Words Deferred is a blog about writing fiction, in all of its myriad forms.
Currently, my big project is Razor Mountain, a novel that I’m posting serially, with updates twice per month. I’ve been documenting the entire process of writing this book, from ideas and outlining, to the cover design and back-cover blurb, to the chapters themselves. You can check it all out on my Razor Mountain landing page.
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Reblog: Want to Build Tension? Encourage the Reader to Ask Questions — Angela Ackerman
Today’s reblog comes from Angela Ackerman, guest-posting on Jane Friedman’s blog. She discusses how to use the push and pull of tension to draw the reader in and keep them wondering what will happen next. We can make good use of the reader’s need to know by building scenes that…
3 Things I Learned From Startide Rising
I recently read the 1983 science-fiction novel, Startide Rising, with my kids. It’s the second book in David Brin’s first “uplift trilogy,” a series of loosely-related books that take place in a shared universe. I haven’t read these books since I was a teenager, and I didn’t remember too much…
Razor Mountain Development Journal — Chapter 23
This is part of an ongoing series where I’m documenting the development of my serial novel, Razor Mountain. You can find my spoiler-free journals for each chapter, my spoiler-heavy pre-production journals, and the book itself over at the Razor Mountain landing page. A Pyrrhic Victory Christopher is out of the…
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