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Mike M
Jan 15, 20225 min read
Un-editing Joe Abercrombie: How The Heroes Might Have Looked If A Developing Writer Had Written It
Hello. Long time no see. Below I have taken an excerpt from The Heroes and added some very common writing ‘problems’ that I find while...
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Mike M
Feb 27, 20205 min read
Avoid Clichés (Like the uh ... Plague).
Okay, writing friends, you’d better set your jaw for this one because it might just make your heart pound in your chest, your blood boil,...
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Mike M
Jan 1, 20207 min read
Scene and Summary – An Indispensable Internal Structure of Showing and Telling
Fictional stories, be they short, long, or somewhere in the middle, need internal structure to keep the reader engaged, and that...
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Mike M
May 7, 20193 min read
Sequence and Simultaneity – Know the Difference
Reading, like life, is mostly linear. Things happen one after another after another. I get up in the morning, take a dump, brush my teeth...
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Mike M
Mar 6, 20194 min read
Save the Cat! Writes a Novel - A Great Book for Writers
Sorry, I haven’t written anything here in a while – I’ve actually been doing some real writing – but I would be remiss if I didn’t tell...
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Mike M
Jan 11, 20195 min read
The Blogging Continues: Using PoV in Setting for Characterization and Mood
Me again, Mike Myers, senior editor of British Fantasy Award nominee Grimdark Magazine https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/. I sometimes...
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Mike M
Dec 28, 20185 min read
Yet Another Blog Post: Setting the Scene
Hello again. I’m Mike Myers, senior editor of British Fantasy Award nominee Grimdark Magazine https://www.grimdarkmagazine.com/. I...
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Mike M
Nov 26, 20186 min read
At Last, Another Blog Post! A Look at Take Off Your Pants! by Libbie Hawker
Hello, and thanks for checking out my blog. My name is Mike Myers. I am currently senior editor of 2018 British Fantasy Award Nominee...
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Mike M
Sep 6, 20183 min read
My First Blog Post: SFF Editor Available for Freelance Work
Hello, my name is Mike Myers (not the famous one), and thanks for checking out my first blog post. The purpose of this post is simply to...
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