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Pt. 3 Creating a B Story and Hitting a Meaningful Climax

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Jodi

This is the third part of the “Finding Balance in Storytelling” presentation originally given at Fyrecon 2, June 23rd at Weber State University Davis. Here are handy links to the other parts – Pt. 1 Why is too much action … Continue reading →

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April is Poetry Month

Posted on April 8, 2015 by Jodi

I don’t know why we do it, assigning commemorative days and weeks and whole months to different ideas. It’s a strange phenomenon. It is as if those things don’t have enough of a voice, that we must draw extra attention … Continue reading →

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My Writing Process Blog Tour

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Jodi

My fellow fantasy blogging friend Christina Hawthorn asked me to join the writing process blog tour and I’d like to thank her for this terrific opportunity. Blog tours are such a treat and I love meeting new bloggers and readers.  Christina … Continue reading →

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Shameless Self Promotion

Posted on April 16, 2014 by Jodi

Today I’m promoting my other blog – Jodi L. Milner, Author.  I’ve been working on it for the past year, posting creative nonfiction, serial fiction, and my quips about life.  Sadly, it hasn’t received hardly any notice and only a … Continue reading →

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Creating a Fictional Government

Posted on October 1, 2010 by Jodi

Fantasy novels almost always have some dealings with the laws of the land.  Most of the time the main character is either upholding them or doing their best to break them.  For fantasy writers out there this means that there … Continue reading →

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Weekly Review #19

Posted on June 19, 2010 by Jodi

Don’t check your calendar, it’s Saturday.  Again.  Another week has rolled around and slipped away.  We have been at war all week with the meter high weeds growing in yet to be landscaped clay slate of our back yard.  It’s … Continue reading →

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100th Post!

Posted on May 19, 2010 by Jodi

Instead of the standard Wednesday language usage lesson we are going to celebrate instead.  I didn’t think anyone would mind TOO much.  My Literary Quest has reached a major milestone – the 100th post! As per tradition here are the … Continue reading →

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Where the Hell is matt?

Posted on May 10, 2010 by Jodi

It’s Monday motivation time! In 2006, a YouTube video of a guy doing a funny little dance all around the world went viral and caught the attention of Stride gum.  With their support, in 2008 he created a bigger and … Continue reading →

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The Ellipsis . . . Demystified

Posted on May 5, 2010 by Jodi

I most often I see the ellipsis (that’s the “. . .”) used as a way to add a dramatic pause in writing, especially in dialogue; or trailing at the end of a sentence to show an unfinished thought.  When … Continue reading →

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The Comma, Clarified.

Posted on April 28, 2010 by Jodi

I could spend a very long time to write in my own words what so many people have already written about comma usage.  In fact, I just spent an hour trying to do just that, which was far more than … Continue reading →

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