Ken Hughes

Writing #darkfantasy: When your psychic senses are fading and the gangster's lair has the perfect defenses, how do you break in with birdseed and a rock?

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

When you can fly, don’t look down - look up. #TheHighRoad #urbanfantasy https://t.co/FEZyiSAJER

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

No Creatures Needed - why I write *people* with powers. https://t.co/UritMlP1aP

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

No, writing #shortstories won't make you famous or a novelist. Happy, maybe. @Rachel_Aaron RT https://t.co/K0dD4XZZ3P

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

A story's *real* action: being pulled into the hero's head. #writetip RT @LisaCron https://t.co/xNOtMUJEQv https://t.co/Z0tzeRRdQV

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BEST guide to writer's Voice: @KWeiland #writetip https://t.co/Nj1cfu8qYs

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Are your descriptions tripping over each other? Traffic control for #paragraphs. #amwriting @KMWeiland https://t.co/gXtCnyCStD

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

#Writers and runners - it's not how fast you are *yet*, it's never stopping. RT @KristineRusch https://t.co/u3XIZ1ocaV

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Why stop with a good scene? What makes a few *great* ones work. #writetip https://t.co/Q0ta1jATD3.

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BEST guide to describing your story: https://t.co/uOwiYDw4RB

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

BEST first-line tips: https://t.co/K5GcVhQgtV, @kazthomas https://t.co/VQ3F5BfuY6

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Is your story off-target? @cathyyardley on what it's about: https://t.co/bZBKpXmgZ4

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Is your critique too soft, or too hard? @kathay1973 has a whole different view: https://t.co/1AE5XXID7x

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

BEST starting description tip: https://t.co/cSlaWZFPeg

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

#IronMan spent more on his one-man army than on real armies - he'd *seen* those didn't work for him. #OriginWin https://t.co/1S6YcLtj02

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

#IronMan didn't invent superpower gear - just the power source to supercharge it. #OriginWin https://t.co/1S6YcLtj02

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

"A crook killed his parents; #Batman fights crime." Sometimes writing's the art of the obvious. #OriginWin https://t.co/1S6YcLtj02

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Sorry, #Superman. What does being an alien have to do with picking up mountains? #OriginFail https://t.co/1S6YcLtj02

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Two laws of #backstory: the seed and the can of worms. It does what you want, and not too much more. https://t.co/1S6YcLtj02

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

The basic #backstory test: is it the story the writer wants to tell? #Superheroes https://t.co/1S6YcLtj02

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Ten ways #gaming keeps my #writing on target. https://t.co/K3Zq8Xjv9Y

[Ken Hughes @TheKenHughes]

Did you describe your character's HESSC? Hair color, eyes, skin, size, clothing -the basics.#writetip