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Becoming a better writer

"Exploiting werewolf law in a life or death situation against opponents with everything to gain." He chuckled and offered his hand, "I'm in."

A website showcasing the work of an amateur New Zealand writer, attempting to learn by doing.

There are two Novels on the website at the moment; serializing daily, plus a Twitterbook also serializing daily.

The Wolf's Will: A newspaper editor attempts to exploit werewolf law for profit; he knows what he's letting himself in for, his traveling companions really don't.
Demonic Symphony: Two under-prepared Demon Hunters find themselves way in over their heads; many ugly cars are wrecked.
The ongoing adventures of Ulysses Perhero: A casual Twitterbook about a Heroic Comedic Sociopath

It's possible to see the quality of the writing improve not only between books but actually within the books themselves.

Here is the link http://becomingabetterwriter.wordpress.com/

This show provides examples of:

Against My Religion - A man tries to avoid giving Ulysses information this way; it doesn't go well
Bystander Syndrome - The attitude of the general population towards demons in Demonic Symphony, and oh boy does it backfire.
Demon Slaying, Must be the entire point of Demonic Symphony
Enthusiasm Versus Stoicism - It definitely wouldn't stretch credibility to see this as the relationship between Greg and Tony Tony. Look at the start of this scene to see what I mean.
Emotions vs. Stoicism - Word Of God has it that this was originally meant to be the point of The Wolf's Will; unfortunately they lose their stoic after the first chapter
- And find a better stoic
Granola Girl - Christine has touches of this.
Our Demons Are Different - In Demonic Symphony, the demons are the embodiments of emotional energy projected on the world.
- In theory, this means that there should be demons for other strong emotions such as love, but this isn't really touched on during the book.
Na No Wri Mo - The Wolf's Will was written as part of this
Significant Anagram - Mr. Ian Woon is an anagram of NaNoWriMo, this also counts as a Shout Out
Sky Surfing - Used in The Wolf's Will for the Wind Surfers
Stephen Ulysses Perhero - Naturally, Ulysses Perhero.
The Stoic - Greg has his moments of stoicism, but he has absolutely nothing on Free Flower, or on Beatrice from Demonic Symphony.
- Word Of God has it that the last two are actually incapable of feeling emotion
The Stoner - Mr. Ian Woon again; a flying surfboard riding hippy.
Taught By Experience - Given as a reason for Derek's continued survival