Author Archives: Charles Yallowitz

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About Charles Yallowitz

Charles E. Yallowitz was born, raised, and educated in New York. Then he spent a few years in Florida, realized his fear of alligators, and moved back to the Empire State. When he isn't working hard on his epic fantasy stories, Charles can be found cooking or going on whatever adventure his son has planned for the day. 'Legends of Windemere' is his first series, but it certainly won't be his last.

Questions 3: Keeping a Story Flowing

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

We all have preferences for flow in a story.  Let’s see what everyone thinks: What do you think is a good tool for creating seamless breaks in a story? What sport would you compare writing to in terms of maintaining … Continue reading →

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Punctuation Part IV: Ellipsis (. . .)

Posted on April 25, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Greetings Storytellers, Diana here today with another . . . riveting piece of punctuation: the ellipsis! I thought this one was going to be easy . . … Punctuation Part IV: Ellipsis (. . .)

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Poetry Day: Pixelated Memory

Posted on April 24, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

(Long ago, I had the time and energy to play a bunch of video games.  Probably wasn’t the biggest gamer, but I enjoyed the hobby.  Now, I barely play unless my son is here, so all I have are the … Continue reading →

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Threats to Story Flow

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Keeping a story flowing is more difficult than people realize.  In fact, I think there are multiple threats to this essential of storytelling.  These are from my own experience, so I’m sure there are more. Concurrent Adventures This is when … Continue reading →

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SE AUTHORS WEIGH IN – WORST REVIEW

Posted on April 23, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Hello, SE’ers! Welcome to a new series, where the authors at Story Empire will share some personal experiences they’ve had along their journeys. … SE AUTHORS WEIGH IN – WORST REVIEW

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Looking for the Why of Autism

Posted on April 22, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

I’m going to ruffle some feathers here.  Only because I’ve met many parents who are determined to find the ‘why’.  They want to know what made their children autistic.  It can stem from: A desire to help understand their child … Continue reading →

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Writing a Story vs Watching a Sporting Event In-Person

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

To be clear, I’m talking about American sports here.  I don’t know how it’s done in other countries, but it does seem like soccer doesn’t suffer from what I’m about . . . . . To talk about. Way back … Continue reading →

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Character Occupations Follow-up

Posted on April 21, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Follow-up! Greetings! Liz Gauffreau with you today. For today’s post, I’m doing a brief follow-up to my previous post on using character occupations … Character Occupations Follow-up

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Happy Easter: I Wouldn’t Trust the Rabbit-Made Chocolate

Posted on April 20, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates.  Still don’t quite get how crucifixion of Jesus involves bunnies, colored eggs, chocolate, and ham.  Then again, Jews eat willingly eat gefilte fish, so I guess religion and culture doesn’t need a reason.  Enjoy … Continue reading →

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Goal Post: End of Break and Back to Work

Posted on April 19, 2025 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I’m still in upstate New York after arriving Thursday afternoon.  I’ve only edited one chapter of Darwin & the Beast Collector, but I plan on getting another done today.  I wanted to start editing on Thursday, but the trip up … Continue reading →

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