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Research Editor's Picks 1. Interstitial 2. Cupid's Secret 3. Probe 4. Joe's Magical Pet Rocks 5. The Reformed Rattler 6. The White Mountain 7. 8. 9. Heading 1 Looking for a Premise Heading 2 How do you find premises for your stories? Hook Fleshing out a premise About This Newsletter According to dictionary.com a premise is a statement or hypothesis, which gives support to a deduction or inference. Letter From the Editor I listed the following "Premises"  a few years ago after a meditation session. At the time, I was working on a science fiction story and looking for a way to break writer's block. I listed the five "premises", then went on with the story. I don't think any of them ever made it into that story, but I think they inspired in other science fiction or fantasy stories I've written.1 The legends and myths of Earth are living realities on other planets. 2 Animals extinct on Earth are living realities on other planets. 3 The diversity of life on Earth points to a greater diversity in the Universe. 4 To its inhabitants paradise is not a paradise. 5 There is always a serpent in paradise. Recently, I looked at these premises again, and decided I need to flesh them out. One of the things I need to do is transform them into question by adding "What if" before each premise. After transforming the premises into questions, I need a protagonist with specific goals, motivations, and fears. Next I need to add some sort of obstacle. In this case, either an antagonist who gets in the way of the protagonist or some other type of obstacle. Perhaps the protagonist has some internal conflict or put some natural barriers in the way of achieving the goal. Once I have the premises fleshed out, I'm ready to begin writing. How do you find premises for your stories or novels? How do you go about fleshing them out? Do you have any stories to submit to the fantasy newsletter? Editors Picks
Excerpt: The night before Christmas, it snowed like the sky was falling—great clumps of it driven sideways into the windows, gathering on top of all the cars like a thick, down blanket. The flurries of snow flashed fire-bright in the orange glow of the streetlights and glittered blue under the moon.
Excerpt: "Hi Cupid, thank you for agreeing to this interview."
Excerpt: Jack heard the crash at 3 A.M. and so he stumbled out of bed into the the darkness now abiding (electric power was no more), he sought to find his flashlight ready and Jack in tremble was unsteady because he could not find the light.
Excerpt: Joe who's six, has short brown hair, freckles on his cheeks and blue eyes loves to find and play with rocks. The first rock he found was a piece of granite that was in his backyard. It was sticking out of the ground and caught his eye because it was sparkling in the sun light. When he moved, it sparkled. Tom his friend who has short brown hair and brown eyes also loves rocks. They use rocks to play with as pet rocks.
Excerpt: The knock on the door was loud and insistent. The bent-over, ugly little man shuffled his way to the door. When he opened it, he faced three gentlemen in black suits and sunglasses. The one in front carried a briefcase.
Excerpt: “Gotcha!” Activities, Groups, and Contests
Feedback "Fantasy Newsletter (January 22, 2020)" Beholden  writes: Thank you very much for including my story, "The Tale of Nerya and Rhodwen," amongst your Editor's Picks.I find it's not so much winter (which has its bright sides too) but the festivities of Christmas and New Year that cause a lull in the willingness to write. I am easily led astray by excuses not to write and the obvious temptation to give oneself a break over the festive season weighs heavily on me. Inevitably, I give in and allow a few days to pass without producing a thing. It's disaster. Always has been and always will be. Not writing one day gives me a guilty conscience the next and then I enter the descending spiral of blame for getting out of the writing habit. The effort required to get out of this sequence is tremendous. This year I managed to fight through by forcing myself to write on all but Christmas Day itself. They weren't great pieces but they made up something to show for the time. If I were into making resolutions, I would resolve never to allow myself a break again. In some ways, I'm a complete optimist.Thank you very much for including my story, "The Tale of Nerya and Rhodwen," amongst your Editor's Picks. I find it's not so much winter (which has its bright sides too) but the festivities of Christmas and New Year that cause a lull in the willingness to write. I am easily led astray by excuses not to write and the obvious temptation to give oneself a break over the festive season weighs heavily on me. Inevitably, I give in and allow a few days to pass without producing a thing. It's disaster. Always has been and always will be. Not writing one day gives me a guilty conscience the next and then I enter the descending spiral of blame for getting out of the writing habit. The effort required to get out of this sequence is tremendous. This year I managed to fight through by forcing myself to write on all but Christmas Day itself. They weren't great pieces but they made up something to show for the time. If I were into making resolutions, I would resolve never to allow myself a break again. In some ways, I'm a complete optimist. |
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