30: David Farland on Short Story Writing

        David Farland on Short Story Writing 

     Tonight for the first call of the 2013 edition of Farland's Authors' Advisory, our sponsor David Farland spoke with us at length about the art of short story writing.  David took us step-by-step from the "Eureka!" elation of  that  first idea, through discussions of  evocative language to propel your reader into the world you've created for them, to what makes a "good"  ending. He also talked about why the so called: "Twilight Zone" ending is best left there.

     If you love a well-constructed short story and have always wanted to know how to write one well, press "Play".

 * Information on David's upcoming Class

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21 David Farland: Authors and New Media

Tonight we were privileged to once again recieve a word from our Sponsor, David Farland. For this call, David was kind enough to illuminate for us the un charted waters of New Media, or "non traditional" media (Internet related media and e books) and how these new forms of information collection and distribution are already (and will potentially) change publishing as an industry and novel and short-story writing as a career.

Some of tonight's topics of discussion were:

• Potential benefits and challenges of New Media for both established and aspiring authors.
• Being more than an author: other facets of e publishing that are involved in publishing a book the New Media route.
• Market trends: Where will they go?

For over an hour of discussion about this game changing development in the publishing world from a true industry professional, just push "Play".

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10: David Farland- How to Sell Your Novel

Tonight, we took time for a word from our Sponsor, David Farland. Dave shared with us five key factors an aspiring author or newly published author must have for a novel that sells. Those five factors are:

1. Make sure your novel is as good as it can be stylistically and grammatically before you try selling it.
2. Research prospective agents and editors for your work.
3. Crafting well written query letters.
4. Where (and how) to best meet agents and editors who will properly market your work.
5. Personal persistance and tenacity, how much is too much?

Dave took ample time to field questions from our Forum members. If you desire to astound the world with the brilliance of your prose, amaze humanity with your heart-rending flights of literary fancy, why haven't you stopped reading and started listening to what Dave had to say?

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3: David Farland: Writing the Basic Parts of the Story

1. Introducing setting, characters, and conflicts
2. Creating an inciting incident
3. The first try/fail cycle for the major conflict
4. Escalating to the second try/fail
5. Third Try/Fail
6. The climax (with its possible reversals)
7. The denouement

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For the first fifteen minutes, David answered callers' questions:

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David's advice on writing the Basic Parts of the Story was recorded separately (the final Q&A did not record--sorry!)

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1: David Farland / Wolverton: Core Competencies

David's 8 Core Competencies:

1) Audience Analysis--writing for a broad audience, or writing to a deep audience.
2) Resonance--knowing what people like based upon what they've responded to before.
3) World Creation
4) Creating Fascinating Characters
5) Developing Powerful Conflicts
6) Touching Your Audience's Heart
7) Mastering Fundamentals such as narration, description, and dialog.
8) Putting together a complete story--from the opening, to the inciting incident, through the climax and denouement.

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