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FLASHBACKS

Apr 22nd, 2009 by

(C) 2000 BK Reeves/BASIC FICTION/Advanced
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FLASHBACKS

There are two general types of flashbacks, and the differences between them are subtle.

(1) This is a flashback with the protagonist thinking through some problem. H/she will be alone, usually, and fall into a type of reflection. That is, he will reflect upon what is or has been happening. These scenes will follow a path of quandary, summarization, decision and action.

A. The character will be in trouble, or something is troubling her. She is in a quandary, a state of perplexity. Continue Reading »

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NONFICTION: ESSAYS, ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Apr 22nd, 2009 by

(C) 2000 BK REEVES/NONFICTION: ESSAYS, ARTICLES & JOURNALS

Once in a while I write nonfiction. These handouts are personal essays designed to instruct and to impart my beliefs about fiction writing. They evolved from my classes on writing.

Sometimes I’ll be asked to write “a piece” for a newspaper, magazine or newsletter. I always do and have an outer motive. The publishers probably won’t pay me money, but they will put my name there as author and insert a little blurb at the end, stating who I am, when my next novel is coming out. Sometimes they send me copies. That’s always nice.

That takes care of my apparent reason. My hidden or inner motive (motivation) Continue Reading »

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TIME CAPSULE

Apr 22nd, 2009 by

I have a partial, hand-written manuscript in my upstairs closet. It’s in a battered briefcase, along with a typed, complete MS that’s not too bad, actually. Those manuscripts are examples of what I was writing in May 1969 and June 1970. Continue Reading »

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TO BEE OR NOT TO BEE

Apr 22nd, 2009 by

I love to visit our old family farm in West Texas, even though it’s almost a thousand miles there and back. The place is beautiful to us.

Someone is out there about every three weeks. We have ongoing restoration projects and hunting in season. Deer, wild hog, turkey, quail, dove. Yes, we’re into blood sports in our family. We have guns, bows, hunting stands, everything. Continue Reading »

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THE CURE THAT KILLS

Apr 22nd, 2009 by

Someone is always taking me to the doctor for a check up, and I hate going. Many times, at the end of the visit, the doctor will drag out a prescription pad and say, “I think I’ll give you some blank. Then he or she spouts a long medical name and casually inquires, “Are you allergic to that?” Continue Reading »

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ODE TO THE FLASH DRIVE

Apr 22nd, 2009 by

I have no idea how a flash drive works, but I can tell you how flash technology has improved my life. My flash drives have 100 to 200 megabytes of memory. They keep my data safe and are remarkably portable. Nice, because I go to the farm every four to six weeks to write. Also nice when I have to run from a hurricane. Continue Reading »

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ACT OF CREATION

Apr 22nd, 2009 by

A piece of fiction begins with words on paper and gives the illusion of reality. You have an envelope of imposed imagery that contains characters and shapes their world. Readers must be swept into that magical place called suspension of disbelief. They know the story was conceived by some writer, but willingly accept its truths. Continue Reading »

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