by Jack Remick | Jun 15, 2013 | California, Central Valley, New Fiction, San Francisco, Seattle's Literary Community, The Book of Changes
The Book of Changes, the third volume of The California Quartet, is in the chute and should arrive sometime in October, 2013. Here’s what you’ll get: The Book of Changes: (coming in October 2013 from Coffeetown Press.) “Beast” is a pure innocent with one...
by Jack Remick | Jan 24, 2013 | Seattle's Literary Community, Writing Craft, Writing Techniques, Writing Theory
Who Do You Listen To? After I came across a very brave and unique novel titled: Taliban Escape by Aabra which was reviewed in The Dark Phantom Review, I remembered an exchange I had with a fellow writer and former student. I want to post it here for anyone visiting...
by Jack Remick | Dec 11, 2012 | Accolades for the Author, book reviews, Seattle's Literary Community
Silvio’s review on Goodreads, posted Dec 11, 2012. Reposting. Dec 11, 12 Like other reviews said, this book is not a romance, not by a long shot. It’s brutal, violent, gory, disturbing with detailed descriptions of many monstrous murders, real or...
by Jack Remick | May 1, 2012 | California, Central Valley, diaspora, New Fiction, Seattle's Literary Community, The Beats, The Deification
Valley Boy, Part of the Okie Chronicle– A Novel by Jack Remick Valley Boy ($13.95, 254 pp, 6×9 Trade Paperback ISBN: 978-1-60381-145-3), by Jack Remick, covers a year in the life of a third-generation Okie teenager who is struggling with the stigma of his...
by Jack Remick | Jan 25, 2012 | Blood the Novel, Seattle's Literary Community, Writing Craft, Writing Techniques, Writing Theory
This technique is an example of how the writer can work out the full scene sequence for a novel based on a couple of treatments–either the Three Act Structure or the Mythic Journey Sequence. This sequence is based on the Three Act Structure. Cut To Sequence for...
by Jack Remick | Jan 17, 2012 | First Person Narrative, poetics of prose, Seattle's Literary Community, Writing Craft, Writing Techniques, Writing Theory
Writing about Writing—A useful technique for getting control of your story ©2012 by Jack Remick After rewriting the last three scenes for the fourth time. I find myself rewriting the same three scenes over and over. I’m looking for the deep place they hook to but I...
