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Alida Winderhimer

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Born

The United States

Website

http://www.alidawinternheimer.com

Twitter

alidawintern

Genre

Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery

Influences

Barbara Kingsolver, AS Byatt, Alice Munro

Member Since

April 2011

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https://www.goodreads.com/eletawinter

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Eleta received two Pushcart Prize nominations in 2013 for her stories, "Wild Animal" and "The Herd." She writes, coaches writers, and teaches writing in Minneapolis. When she isn't doing that, she kayaks, camps, practices yoga, and makes books.
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Average rating: 4.3 · 53 ratings · 18 reviews · 5 distinct works

	The Skoghall Mystery Series Book 1 4.21 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	German Writings, A Stone's Throw 4.36 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Skoghall Mystery Series Book 2 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	German Writings, Ein einziger Steinwurf by Alida Winderhimer (Goodreads Author), Anja Baumeister (Translater), Christina Löw (Goodreads Author) (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Avoid Hyper-realism

Alida Winternheimer, author

Avoid hyper-realism in your writing.

This applies to fiction and nonfiction, especially narrative nonfiction, but I’m going to talk about it in the context of story.

Hyper-realism is when you let the details of what your character is doing bog down the pace of the story. If you are concerned with telling a compelling story, one that keeps your readers engaged, you need to