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Where to Begin a Novel

April 8, 2013 A. B. Westrick 2 Comments

How and where is it best to enter into a particular story—which moment, which sounds and which smells should a…

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Filed under: author interview, back-story, books, Come August Come Freedom, craft, emotional truth, Gigi Amateau, historical, hook, literature, process, revision, scenes, Southern fiction, story, writing, YA

Emotional seeds for stories

October 10, 2011 A. B. Westrick 9 Comments

This past Saturday while speaking on a panel at the James River Writers Conference, I choked up and found myself…

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Filed under: character, craft, emotional truth, historical, kkk, klan, literature, prejudice, process, Southern fiction, writing

The difference between content and process

April 30, 2011 A. B. Westrick Leave a comment

In mid-March, as I staffed the James River Writers (JRW) table at the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville,…

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Filed under: arc, books, conference, craft, historical, literature, pace, plot, process, scenes, structure, voice, writing

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Articles, Interviews, & Podcasts:

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I confess that I’ve stopped beating myself up over my process. It is what it is. March 20, 2019

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I talk about setting priorities in my writing life. February 20, 2019

Podcast: Working Title on the 85K Writing Challenge, where I ramble about my writing process, including how I conquer writer’s block. January 23, 2019

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