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It takes courage to write. Facing that blank page can be difficult enough in itself. Finding the words to express your scene goal, mix more conflict into a line of dialogue, or add a perfect detail of description is no easy task. But fiction is more than plot, character and setting. Great fiction has emotion and that emotion comes from the heart and soul of the writer.
But it isn’t a simple matter of ‘telling’ the reader about the emotions a character is experiencing, instead we are told to ‘show’ them. It is a phrase often used, but not always easy to put into practice. So I thought I’d share a few techniques I’ve developed to help me ‘show’ the emotions in my stories, rather than ‘tell’ them.
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On nature walks, I often take a small pad and pencil and jot down word picture nuggets for my poems. ~Bette A. Stevens
by Bette A. Stevens
North winds whisk the clouds away
Towering trees in fall array
Purples, golds an firy reds
All throughout Maine’s forests spread
Brook’s a place where minnows play
Dart past leaves that drift and sway
Bluejays chat, expounding tales
Of summer past and coming gales
Starched white towers climb the sky
Reminding all that autumn’s nigh
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Author Bette A. Stevens debuts her latest picture book, ‘AMAZING MATILDA: A Monarch’s Tale’ on YouTube.
Amazing Matilda: A Monarch’s Tale – YouTube
AMAZING MATILDA: A Monarch’s Tale is my latest children’s picture book. I wrote the story when I was teaching fourth and fifth grade students. I wanted to inspire my students and my grandchildren, who were young at the time, to meet their challenges with patience and persistence. MATILDA helped me do just that!
Watch the show and let me know what you think. Here’s the preview link to view MATILDA:
via Amazing Matilda: A Monarch’s Tale – YouTube.
http://www.examiner.com/article/amazing-matilda-a-monarch-s-tale-by-bette-a-stevens
Author Bette A. Stevens debuts her latest picture book, ‘AMAZING MATILDA: A Monarch’s Tale’ on YouTube.
Amazing Matilda: A Monarch\’s Tale – YouTube
AMAZING MATILDA: A Monarch’s Tale is my latest children’s picture book. I wrote the story when I was teaching fourth and fifth grade students. I wanted to inspire my students and my grandchildren, who were young at the time, to meet their challenges with patience and persistence. MATILDA helped me do just that!
Watch the show and let me know what you think. Here’s the preview link to view MATILDA:
via Amazing Matilda: A Monarch\’s Tale – YouTube.
http://www.examiner.com/article/amazing-matilda-a-monarch-s-tale-by-bette-a-stevens
AWESOME!
Already autumn seasons us, with darts
of scarlet fallen leaves and crispy air.
The nights befall us earlier. It starts
to hint of winter brevity. Compare
the light at 6 PM to just three weeks
ago, and note the recent rain that made
adobe-colored gutter water, leaks
in old garages, rivulets of shade.
Already fall approaches. I should fix
the broken, reinforce the frail, replace
with prudence and prepare myself for six
months on the other side, but I’ve a pace
too skewed right now – intention aimed elsewhere,
exposed to elements of self-repair.
Come join us!
Bette A. Stevens, Maine Author 
Written
on 09/22/2012