Compassion, loyalty…and crime
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
Note: I am using Scrivener for Mac. If you are using Windows, please allow for differences.
So having completed the tutorial, I set up a new project. I decided to use something completely new and not convert something existing (you can import Word documents into Scrivener, but I’ll save that for later). Continue reading “Scrivener Step 2: Setting up a New Project”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
I’m in love. Not just with my husband – with Trooper First Class Jim Duncan. Continue reading “Dangers of Character Love”
by Mary Sutton / @mary_sutton73
I’ve heard it said recently that character is king. Give a reader an engaging, likeable character (or characters) and he’ll forgive you a few plot holes (not craters, but “oopsies”). One of the things that makes characters engaging is development. Your protagonist starts as one person and grows to become a richer, fuller person – hopefully. Flat characters are hard to love. Continue reading “Evolution of a Character”