Walker BuckalewApr 12, 20223 minConstructing Novels: Part FourIn Part Three, I described the importance of contributions of in-process readers of manuscripts. And I closed by noting that, aside from...
Walker BuckalewApr 11, 20222 minConstructing Novels: Part ThreeWhen my wife Linda finished reading her third three-chapter block of manuscript pages for A Fearful Thing – on its way to becoming the...
Walker BuckalewMar 23, 20223 min“How Is a Person Supposed to Read Fiction?”C. S. Lewis told his readers and his correspondents repeatedly that, when you read fiction, you will not have a good experience unless...
Walker BuckalewMar 9, 20223 minReal-Life Characters: A Fearful ThingI have mentioned in earlier posts that the characters in my novels are not based on actual people. Rather, I normally create my...