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Talking to the Dead
Whether you use flashback, ghosts or beings from another planet, a fun way to impart information in your action/adventure story is to use the dead as a character. Hearing "what grandma used to say" in your mind can impart information the character knows, so the reader can know.
What about psychic mediums? Clairvoyant people accused of witchcraft in previous years, now lauded as bridges to heaven or the nether world, do readings and channel information from the dead. Can they help your story move forward? It's a fine line where the reader not only has to believe your character, but also the information they reveal. What about seances? Ouija boards? Tarot cards?
As a writer, it sounds like a fun idea to bring into your story. You or a character you create can speak to the dead as a way of coping with a loss and it is considered perfectly normal. Perhaps the dead can answer. These experiences can be joyful, sad or even scary. So think about the dead as another tool in your writing arsenal.
Have a conversation with grandma, and as always, Write On!
This month's question: Have you had an experience with a ghost?
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Excerpt: “Jack, it’s about the Captain. He passed away last month.”
“I know, I wish I could have been here for the funeral . . .”
“Jack, he left you a boat. And a last request.”
Excerpt: In the back pages of the Times there appeared one October notice of a fatality in the London Underground: William Dawson, a motorman, was discovered dead upon the tracks near Aldersham early yesterday morning. It appears that he fell under the wheels of a train and was dragged for some distance.
The item was seen by a number of readers, including (for the purposes of this story) a man named Reeves.
Excerpt: Something thumped against the moss-ridden door of the caretaker's cabin.
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Excerpt: The old Nishikawa residence has been abandoned for two years, since a mysterious fire started in an upstairs bedroom, claiming the life of one of Nishikawa household members. Her charred remains found where the fire was believe to have started, the body was burnt beyond recognition. Since the disaster, the other Nishikawa family members have vanished, with no one knowing their current whereabouts
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Excerpt: Ask her if she’s okay.
We’ve all experienced unpleasant things, and so has she. Her presence proves this as much as it proves an afterlife. Remember that she had flesh and bone, like yours, until someone had mistreated it, beat it down and depressed it into the wet soil, forcing it under the mire until she had no choice but to give it up.
Treat her kindly.
Excerpt: “Well, spit it out!” Jennifer demanded.
"The Wiggin's mansion is haunted!"
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Your story must contain a setting, at least one (1) character, a conflict and a resolution.
Write a story about a character with a ton of potential in a certain regard, but who can't seem to get out of their own way and keep things together.
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This month's question: Have you had an experience with a ghost?
Answer below Editors love feedback!
Last month's question: Do you write historical fiction? How closely did you follow the events in history?
J.B. Ezar  : The story of mine you featured in this newsletter is alternate history. ("The Weeper" [ASR]) To depict the events in a parallel world, I had to know what exactly happened in ours. The mentioned dates and places are important for the understanding of the story (e.g. the annexation of Austria and Kristallnacht) even if nothing extraordinary happens on-page. Even a 1.5K speculative story requires thorough research.
Elfin Dragon-finally published : I enjoy reading historical fiction but have no talent for writing it.
BIG BAD WOLF is Howling  : Helps to have a general knowledge of the time period, and to do some research - don't need cellphones in the 1940's after all.
Monty  : Louis L'Amour did this, researched all his stories and poetry.
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