by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Apr 24, 2017 | Best Writer Tips, For the love of writing, Your highest potential
Last November, a small circle of writers and I tried something daring. We asked local teens to come out and read something they’d written to a live audience. It could be a poem, a confession, a chapter from a novel in progress, or a short story. The...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Apr 20, 2015 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
I spend a lot of time thinking about my character’s motivation. If you don’t believe me, you should see some (unpublished) stories I wrote a few years back, where character origins and backstory flood the pages where plot and emotional reaction ought to...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Feb 16, 2015 | Best Writer Tips, Guest posts, Writing Prompt, Your highest potential
Have you ever been chased by someone in your dreams? Been naked in public? Flown like a bird around a city? Or just felt utterly lost in a maze-like building? There are twelve basic dream patterns that all of us dream, regardless of who we are, what we do or where we...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Aug 11, 2014 | Best Writer Tips, Fiction Novel Writing, Guest posts
The character who is an unreliable narrator can be one of the most powerful tools available to a writer, telling the readers a story that the reader cannot take at face value. In this post, Now Novel, an excellent resource for writers, explains: “The...
by raynelacko.com raynelacko.com | Jul 23, 2014 | For the love of writing
A month ago, my family moved from Orange County’s endless summer to a small(ish) island off the coast of the Pacific Northwest. It’s the beginning of summer, and the weather has been sunny and warm, so climate-wise, not much of a shift. But that’s...
