tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87534973821715513202024-03-13T13:01:15.633-06:00Kuznya - Smithing Good FictionFreelance content, copy and format editing for genre fiction authors.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447932727683508045noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753497382171551320.post-25674486555883859312015-06-06T20:48:00.003-06:002015-06-06T20:48:56.312-06:00Providing Good Critique
Constructive criticism needs to be exactly that, something a writer can build off of.
First time writers often share their writing with family members or friends looking for these building blocks of helpful critique. Sadly, their feedback usually includes polite platitudes, impressed that their child/buddy/spouse actually wrote something creative. Or, worse, their attempts to stay neutral or Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447932727683508045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753497382171551320.post-23769398302952578572015-05-16T22:14:00.003-06:002015-05-16T22:30:53.824-06:00The Death of a Character
When a fictional character dies it can have a very real emotional impact on us.
Writer and Director Joss Whedon, famous for Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the Avengers, is really good at killing his characters. Doyle, Spike, Wash and Coulson.
Their deaths linger with us because he has set up the perfect kill shots. He has his audience fully invested in these characters, cheering Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447932727683508045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753497382171551320.post-30241290799864734502015-04-23T10:49:00.000-06:002015-04-23T10:49:57.583-06:00Story Promise
Are you delivering on your Story Promise?
The cover suggests an epic fantasy novel. The first few pages mentions swords and fairies and you know this book is for you. Or is it?
Readers establish expectations based on the first few pages of a story. Is there an opening hook pulling them in? Will the journey have a successful ending? Is it the genre they are currently itching to read? As the Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17447932727683508045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8753497382171551320.post-84992509045278157662015-03-02T14:07:00.001-07:002015-05-16T21:43:32.005-06:00Freelance ServicesKuznya offers professional editing services for genre fiction authors. Services available include content editing, copy-editing and formatting for self-publishing. Kuznya is a Russian word for blacksmith or forge. Our editors will fire your fiction until its polished completion.
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