Not knowing the motivations or back story of other characters, for instance, allows the author to create tension and deepen character interactions. To write a good story in any genre, you'll want to keep your characters ignorant about certain things. Not ignorance by the author, although I sometimes feel like I'm a specialist in that too, but about keeping your readers and characters in the dark. IGNORANCE This is a post about ignorance. Patrick is the author the middle grade science fiction adventures SECRETS OF THE DRAGON TOMB and THE EMPEROR OF MARS (to be published on July 18th, 2017), which Kirkus described as "joyfully modernizing space pulp for a new audience." Take it away, Patrick! Hello! Today we are pleased to welcome middle grade author Patrick Samphire to the blog.
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