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Category Archives: dialogue

Hybrid Methodology

Kelli Jae Baeli Posted on December 20, 2013 by Kelli Jae BaeliAugust 26, 2015

(and 3 New Books for the Holidays) I have just completed three books, and am going to make my deadline to get them out for holiday sales. One is a standalone novel in the Crime/Vigilante vein: Another Justice. One is the 5th in the AKA Investigations Series, titled, Also Known as Sleepy Cat Peak, and the other is an anthology of Bold Erotic Stories called The Speed of Dark. The Vigilante one was difficult, in many ways, the erotic anthology, I had been writing in between other projects for some time now; and I was surprised and thrilled that the … Continue reading →

Posted in erotica genre, AKA Investigations series, Kindle, BOOKS, WRITING, lesfic genre, Fiction, romance-genre, romantic suspense genre, WRITING LIFE, Smashwords, methodology, Also Known As DNA, novelwriting, adventure genre, indie publisher, PUBLISHING, WRITING CRAFT, short stories, technique, Also Known as Syzygy, novels, Humor genre, dialogue, vigilanteism, Kelli Jae Baeli, Sleepy Cat Peak, plot, Also Known As Rising & Falling, writer, The Speed of Dark, self-publishing, Lesbian fiction genre, novelist, Another Justice, Fiction Writing | Leave a reply

Nonfiction & Non-nonfiction

Kelli Jae Baeli Posted on September 23, 2013 by Kelli Jae BaeliSeptember 9, 2017

It bothers me when anything is referred to as a negative of something else,  such as nonfiction is NOT fiction. Its only identity is about what it is NOT. Like Man and non-man.  Like white and non-white. Like yellow and non-yellow. I find it so pejorative, with this word in particular, and I wish there was another way to say “nonfiction” that was about what it IS, not what it is NOT. Fiction is also referred to as literature or fictional prose, but it is a positive–it is fictional. It’s not even non-nonfiction, perhaps only because that would be cumbersome. … Continue reading →

Posted in WRITING CRAFT, truthiness, truth, nonfiction, Kelli Jae Baeli, Fiction Writing, writer, nonfiction writing, PEEVES, memoir genre, BOOKS, Style, dialogue, WRITING, reading, frustration, novelwriting | 2 Replies

Critique of Bad Fiction

Kelli Jae Baeli Posted on April 28, 2011 by Kelli Jae BaeliJanuary 28, 2018

Several years ago, I did a critique for a friend who wanted my editorial-writerly insight on some stories she wrote. After I read them, I was then uneasy, because I am not willing to lie, yet I didn’t want to hurt her feelings. When she asked about the results of my reading, I told her I was afraid she wouldn’t like my critique. She stated emphatically that she wanted the cold hard truth. And so, that’s what I gave her. Below, is the critique, and I post it because I feel it covers lots of territory that every new writer … Continue reading →

Posted in Voice, contrived situations, Willing Suspension of Disbelief, plot, WRITING CRAFT, tension, cliches, conflict, technique, lesbians, characters, WRITING, Writing tips, dialogue, SEXUALITY, diction, editing, bad writing, plotting, word choice, Fiction Writing, attributions, Style | Tagged phrasing, usage, critique, phras, mechanics, formatting | Leave a reply

Organic Doesn’t Mean Clueless

Kelli Jae Baeli Posted on March 17, 2008 by Kelli Jae BaeliNovember 28, 2011

This will illustrate, i hope, the power of dialogue. Even with no story, you can glean all the information you need from what two people are saying to each other. I used to go sit in public places like restaurants and coffee shops and just dictate what i was hearing into my AlphaSmart. This is a real conversation i had on the phone with a friend… “I really wanted this to be organic this time. I didn’t want to force it. But I can’t figure out where her head is, I just know that i dont’ like how she’s treating … Continue reading →

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