I recently read a story that I liked from someone in my writing community. The author is planning to self-publish using Amazon. Seeing a problem with the protagonist’s special abilities, I privately emailed the author to address my concerns. The author was grateful and embraced my feedback. But should critique pointing out a flawed character or story come from our…
Author: Darnell Cureton
Diary of a bad writer- Week 2
October 8th 1:00pm – Fear takes over as I realize I have no degrees in writing. I highlight the chapter I just completed. DELETE October 9th 3:00pm – I remembered I’m in the age of information. I Googled Writing Workshops then File Recovery Programs
The Rule Of One – by Ashley Sanders and Leslie Sanders
I was able to read this dystopian young adult novel in a couple of days. It has some tropes we are familiar with, but it is a well-written story about the future United States that has adopted a one child per family law. Set in Dallas, Darren Goodwin, Director of Texas Family Planning Division enforces the ‘one child one…