Author: Sally Franklin Christie

  • Upmarket Fiction

    Upmarket Fiction

    Upmarket fiction straddles the line between literary and commercial fiction. The writing is elevated but accessible, the characters appear unique while remaining universal, and the plots are proverbial but unpredictable. Since readers have become wise to the tropes of their preferred genre, agents and publishers are now searching for books that can exist in either…

  • Inspiration or Determination?

    Inspiration or Determination?

    Visit with us and share some of the things you do to keep yourself from putting your project on the back shelf.

  • Point of View

    Point of View

    There are Points of View till hell won’t have them. And we are going to talk about a few of them. We have been discussing character building, settings, symbols and images. We discussed dialogue, subjects and subtexts. On Sunday we hit on Action.

  • ACTION

    ACTION

    Sunday’s topic is Action. We’ve talked about scene set ups and dialogue. Action can be huge or it could be one more pebble in the hiker’s shoe. For every action there is a reaction, even if the reader doesn’t see it. Reaction may pile up.

  • Let’s Talk

    Let’s Talk

    We have talked a bit about building character, okay, we talk about it often. We have also talked about building scenes. This week we will talk about dialogue.