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    Research Wounds and Warriors with EMT/Firefighter Shannon Donnelly

    Fiction allows us to create our own worlds—but readers also need plausible characters. And if you’re writing warriors, they’re going to get hurt. This means you might want to be sure any trauma your fictional characters are dealt is plausible. TV and movies have given us the gun shot that...
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    Craft POV: It's not just a Point of View Workshop with Shannon Donnelly

    Third person, first person, multiple viewpoints, single—all of it can be confusing. What works? When to change viewpoint? And how do you take POV so deep a reader feels everything a character feels? This workshop covers some basic elements of POV control, including how to make better choices...
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    Research Wounds and Warriors with EMT/Firefighter Shannon Donnelly

    Fiction allows us to create our own worlds—but readers also need plausible characters. And if you’re writing warriors, they’re going to get hurt. This means you might want to be sure any trauma your fictional characters are dealt is plausible. TV and movies have given us the gun shot that...
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    Craft Do you know when to show and when to tell? Learn when with Shannon Donnelly

    Both showing and telling are valuable tools for any writer--writers need both narrative passages as well as dramatic scenes, so each has its own place within any writer's skill set. In this workshop, we'll use writing examples to figure out the truth hidden in the advice to "show, don't tell."...