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Rocket Weekly is a weekly blog for new fiction writers covering topics related to story ideas, structure, characters, resources, inspiration, and general tips. Find a topic below and jump in!
Ray Bradbury is my favorite creative person ever. His passion and zeal for storytelling inspires me on a daily basis. I’ve often thought, “What I would ask Mr. Bradbury if I would have had a chance to meet him.”
Spoiler alert: Story ideas come from everywhere. From seeing three kids with band instruments standing in a yard (creeped me out a bit) to listening to a podcast and thinking, “This would be a great story...IN SPACE”.
\Welcome to Rocket Weekly, a weekly blog for new fiction writers. My name is F.C. Shultz and I love good stories. I’ve published two short novels and a handful of stories (Every Day Fiction, Of Gods and Globes Anthology), and I love talking about writing.
Nothing will take you out of a story faster than bad dialogue. If someone is reading your dialogue and thinks, “I’m reading dialogue,” you’ve lost as an author.
Poorly written dialogue is like looking through the mouth hole at Disneyland and seeing the person inside of Mickey. The magic is gone when the mechanics are exposed.