resonance – Susan Dennard

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October 23, 2011

Holes: a book recommendation

Susan Book Recommendations, Reading book review, Books, Louis Sachar, middle grade fiction, Reading, resonance 17

5 out of 5 stars. I grew up reading (and loving) Louis Sachar, so Holes is one of those books I’ve been meaning to read for ages. But ut wasn’t until I saw praise of it on Katharine Owen’s blog, that I actually did pick it up. Well, all I can say is it was […]

October 17, 2011

LTWF: Story Threads and Resonance

Susan Writers, Writing Resources Let the Words Flow, plot, resonance, story layers, story thread, subplot, Writers, writing resources 0

Listen: if there’s one thing that every engrossing, well-built novel needs, it’s subplots. Or, as I prefer to call them: story layers. “Oh no,” you argue. “I don’t need any layers. My plot just doesn’t have room for that.” I beg to differ. Every story can benefit from a subplot–even just a few tiny threads […]