency, Evelyn runs the business in an efficient manner.</p>\n<p>Still though, I think we can do better. Let's focus on the verb this time, aiming for a more precise replacement for “ran.”</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>2) Evelyn, an efficiency fanatic, managed the business.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Though improved, this is still a little lackluster in my opinion. Let's apply the same precision principle to “the business,” the only remaining original noun in the sentence aside from “Evelyn.”</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>2) Evelyn, an efficiency fanatic, managed the plant's operations.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Would you look at that? Rather than do a word-for-word substitution, I conjured a more precise image for the reader by specifying that the business was a plant of some kind, and reinforced the need for efficiency by throwing in the word “operations.” The above sentence sure has come a long way from “The business was run by Evelyn,” am I right?</p>\n<p>Sentence number 3) in our active set could benefit from a facelift for a number of reasons. I've provided the original version again below, so there's no need to scroll back to find it.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>3) The sheepdogs shepherded the sheep through the gate.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>This sentence actually makes use of a fair number of specific nouns and verbs. Instead of “animals,” it specifies “sheep.” Instead of using a verb like “followed,” it makes use of a stronger, active verb, “shepherded.” The primary concern I have with this sentence is that it uses a lot of words with the same root (sheepdog, sheep, shepherd).</p>\n<p>The above is meant to illustrate that though specificity is fantastic, too much of it can become repetitive and distracting. It's also easier to fall into “tells,” but we'll save the show versus tell phenomenon for another post. For now, let's see what can be done by toying with this sentence a bit, all the while trying to keep some of the same images in mind.</p>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>3) The sheepdogs herded the flock across the ranch.</h4>\n</blockquote>\n<p>Keeping “sheepdogs” still calls to mind a specific kind of dog, removing “shep” from “shepherded” maintains the same basic meaning, and changing “sheep” to “flock” still speaks to the plural nature of the beasts the dogs are herding. Additionally, we know (or can reasonably guess) that the flock consists of sheep since sheepdogs are the ones doing the corralling.</p>\n<p>In addition to those substitutions, changing “through the gate” to “across the ranch” also grants more specificity to the location where the herding is taking place. Again, we've come a long way from “The sheep were shepherded through the gate by the sheepdogs.”</p>\n<h2><b>What does this all mean?</b></h2>\n<p>It means nothing if you don't put the tools of active voice and specificity to use. As I've illustrated above, making both of these tools work for you can give a hideous sentence the facelift it needs to be brought into the light of day.</p>\n<p>Of course, there are occasions on which you may want to emphasize the direct object over the subject. Maybe you're writing with a more casual tone (similar to this blog), and passive voice suits you better. Great! Then certainly go for it. It's also not uncommon for <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">you</span> us humans to use passive voice in everyday speech. Have your characters make use of it in their dialogue, then.</p>\n<p>Aside from those scenarios, there are <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/05/26/sometimes-it-pays-to-be-passive/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a few other situations in which the passive voice can pay off</a>, but I still strive to use the active voice whenever possible. It's beyond a doubt strengthened my writing, and I'm sure it can do the same for yours.</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>Have more thoughts on active voice and specificity? Get active on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter,</a> or shoot me the specifics through my <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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When reflecting on your day, what is it about the things you remember most that helps you cling to them?</p>\n<p>Would you say it's normally because of some conflict, something unexpected that happened, or something that caused a change in perspective? You would? Great! Thanks for letting me put words in your mouth.</p>\n<p>A good scene will have all of the above elements written into it. But how does one achieve that, you ask? The answer is simple. Before I begin to write any chapter, I map it out using the below set-up.</p>\n<blockquote><p>SCENE:<br />\nGOAL:<br />\nCONFLICT:<br />\nRESOLUTION:<br />\nCLIFFHANGER:</p></blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>For every change in scene within a chapter, I repeat this exercise until I've outlined the chapter in its entirety. Let's take a look at how to use each of the above to create a memorable scene, one line at a time.</p>\n<h1>Scene</h1>\n<p>This sentence of the outline should contain the who, the when, and the where of your scene.</p>\n<p>When it comes to the who, it's critical to include only the minimum number of characters possible. That isn't to say you can't write a scene in a crowded bar or at a sold-out concert, but the characters featured in the scene should all have something critical to contribute. Don't include your protagonist's best friend, for example, unless there are story- and character-motivated reasons for his inclusion. Best friends <i>can</i> spend time apart, I promise. You're not reading this with your best friend now, are you? You are?! Well then I offer a big “hello” to all two of my readers!</p>\n<p>Where the where is concerned, try to avoid repetitive wheres. Now, it is true that there exists media in which all or most of the action occurs within a single environment (think of the premise for the book <i><a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Room-Emma-Donoghue/dp/0316098329/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1479426676&sr=8-1&keywords=room+book\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Room</a></i> or the Breaking Bad episode, <a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fly_(Breaking_Bad)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">“Fly”</a>). What makes these examples exceptions to the rule is that there is a great deal of tension that the where imposes–it drives the action in the scene. If writing something that isn't so setting-anchored, try to give your characters the opportunity to explore their world a bit. It's often surprising to see how differently a scene reads when characters are given the opportunity to hang out in different locales.</p>\n<p>The final component of the SCENE line is the when. This goes beyond things like time of day, though that is a critical component of your scene's setup. When thinking on the scene's when, consider the following questions. Where are these characters in their daily schedules? What transpired for each of them just before the scene begins? How are they feeling about that? How will that affect the manner in which they treat the goings-on on the page? Where do they have to be next? Do they not have anywhere to be? Though these questions treat matters of what and where, they are a critical component of the when for the establishment of the scene in question.</p>\n<p>Using the above parameters, let's draw up a SCENE line.</p>\n<blockquote><p>SCENE: Dale and Doctor Zygbo encounter one another in an abandoned parking lot at daybreak.</p></blockquote>\n<p>If you've followed the <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/10/5-ways-to-turn-up-tension.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saga</a> <a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/10/murder-literarily-literal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of Dale</a> at all, you already know the action is about to get real, but let's see what happens when we continue to flesh out this scene by defining its GOAL portion.</p>\n<h1>Goal</h1>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>The GOAL line is when one finally includes the what of the scene. What is it that your protagonist is trying to accomplish <i>in this scene</i>?</p>\n<p>That being said, every one of the characters on the scene should have a goal. The story may revolve around your main character, but the world certainly doesn't! In order for your scenes to emanate with authenticity, every character must want something. That doesn't mean your scene outline necessarily requires the explicit statement of every character's goal, but it's worth keeping in mind as you write.</p>\n<p>Given the above, let's add to our outline.</p>\n<blockquote><p>SCENE: Dale and Doctor Zygbo encounter one another in an abandoned parking lot at daybreak.</p>\n<p>GOAL: Using the modified laser rifle he stole from Doctor Zygbo, Dale plans to do away with him once and for all.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Yes! He's gonna do it! Dale is finally gonna do it!</p>\n<p>Maybe.</p>\n<p>Let's see what happens when we dive into the scene's primary conflict.</p>\n<h1>Conflict</h1>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>The conflict in any scene will naturally stem from one of three possibilities–your character vs. another character, your character vs. herself, or your character vs. nature.</p>\n<p>When crafting a scene, it's important to ask yourself what will happen in order to cast doubt on your character's ability to achieve his or her goal. Will some new information be revealed? Will an unforeseen event occur? Does a new antagonistic force rear its ugly head?</p>\n<p>While examining these questions, ensuring that the conflict relates directly to your protagonist's goal is essential. If the scene's CONFLICT doesn't tie in directly to the GOAL, then it's time to back up and start reevaluating the scene. Sure, unexpected conflicts can come up all the time, but check out the two possible CONFLICTs below, and ask yourself which has more resonance.</p>\n<blockquote><p>CONFLICT: The paper cut on Dale's hand reopens when he reaches for the laser rifle.</p></blockquote>\n<p>–versus–</p>\n<blockquote><p>CONFLICT: Doctor Zygbo reveals that he anticipated this encounter and has brought along a laser-rifle shield. He also has laser snipers in the woods.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Yes–Dale <i>could</i> reopen that pesky paper cut when he reaches for the rifle, but that's not the <i>central</i> conflict of the scene. If a paper cut is all the adversity Dale is going to face here, that's a huge missed opportunity for tension. We can do better (and did, in the second CONFLICT above).</p>\n<p>Just like with GOALs, every character in a scene should encounter some sort of CONFLICT as well, even if it's same conflict for all of them. They should all react differently to the adversity they confront, but they must confront it all the same. Without conflict of their own, it's easy for supporting characters to begin appearing to readers as though they are cardboard cutouts, merely in the story for your protagonist to bounce ideas off of.</p>\n<p>When looking at the second CONFLICT above, also keep in mind what a difference the SCENE line made for the possibilities available. There certainly couldn't be snipers in the woods if Dale and Zygbo ran into one another in an elevator. If a scene is feeling a little stale after you've outlined or written it, try switching up the location or put something in your characters' hands. These can change the entire dynamic of a scene in big ways.</p>\n<p>Looking at our outline, we now have:</p>\n<blockquote><p>SCENE: Dale and Doctor Zygbo encounter one another in an abandoned parking lot at daybreak.</p>\n<p>GOAL: Using the modified laser rifle he stole from Doctor Zygbo, Dale plans to do away with him once and for all.</p>\n<p>CONFLICT: Doctor Zygbo reveals that he anticipated this encounter and has brought along a laser-rifle shield. He also has laser snipers in the woods.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Let's hop into the RESOLUTION component of our outline and see where that takes us.</p>\n<h1>Resolution</h1>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>When thinking of RESOLUTIONs, don't think of them as the “resolving” of your character's goal, per se. Think of this as the resolution of the scene. More often than not, protagonists <i>aren't</i> achieving their goals–at least not likely until at or around the midpoint of your story, when momentum may start to swing back in their direction.</p>\n<p>Think of the RESOLUTION line as more of a setup for the protagonist's future goals relative to the GOAL at the start of the scene. Once the current scene has ended, what will your character be in pursuit of? How will they set out to accomplish this?<br />\n<b><br />\n</b></p>\n</div>\n<div>With the above in mind, let's add a RESOLUTION line to our outline.</div>\n<div><b> </b></div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>SCENE: Dale and Doctor Zygbo encounter one another in an abandoned parking lot at daybreak.</p>\n<p>GOAL: Using the modified laser rifle he stole from Doctor Zygbo, Dale plans to do away with him once and for all.</p>\n<p>CONFLICT: Doctor Zygbo reveals that he anticipated this encounter and has brought along a laser-rifle shield. He also has laser snipers in the woods.</p>\n<p>RESOLUTION: After a tense battle, one of the snipers in the woods critically wounds Dale.</p>\n</div>\n</blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>We're all sad for Dale, I know, but let's reserve judgment until we move into the chapter's CLIFFHANGER.</p>\n<h1>Cliffhanger</h1>\n</div>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>The first things that used to come to mind for me when thinking of cliffhangers were any sort of cataclysmic events that would redirect the story or its characters going forward. As it turns out, this is only partially true when thinking scene-ending cliffhangers.</p>\n<p>Though there will be a handful of earth-shattering events over the course of your protagonist's story, not every scene can end in one. That would get tiresome fast, and all too predictable. In this way, then, CLIFFHANGER is something of a misnomer, as it's likely that not every scene can end with an actual scenario in which a character's life is in danger, for example.</p>\n<p>Aside from the oh-God-will-our-protagonist-survive cliffhanger, there are also those that create shifts in perspective. Maybe your character gets some new information or comes out of the scene's conflict as a slightly changed person. If a scene ends with a reflection (explicit or not) from a character on what they've just endured, a writer can use this to tease readers with what might come. The idea is to essentially induce a wave of predictions within the mind of your reader. Empower them to feel as though they know where things might be headed, and use your cliffhangers to suggest they keep reading to find out.</p>\n<p>A final note on cliffhangers is that these, like the other components of your scene outline, should be organically motivated when possible. Imagine that the CLIFFHANGER line for the scene we've been outlining were something like this:</p>\n<blockquote><p>CLIFFHANGER: The ground begins to shake. Dale realizes it is an earthquake.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Okay. Sure. An earthquake? I mean, it's possible–but do we have any precedent to expect an earthquake might happen at this time? Maybe earlier in the story Zygbo has mentioned he has some device that controls tectonic plates, but if readers have no such information available to them, the earthquake thing will come across as wholly unmotivated and sloppy on the part of the writer. Can things like earthquakes unexpectedly happen? Yeah, they do all the time–but not in your story. Not unless you've motivated it earlier in the text.</p>\n<p>Compare the earthquake scenario above with the below:</p>\n<blockquote><p>CLIFFHANGER: After Zygbo snatches back the laser rifle Dale stole from him, Dale smiles as he continues to bleed out on the pavement–the laser rifle was modified to detonate once 30 meters away from him.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Whoa! Dale! Oh, how bittersweet! We're getting two cliffhangers for the price of one here.</p>\n<p>First, Dale is critically wounded, so who knows what will happen to him in the next scene. Secondly, the “modified” laser rifle the outline hinted at all along? It was modified to become a spatially-tied bomb.</p>\n<p>See how much better that is than an earthquake? Information the reader already has motivates the rifle-turned-bomb's existence, and it also reveals more of Dale's character–he had the foresight to account for this sort of scenario, didn't he? What a guy, that Dale.</p>\n<p>Realistically, it'd be nice to have a “tighter” CLIFFHANGER line, though in this exercise we couldn't presume any previous knowledge of the story, despite the fact that this scene reads as a second plot point or climax. If some of these points had been explicitly stated earlier in the outline, the final sentence of the scene outline could have been significantly shorter, ie. The laser rifle detonates once over 30 meters from Dale.</p>\n<p>So what happens next? That's up to you. Try out this exercise using the scene described above as a starting point, or use the template below to get started with your own scene. Feel free to share on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter </a>or by email through the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>. Let's make our scenes better, together.</p>\n<p><b>Template</b></p>\n<div>SCENE:</div>\n<div>GOAL:</div>\n<div>CONFLICT:</div>\n<div>RESOLUTION:</div>\n<div>CLIFFHANGER:</div>\n</div>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>Magic beans aren't just for planting. Most of them don't even grow into beanstalks. In fact, nearly all of them aren't even beans, or magic for that matter.</p>\n<p>So what am I going on about?</p>\n<p>I'm talking about superstition and mythos–and how you can use them to make your story and characters that much more memorable.</p>\n<p>Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to attend a session by Christine DeSmet, author of the <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/First-Degree-Fudge-Shop-Mystery/dp/0451416473/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1478558069&sr=8-3&keywords=christine+desmet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Fudge Shop Mystery</em> series</a>. Among the many topics covered, one that I found particularly elucidating was the notion of a magic bean, which is something about a character that inspires some sort of awe or wonder in the reader.</p>\n<p>Magic beans can take many forms, from physical objects to pieces of music to recurring numbers or colors or phrases. What makes magic beans so useful is that they can really deepen the emotional underpinnings of your story, and also give depth to your characters even you may not have previously realized they had.</p>\n<p>Though Christine's session included a number of literary examples, I'd like to focus on one of my own from film for the purposes of this post.</p>\n<p>So, today, friends… we're talking <i>Inception</i>.</p>\n<p>Whatever your opinion of this movie might be, it's hard to deny how memorable it is. When recalling it, what are the first things that come to mind?</p>\n<p>Dreams? Check.<br />\nLeo? Check.<br />\nThat little spinny top thing? Big check.</p>\n<p>That little spinny top thing—or, as it's called in the film, a totem—is a prime example of the so-called magic bean.</p>\n<p>Even the thought of the totem ought to trigger a memory of that final moment—the top spinning spinning spinning, and Cobb (DiCaprio) eyeing it before accepting that whether it toppled or not, he could go on living happily in whatever reality he ultimately found himself. Ugh. I get chills just thinking about it. But what makes this moment—centered on a simple, revolving piece of metal—so powerful? Let's explore.</p>\n<h1>The Totem (Magic Bean) Does Three Things</h1>\n<h2>Explains Plot</h2>\n<p>One of the first things the inclusion of the totem does is to enrich and add to the plot. When Cobb is first seen using it, we as viewers are just as mystified the concept as Ariadne (Ellen Page). Fortunately, we have Arthur (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) to break down the concept for us viewers and Ariadne all at once, as seen in <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PKvnRSKUgC4&w=320&h=266\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this clip</a>.</p>\n<p>Through the use of the totem in this scene, we as viewers receive critical information about what this magic bean can do in order to help characters discern between dreams and reality. As magic beans, the totems in <i>Inception</i> have clear import and clear rules governing them, regardless of what shape they might take.</p>\n<p>While creating your magic bean, however, keep in mind that it doesn't need to necessarily play by the same rules as totems do in <i>Inception</i>. For example, one of my characters in my WIP has a song as her magic bean. The first time she “hears” it, it's simply repeating over and over in her head, and she isn't quite sure why or even what song it is. She does feel an inexplicably deep connection to it, however, and as the song revs up for another repetition—bam! Readers are struck with the first plot point.</p>\n<p>The magic bean I'm implementing for this character does not relate to the rules governing the world, but it <i>does</i> create a sense of mystery. Why did she hear <i>that</i> song? What song was it, anyway? Will she ever get answers to either of these questions?</p>\n<p>The answer is yes, but those come later—when the magic bean is used for purposes beyond thickening the sense of mystery surrounding a key plot point.</p>\n<h2>Builds Relationships</h2>\n<p>Magic beans are also fantastic ways to augment the relationships between characters. In the above scene in <i>Inception</i>, for example, having the concept of the totem explained to her allows Ariadne to become a more complete member of the team. Having one's own totem is a bit of a rite of initiation for our dreaming (dreamy?) heist squad as well.</p>\n<p>A crucial way that the Cobb's totem builds relationships in <i>Inception</i> is by deepening the connection between him and his deceased wife, Mal (Marion Cotillard). <a href=\"https://youtu.be/3B_YubBVOAY?t=33s\">Here's the relevant portion</a> of the clip in question.</p>\n<p>When we see Mal locking away the top that becomes Cobb's totem, the mystique of this particular magic bean becomes even deeper. As a tool, it is now not only useful in helping him determine whether he is still dreaming, it is also tied not only to the haunting memory of what became of his wife, but also his central goal of being reunited with his children.</p>\n<p>Building on this example, let's turn back to the example from my own WIP—the song my protagonist hears just before the first plot point.</p>\n<p>In a later scene, she hears the song once again—though this time, out loud. Following its sound, the song leads her to her first ally, who happened to use this song in the soundtrack for a video game he created. Furthermore, when she finally recognizes the tune for what it is, my protagonist also realizes the reason it sounded so familiar was because her wife used to play the game all of the time and hum the tune nonchalantly to herself when not playing it.</p>\n<p>The relationship my protagonist has with this song (and the one her wife has with it, as well), help my protagonist to trust this possible newfound ally more quickly. It also deepens the relationship between her and her wife for readers, as they get deeper insight into the relationship between the two of them.</p>\n<p>All of this may be fine and good, but there's one last way in which magic beans can be used to maximize their impact with a final knockout blow.</p>\n<h2>Deepens Emotion</h2>\n<p>Any magic bean worth its weight will carry with it a gravitas so immense that readers or viewers can't help but feel connected to it emotionally. Where <i>Inception</i> is concerned, I'm of course talking about <a href=\"https://youtu.be/khYx7P2t59I?t=3m20s\">the final shot of the film.</a></p>\n<p>That's right—that final scene I referenced earlier, the one in which Cobb produces the totem in an attempt to figure out if the reality in which he finds himself is too good to be true. This moment is so powerful emotionally because this magic bean has become connected to 1) the ultimate success or failure of the protagonist's main goal, and 2) the impact of his success or failure via the emotional relationship Cobb has to the device.</p>\n<p>Think of how different the end of this movie would be without the inclusion of that final shot. Now think about how different the movie would be if it didn't include totems at all. It wouldn't have been particularly difficult for the writers and producers to develop some other sort of test for whether one is dreaming or awake, and Mal and Cobb's relationship was already rather rich without the introduction of the totem that Cobb inherited from her after she died.</p>\n<p>Including the totem as a magic bean, however, opened up all of the possibilities described throughout this post, however, and I'm sure many more I don't have the opportunity to cover here.</p>\n<p>In my WIP, the song that serves as my protagonist's magic bean has an eerily similar connection to the book's final scene as the totem does for Cobb at the end of <i>Inception</i> (I didn't even realize this until writing this post, I swear). As my protagonist hears this song again, it triggers a previously inaccessible memory of her and her wife, and also suggests that she as the protagonist may not have actually lost as much of herself as previously advertised in the chapters leading to the conclusion. I'd go into more specifics, but, you know, I don't want to give too many spoilers (especially for my beta readers!).</p>\n<h1>Summary</h1>\n<p>Whether it's a totem, a song, a stuffed animal, or even another character, employing the use of so-called magic beans can go a long way into creating a more robust plot with deeper relationships between characters and greater emotional depth.</p>\n<p>If you're struggling to come up with a magic bean for a character of yours, try this exercise: think of a place that is important to your character. In this location, they have a secret stash where they keep all of the things that are most important to them. What is the location? What is the storage device for all these objects? 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"rendered": "<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>This post is part of the </em>Write With Me<em> series. For more like this, check out the <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/writing-your-novel/\">writing your novel</a> page.</em></p>\n<p>First of all, congratulations! There are so many people who take on the challenge of writing a novel, only to constantly start over or abandon the project entirely. If you've made it start to finish, you're already on the right track to (maybe) holding your book-baby in your arms.</p>\n<p>But how do you get to the proud moment where you can flip through the pages of all your hard work? It's a long and winding road, one that is a little different for all writers. There are two people we can pull in for advice on the matter, however.</p>\n<p>One of them is me. I'll tell you what <i>not</i> to do, based on my own experience.</p>\n<p>The bearer of sage advice, is, well Vanilla Ice.</p>\n<p>In his 1990 definitely-not-a-ripoff-of-Queen hit<i> </i>“Ice Ice Baby,” Vanilla Ice utters words which will be remembered until the end of days–<i>stop, collaborate, and listen</i>.</p>\n<p>Little did he know then that those three words would provide perhaps some of the greatest advice any beginning writer should take into consideration after completing their first novel. Let's see how they apply below.</p>\n<h1>Stop</h1>\n<p>The number one mistake any beginning writer can make at this stage is, in my opinion, to not take a step away from their manuscript for a time.</p>\n<p>The difficult truth is, your book-baby is a lot like everyone else's book-baby after a first draft. With the right care, it <i>could</i> become a star athlete or a true-to-self artist or a wonderful teacher, but how you raise (read: edit) your book-child has an immense effect on its ability to reach its full potential. If it were a real child, you couldn't just kick it out into the world and hope someone else would raise it for you, appreciating the potential it holds within its genes. You have to put in the work to help shape that potential.</p>\n<p>What many take from this, of course, is that one must smother their book-baby with love and attention. If only they do enough editing, if only they make sure they differentiated their thans and thens and they'res, theirs, and theres, their book-baby will be on the path to glory, right?</p>\n<p>Wrong—thus spoke Vanilla Ice.</p>\n<p>It may be hard to do, but you need to STOP for a specific amount of time. Maybe it's a week or a month or half a year, but you need time away so you can come back to it with a renewed perspective. Your book-child will benefit from this space, and so will you. You're not abandoning it, you're just letting it reveal its best self to you.</p>\n<p>When the completion of my first manuscript was in sight, I did everything in my power to ensure I had a “finished” copy in my hands before an upcoming writers' conference in my area. I was positive that the manuscript's premise alone would guarantee me a book deal, and after three extremely validating pitches to literary agents during the conference, I had every reason to believe my initial hunch was correct.</p>\n<p>One of the agents with which I met requested a full manuscript immediately. Another one asked for the first fifty pages. The third, not really a literary agent but more of a TV/film type, told me to contact her personal assistant “when” (not <i>if</i>, but <i>when</i>) I got my book deal. She wanted to acquire the visual media rights!</p>\n<p>As one might imagine, I was pie-in-the-sky elated. My book-baby was unique! My book-baby was special! My book-baby was going to be the one that defied all odds.</p>\n<p>I read the entire manuscript over one more time (yes, only one more time), before sending off the requested pages. A month passed. Then another. One agent never got back to me, even after attempts to follow up. The other did after a few months, confirming my worst fears–they still loved the premise, but the writing just didn't bring it home for them.</p>\n<p>I was devastated.</p>\n<p>As I reread my manuscript trying to figure out where I went wrong when birthing my book-baby, I realized that all of that agent's criticisms were spot on. My characters didn't take center stage. The action took too long to develop. My prose was clunky and overwritten.</p>\n<p>Those weren't this agent's words (this agent was much nicer to me than I was to myself), but the lesson was clear: my book-baby just wasn't ready to be a star quarterback. My book-baby wasn't even ready to tie its shoes. I don't even know if I gave it shoes, to be honest. I was a bad bookdad.</p>\n<p>So what should I have done? Number one, I shouldn't have rushed the “final” product. I should have listened to Mr. Ice. I should have STOPped and given myself a chance to come back to the manuscript at a time when I wasn't so attached to it emotionally.</p>\n<p>But stopping alone wouldn't have been enough to save this book-baby, oh no. And it may not enough to save yours. That's why it's also important to follow through to step number two.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Bonus post: Trying to figure out what to do with yourself once you've set your book-baby aside for a time? <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/2017/04/30/youre-between-novels-now-what/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This post</a> can help!</em></p>\n<h1>Collaborate</h1>\n<p>All parents love their book-babies. Well, maybe not all. Sometimes we write something that we know is garbage, but in my experience those are rarely the projects we finish. Chances are that if you stuck out a manuscript long enough to finish it with “END,” you're taking some pride in it, at least.</p>\n<p>And pride, well… pride will leave you blind. That's why collaboration is key to helping you coach your book-baby through its first steps.</p>\n<p>“But writing is a solitary art,” you might say. You wouldn't be wrong to say that, but the world of editing and publishing is anything but solitary.</p>\n<p>There are a handful of ways to collaborate with others in order to make your book-baby the best that it can be. Beta readers are a fantastic place to start. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, beta readers are those who get the distinct privilege (read: horror) of seeing your completed copy.</p>\n<p>Beta readers should be chosen wisely. Your mom might love you, but unless she's also a literary agent, she's probably not the best person to provide advice on what you can do to improve your work. The same goes for significant others and close friends. Instead, you should seek the feedback of people who are a 1) avid readers, and 2) not going to sugar-coat their criticism for fear of damaging a personal relationship.</p>\n<p>Where do you find readers like that, you ask? A <a href=\"http://aprildavila.com/beta-readers/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fantastic blog post</a> from <a href=\"https://twitter.com/aprildavila\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April Dávila </a> can help guide you through the selection process, as well as how to process the feedback you receive.</p>\n<p>Another great resource for collaboration is to enlist the help of other writers. If you're not in a writers' group already, I highly recommend you try to find one in your area. When attended regularly, the sort of critique you can receive (and provide!) in a writers' submission group can go a long way into helping you become a more informed reader, writer, and editor. You might be surprised what other creative-types have to say about your work. Some of the best suggestions I have received have come from the group I've been attending for four years now.</p>\n<p>If you're unsure how to find or start a group in your area, check out <a href=\"http://thewritelife.com/join-writing-group/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">this post</a> from <a href=\"https://twitter.com/bigstatebiglife\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lorena Knapp</a>, which has eight great suggestions for ways to meet <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">singles</span> writers in your area.</p>\n<p>After reading the above, one might say, “Hold up, r.r., <i>you</i> were in a writers' group but still managed to blow it. How is that possible?”</p>\n<p>Well, dear reader, there are many reasons why a manuscript doesn't gain traction, and one of them is because sometimes those manuscripts are written by me. Seriously though, the version of me that had just finished his novel had already been in the writers' group for almost two years. I had run my entire novel through the group, all the while receiving consistent feedback like “ease up on the purple prose” and “these character actions don't seem organically motivated” and “you spent an entire paragraph describing a handshake.” I heard all of these things and made some (very minor) attempts to correct them.</p>\n<p>At the end of the day though, I told myself that I knew better than everyone else. I had a clear vision! I knew what was best for the story! I was going to bridge the gap between literary and genre fiction like no one had before!</p>\n<p>It turned out none of those things were true. I was just a real [redacted].</p>\n<p>If I had taken more of that criticism to heart and actually invested the time to understand where those writers and friends were coming from, I could have maybe (read: definitely not) salvaged that initial draft.</p>\n<p>This brings me to Vanilla Ice's final, and perhaps most important, point.</p>\n<h1>Listen</h1>\n<p>After the previous section, it should be apparent that two of the groups you should be listening to are your beta readers and your trusted group of writers. It's probably not a huge issue if one individual in either of these groups doesn't understand the importance of a scene, but if more than one person makes the same complaint, you're going to want to start considering that advice. You're asking them to provide feedback for a reason, right? Use it to your advantage.</p>\n<p>The most important folks you can listen to, however, are your <i>characters</i>.</p>\n<p>If you've taken your time to create character profiles and have developed a deep understanding of who they are as people, you <i>need</i> to trust them to guide you through your manuscript. If someone were to ask you, “Hey, what's Character A's goal in this scene?” and you don't have an answer right away, you don't know your characters well enough. If that same person were to say, “What is Character B's fatal flaw?” and you don't have an answer to that, either, you need to spend some time with your characters (in your head or on the page–outside your primary manuscript) and get to know them better.</p>\n<p>If your characters aren't the center of your story, it will almost certainly fall flat. The words you are putting on the page can't be thought of as yours as much as they are those of your characters. Who were these people before the story began, and who will they be after the story ends? I'm not talking about their backstory or the wiggle room you're trying to leave yourself for a sequel, I'm talking about the one toy they loved above all others when they were kids. I'm talking about their first experience with water. What was their reaction the first time they heard and saw fireworks? Awe? Fear? Something in between?</p>\n<p>The above may seem irrelevant and convoluted, but asking these questions of your characters and then listening to their responses will guide you down the path to a more smooth and coherent manuscript.</p>\n<p>Don't do what I did with my first novel: throw caution to the wind and force my characters into situations that suited the outcome I desired as the writer. This can only lead you down a path of logical fallacies and inconsistent behavior. Woof.</p>\n<p>So, once you type the magical (and completely false) word END on your work's final page, don't immediately start querying agents or hustling it through the indie publishing process. “Future You” will thank “Now You” if you heed Vanilla Ice first.</p>\n<h1><strong>Summary: Stop. Collaborate. Listen.</strong></h1>\n<p>If you manage to do these three steps after completing your manuscript, after a few months (or years) or taking time to improve, you may find yourself back with brand new invention (read: manuscript).</p>\n<p>—</p>\n<p>Looking for more writing tips on the daily? Follow me on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>! Have a question or just want to reach out? You can always get a hold of me through my <a href=\"http://ryanrcampbell.com/contact/\">contact page</a>.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>When you're a writer, it's you against the world. It takes only one email, text, or pot of boiling-over stew to distract a reader from your work. So how can a writer keep readers' noses buried deep in the space between pages (and also ruin their dinner)?The answer to that, my friends, is tension.So how do you keep tension high throughout your WIP? Let's take a look at five ways to turn your current project's tension from a four up to eleven.</p>\n<h1>MAKE A PROMISE TO READERS</h1>\n<p>The best way to engage readers from the get-go is to make a promise to them. Simply by putting words on the page, you've already promised to them that <i>something</i> is going to happen. Not every story can be <i><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waiting_for_Godot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Waiting for Godot</a></i>.</p>\n<div>\n<p>But any old <i>something</i> happening isn't enough to keep most readers around. Consider the following opening line to a short story. 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I better check it and OH THAT'S RIGHT NO ONE CARES ABOUT DALE'S DISHES.</p>\n<p>We need to turn up the Tension Dial<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">™</span> on this operation a little bit. How do we do that, you ask?</p>\n<h1>INTRODUCE HIGH STAKES</h1>\n<p>You can make use of deadlines all you want, but they're only effective if the stakes are high. This is true even in real life. There's a huge difference between “I need a donut in the next minute” and “I need some insulin in the next minute.” Though the deadline is the same for both, the latter introduces a much greater sense of urgency (read: tension) because the implied stakes are significantly higher.</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>Turning back to our example with Dale, we'll turn the Tension Dial<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">™</span> <i>just</i> a bit higher.</p>\n<blockquote><p> Dale had to untie his daughter from the train tracks by 8 p.m.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Holy hell, Dale! How did this happen? This scenario is mustache-twirlingly cliché! You should have seen this coming.<b><br />\n</b></p>\n<p>But then your reader rereads the line. Oh, Dale has <i>until 8 p.m.</i> to untie his daughter. That's either one very slow train or the train schedules are really reliable around there. Maybe Dale will have time to buy the proper tools at the hardware store first and then–ooh, that reminds me: I need to buy myself that deluxe tire iron my cousin Tina told me about AND OH MY GOD YOU LOST YOUR READER AGAIN.</p>\n<p>That brings me to my next point. Deadlines and high stakes are great, but only if you can get them to work in tandem. Given that, let's see what we can do to rework our opening sentence.</p>\n<blockquote><p> Dale had thirty seconds to untie his daughter from the train tracks.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Ohgodohgodohgod! Get a move on, Dale! Ugh, I wish you had stuck with the Boy Scouts long enough to get that “How to Untie Various Knots” badge. There's nothing you can do about that now, though, so stop worrying about it. You need to rush to save your daughter.</p>\n<p>At this point, your reader might be hooked. Hey, even <i>I</i> want to know what happens to Dale and I'm the guy writing the thing. (Fun fact: if you're in suspense as the writer, your reader will likely be in suspense, too.)</p>\n<p>Believe it or not, though, there are still three more ways to add tension to this opener. Let's crank up that Tension Dial<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">™</span> one more notch.</p>\n<h1>THERE IS NO COMPROMISE</h1>\n<p>Another way to drag your reader kicking and screaming through your pages is by assuring them that there is no middle ground. The stakes have to be high AND they have to be addressed by a deadline OR something terrible happens. Terrible is relative, of course, but the key word in that sentence is “or.”</p>\n</div>\n<div>\n<p>Our last draft's opening line implies that Dale's daughter will die if he doesn't untie his daughter from the railroad tracks in the next 30 seconds. This is already a pretty good “or” since at no point should a reasonable reader think, “Well, if Dale doesn't succeed maybe he and the train can work something out where it slows down just enough to–” No. Just no.</p>\n<p>The fact that we have an implied “or” makes for a scene that is already wrought with tension, but <a href=\"http://www.tickld.com/x/t1/the-truth-about-thomas-the-tank-engine-childhood-ruined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what if I told you</a> there was a way to milk the possibility of her death for even more tension? Well, there is.</p>\n<blockquote><p> Dale had thirty seconds to untie his daughter from the train tracks–or the secret to defeating Doctor Zygbo's Apocalypsebot<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">™</span> would be lost forever.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Dammit, Dale! Why did you wait until there were only 30 seconds left to save your daughter? 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In the scene above, at least three are mentioned–the train, Doctor Zygbo, and Apocalypsebot<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">™</span>. Though only one of these is on scene (the train), it alone introduces a great deal of tension.</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>But… but… WHAT IF DOCTOR ZYGBO HIMSELF WERE TO APPEAR? My heart is racing already.</div>\n<div></div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p> Dale had thirty seconds to untie his daughter from the train tracks–or the secret to defeating Doctor Zygbo's Apocalypsebot<span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">™</span> would be lost forever. “If you're going to save her, you'll have to get through me first,” Doctor Zygbo said as he trained his laser pistol on Dale.</p></blockquote>\n<p>Oh me. Oh my. Dale, Dale, Dale. How is Dale going to get out of this one? 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How will you write about the courtroom proceedings if you don't know the first thing about, well, courtroom proceedings? How will you write a convincing defense for your character if you don't know the first thing about medical ethics?</p>\n<p>Granted, you likely don't have time to study for the bar and also complete medical school before sitting down to write your story. The good news is, you don't have to! In this golden age of access to information, there are plenty of ways to sufficiently research whatever topics might be necessary for the piece you plan on writing next. Let's take a look at some of them below, starting with the most obvious.</p>\n<h1><b>READ SOME F@#+ING BOOKS</b></h1>\n<p>“Whoa, hey. Easy there,” you say. “There's no need to get testy. And isn't ‘reading' one of the other three ‘Rs' already?”</p>\n<p>You're right. “Reading” is already on the list, but as a writer it isn't about just whether you <i>are</i> reading, it's about the kind of reading you're doing.</p>\n<p>Fiction is a fantastic thing, and reading, say, exclusively YA Fantasy may help you with your world building, but it's not as likely to come in handy when the time arrives to write about that doctor (<a href=\"http://www.rrcampbellwrites.com/2016/10/murder-literarily-literal.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Doctor Zygbo?</a>) you're putting on trial.</p>\n<p>The suggestion, then, is this: know the genre in which you plan to write. It may be fiction, but reading some well-respected medical or legal thrillers before writing <i>The Trial of Zygbo: Dale's Revenge</i> will help give you an idea of what degree of knowledge is expected in those genres. You'll also, inevitably, pick up some of the inner workings of those fields. If you're not sure what's hot in the genre you're hoping to write in, check out the <a href=\"https://www.amazon.com/Best-Sellers-Kindle-Store-Literature-Fiction/zgbs/digital-text/157028011/ref=zg_bs_unv_kstore_3_6361438011_2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amazon Bestsellers</a> list for a sampling.</p>\n<p>But how do you round out the knowledge you acquire as you learn your genre? How do you make sure you don't end up parroting the same story lines and information you find in the fiction you're reading for research purposes? That's where non-fiction comes in.</p>\n<p>It's important to have a balance of both in your reading regimen. Fiction alone is great, but not all fiction can provide things like historical context, or explore current topics in the field in the same way as non-fiction. Think of it this way: you want to be a writer, but you're not reading <i>only</i> fiction to help you improve your craft. You're here after all, right?</p>\n<p>So let's say you're ready to find some non-fiction, but aren't sure where to start. We'll take a look at that in our next section.</p>\n<h1><b>USE THE INTERNET–WISELY</b></h1>\n<p>“Wow,” you say. “Thanks for the tip, Captain Obvious.”</p>\n<p>I get where you're coming from, but bear with me here. There might be some resources out there that are less obvious than you think.</p>\n<p>The first thing that probably comes to mind when you think of internet research is Google. It's the only major search engine to get its own verb, after all. Have you ever heard someone say they're going to “yahoo” something? You have? Did you report them to the appropriate authorities immediately? You did? Good. Maniacs like that can't be allowed to walk the streets.</p>\n<p>Google may be a great place to start, but there are plenty of other ways to source non-fiction to assist with your research needs. Places like <a href=\"http://mashable.com/2012/06/06/reddit-for-beginners/#FqKD7jWpukqR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Reddit</a>, <a href=\"http://metanews.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">news aggregators</a>, and even <a href=\"https://scholar.google.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Google Scholar</a> can help you read material from experts in the field (some might even put you in touch with them!).</p>\n<p>For your story about Doctor Zygbo, have you tried to find a community or message board for professionals of the same background? When writing my most recent novel, for example, I realized I needed the input of individuals with a much stronger background in IT and network security than I have. Knowing this, I sought out and found a community of people who were more than willing to help answer the questions I had at the time.</p>\n<p>As further proof that this works, a search for “<a href=\"https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=%22author%20with%20a%20question%22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">author with a question</a>” on the ol' Google machine reveals that it's not uncommon for authors to use message boards to learn about anything from <a href=\"http://diabeticcatcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/treatment_page.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">feline diabetes</a> to <a href=\"http://www.adventurecats.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/BaileyBoatCat3.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">sailing</a>. If you look hard enough through the results on that page, you might even find the question I posted on network security to help me better define (read: completely delete and rework) a major plot point.</p>\n<p>Another great way to take advantage of the internet is to make use of streaming services like Netflix or HBO Now that feature documentaries. Additionally, you can seek out podcasts that discuss and explore topics related to the fields you need to research. One of the advantages to both of these media is that they are <i>passive</i>–you can listen or watch while working on another project (or finally getting caught up on laundry).</p>\n<p>“Oh, okay,” you now say. “Those are slightly more useful than I anticipated. There's just one problem: any time I use the internet for research, I end up spending more time looking at cat gifs than I do actual research.”</p>\n<p>I get it. I get it. Who can resist a quality cat gif?</p>\n<p>Fortunately, it turns out there are a number of apps you can use to keep you on task while you do your research. Even just this <a href=\"http://99u.com/articles/6969/10-online-tools-for-better-attention-focus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">one blog post</a> from Jocelyn Glei at 99u.com offers ten different apps or browser add-ons that you can use to help you better organize your time online. Find one that you think will work for you and give it a try! The cat gifs can wait.</p>\n<h1><b>INTERVIEWS</b></h1>\n<p>Another fantastic way to make your story come alive through your research is to rely on people–actual people–to help you better inform your characters.</p>\n<p>Have you considered reaching out to your local school or college to try and talk to educators or students about the topics you'd like to learn more about? Is there an organization of students or professionals that meets regularly in your area?</p>\n<p>Local businesses, journalists, city employees, pizza delivery drivers–it makes no difference. Everyone loves to talk about themselves, and any one of these folks could help you improve your narrative's authenticity if you took the time to speak with them. This is true even of your cousin Tina. I know you despise her, but as a (definitely smug) doctor-lawyer (or is it lawyer-doctor?), meeting up with her for even just an hour could give you a ton of background to help you support <i>The Trial of Zygbo: Dale's Revenge</i>.</p>\n<h1><b>WRITE WHAT YOU KNOW</b></h1>\n<p>One final bit of advice for those of you who are still research-shy is to start by writing what you know. Believe it or not, you're already an expert on something (even if it's how to avoid doing laundry). Your own background and skills uniquely equip you to write a story that no one else can. If all of this research seems daunting to you, that's no problem. Start with what you know to just make sure you're writing (every day!). All the research in the world won't do you any good if you're not practicing your craft.</p>\n<h1><b>SUMMARY</b></h1>\n<p>Ultimately, the needs of your story and characters–as well as your own personal preference–will dictate the kind of media that best help you do the necessary research to write authentic characters that you can then immerse in (almost-)true-to-life scenarios. You may not find what works best for you right away, but keep trying! You'll never find out which research type serves you best unless you keep digging.</p>\n<p>Thanks for reading! As always, you can contact me on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, or shoot me an email at rrcampbellwrites@gmail.com.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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"rendered": "<p>Kill your darlings, <a href=\"http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2013/10/18/_kill_your_darlings_writing_advice_what_writer_really_said_to_murder_your.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">they</a> say. Every writer has at least heard the phrase, and the interpretations of what it really means vary from deleting a <a href=\"http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/writers-perspective/writing-technique/kill-your-darlings-and-other-terrifying-advice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">favorite phrase</a> to <a href=\"http://writeroutine.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-kill-your-darlings.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">an entire beat or event</a>. Those darlings aren't what bring me here today, however. Today we talk about murder–actual, literary murder.</p>\n<p>In literature as in life, people die. I can't put it much more plainly than that. George R. R. Martin is (in)famous for killing off his characters, as <a href=\"https://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/2013/11/Screen-shot-2013-11-20-at-9.52.03-AM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nearly any chapter</a> in the <i>A Song of Ice and Fire</i> series can attest. It should go without saying that the impact of a <a href=\"https://ryanrcampbell.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/8f4b1-nedstark01.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">well executed</a>, literal <a href=\"http://www.reshareit.com/wp-content/uploads/stannis.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">character-assassination</a> can go a long way in creating memorable moments for readers. But how can a writer maximize that impact when he or she decides the time has come for one of their characters to meet their maker?</p>\n<p>Though there are a number of approaches to creating a memorable end-scene for a character, I'd like to focus on the three main (poisonous?) ingredients that a writer can use to help achieve this goal: <b>character appeal</b>, <b>timeliness of death</b>, and <b>manner of death</b>.</p>\n<h1><b>CHARACTER APPEAL</b></h1>\n<p>So let's say you decide it's time for Henchman #4 to stop carrying out orders and start pushing daisies. That's fine, but who really gives half a hoot about him? He didn't even have a name!</p>\n<p>Well, he didn't have a name to you, maybe, but if he were a real person he would have a name to <i>someone</i>. And that's the trick, really. You need to make your readers be part of that <i>someone, </i>and you need to make your character be a person that your reader can get behind (or root against!). Consider the following scenario.</p>\n<p>As it turns out, Henchman #4's real name is Dale. Dale has a wife and five kids, and only signed up to work for the evil Doctor Zygbo part-time because he needed a second job to help get his fifth child through school. Dale has been working days at the local Fun Mart for pennies over minimum wage while he works nights for Zygbo, pushing buttons and flipping switches to further the doctor's evil designs.</p>\n<p>“But wait,” you might say, “even if he has all those other things going on, couldn't he have picked up another shift at Fun Mart or gotten a job working as a janitor or something? Working for the evil doctor makes Dale a real jerk.”</p>\n<p>I hate to break it to you, but the answer is no, he couldn't have done those things. Fun Mart keeps its employees at under 32 hours a week to avoid having to provide health insurance, and the only other place in town that was hiring was the puppy mill. Did I mention Dale has a soft spot for puppies? Well, he does. He loves puppies almost as much as he loves his wife and five children. He would never work at the puppy mill and you should never adopt from one.</p>\n<p>Now that we've established Dale is a generally upstanding guy who, as a matter of circumstance and personal conviction, just happened to get sucked into Doctor Zygbo's hiring spree, let's move on to the next major thing that could make his previously anonymous death that much more impactful.</p>\n<h1><b>TIMELINESS OF DEATH</b></h1>\n<p>What I mean by timeliness of the character's death has less to do with the day of the week and everything to do with where the character is at in his or her arc of development. Where are they in their journey to accomplish their primary goal? What will the impact be of their success or failure as it relates to that goal?<b><br />\n</b></p>\n<p>Again, let's bring this back to good old Dale–sweet, <a href=\"http://www.dogchannel.com/images/dog-grooming/puppybath.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puppy</a>-loving, father-of-five Dale. Let's stick with the narrative that Dale got his job at Doctor Zygbo's Death Emporium to earn extra scratch to send his youngest daughter off to college (she wants to be a <a href=\"http://homestead.pampfarms.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/bored-puppy-at-vet.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">veterinarian</a>, you know).</p>\n<p>What happens if we learn that he actually accomplished that goal months ago, and is now showing up for work out of simple habit at the time of his death? If you're a knee-jerk <a href=\"http://www.wpr.org/shows/why-we-blame-victims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">victim-blamer</a> (emphasis on “jerk”), you might say something like, “well, he should have quit when he had the chance” or “he got what he deserved for selling out to Zygbo in the first place.” Others might say it's all the more tragic that he died <i>after</i> accomplishing his goal, as his death came about needlessly.</p>\n<p>But what if, at the time of his death, he was still a year away from finally having saved up enough to send little <a href=\"http://www.donwrightphoto.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/DWD_7647.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Melanie</a> (that's her name now) off to college debt-free? What if, as he looked forward to counting down the months and weeks and days to accomplish this goal, his inner thoughts revealed a man increasingly more troubled with what he had to do for Doctor Zygbo on a nightly basis? Dale would be able to forgive himself someday, right? His family would forgive him if they ever found out where the money came from, wouldn't they?</p>\n<p>Damn, even I'm starting to feel bad for Dale under that scenario, and I have a heart of stone (not really).</p>\n<p>Now let's compare the <i>impact</i> those two possible scenarios would have. In the first setup, his family would be crushed, of course, but as it relates to Dale's primary goal, his daughter would be able to afford school, at least.</p>\n<p>But in the second scenario, not only does Dale's family have to confront his loss, Dale himself would have died before achieving the one thing he was willing to sacrifice his integrity for. On top of that, little Melanie would have to take out massive loans for her education, something her generally risk-averse personality would ultimately discourage her from doing. Without her veterinary degree, there'd be a far greater number of sick <a href=\"http://mediaassets.tmj4.com/photo/2016/02/11/puppies%20story_1455228962535_31753647_ver1.0_640_480.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puppies</a> lolling around, a further affront to her father's <a href=\"http://cdn2-www.dogtime.com/assets/uploads/gallery/french-bulldog-puppies/french-bulldog-puppy-14.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puppy</a>-loving memory. A tragedy, folks. It'd be a real tragedy.</p>\n<p>But let's say you're still one of those holdouts who says, “I don't appreciate the nuance of individuals having to make ideological sacrifices in order to overcome oppressive circumstances. Dale is still a jerk because he worked for Doctor Zygbo.”</p>\n<p>Well strap in, <a href=\"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/JIg9nfzmW1o/maxresdefault.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dopey</a>, because this is where it gets real.</p>\n<h1><b>MANNER OF DEATH</b></h1>\n<p>When I say “manner of death,” I don't mean what appears on the coroner's report. What I mean is what the to-be-killed-off character was doing at the time of death. Did he or she do anything to bring about their own demise, directly or indirectly? Did they willingly accept their end as a sacrifice for others? Was their death a matter of mere happenstance, or could they have done something to prevent it? Again, let's work with two scenarios, using the Dale-that-dies-before-achieving-his-goal as our foundation.</p>\n<p>In our first scenario, Dale dies as a result of collateral damage when <a href=\"http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/simpsons/images/c/ce/Duff_man.png/revision/latest?cb=20130808075436\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Good Guy</a><span style=\"background-color: white; color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 17.5px;\">™ </span>finally arrives to dispose of Doctor Zygbo once and for all. Let's say he gets shot in the bum with a laser weapon of some kind while attempting to take cover behind Doctor Zygbo's Fun-sucking Funnel, for example. Bummer for Dale, right? Bummer for his family and kids and all those sick puppies of the future, right? Right. If only he'd had the courage or luck to escape unscathed. Oh, well. But what if…</p>\n<p>…after years of toiling for Doctor Zygbo, Dale decides he can no longer sacrifice his ideals for his original objective? What if he decides that <i>he'll</i> take out the final loans necessary to put little Melanie through school? What if he figures by the time he has to pay off those loans that the housing market will have recovered enough to sell the home he raised his children in, using that cash to help the last of his children achieve the dream of debt-free college?</p>\n<p>Yeah, Dale decides. He'll do it. It's better than the alternatives, anyway. And not only that… Dale decides he can't keep letting Doctor Zygbo get away with it. He can't. keep. getting. away with it.</p>\n<p>Dale, after plotting for weeks, finally sees his window of opportunity open. He approaches Doctor Zygbo from behind, drawing his standard-issue henchman wrench from his standard-issue henchman work pants. One bludgeon is all it will take, one swing to the back of Zygbo's balding, rat-like scalp–</p>\n<p>It's then that a previously unseen bodyguard shoots Dale in the bum with some sort of laser rifle.</p>\n<p>“But he was so close,” you might say. “He could have rid the world of Zygbo <i>and</i> helped his family! Oh, he had everything planned out! He was going to take out that loan and sell his house and little Melanie was going to become a veterinarian and all those sick <a href=\"http://f.tqn.com/y/puppies/1/W/8/8/-/-/ResizePupDevelop.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">puppies</a> would have survived instead of being cast into the river!”</p>\n<p>I know, right? See how you suddenly care about Henchman #4?</p>\n<p>That sudden investment in Dale didn't come from nowhere. It came from the <b>appeal of his character</b>, the <b>timeliness of his death</b>, and the <b>manner of his death.</b> By manipulating those three variables alone, we went from the “whatever” death of some schmo with a wrench to the tragic ending of Dale, a man whose dedication was matched only by his integrity.</p>\n<p>R.I.P. in pieces, Dale. Tell Harambe we say hello.</p>\n<p>As always, you can holler at me on <a href=\"https://twitter.com/iamrrcampbell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter</a>, or shoot me an email at rrcampbellwrites@gmail.com.</p>\n<span class=\"et_bloom_bottom_trigger\"></span>",
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