33 Unusual Tips to Becoming a Better Writer
Originally posted on Lorraine Loveit:
My favourite is “Make people cry. Make them feel the potent moments.”
Category: Editing
Writing Your Fighting (the complete story)
Originally posted on Traveling Light:
Visit me at the Virtual Fantasy Con Sunday, Oct. 9 !! https://www.facebook.com/events/518395788285240/?active_tab=posts I’ve been having some conversations with writers about writing fight scenes, and I thought it might be a good idea to put some information out there. A lot of writers write fight scenes that are, to be honest,…
Comprise vs. Compose
Originally posted on DISCLAIMER : I COULD BE WRONG:
[We must all strive for perfection. @Giraffedata, you know who you are.] Grammar Stickler Banishes comprised of From Wikipedia When I came across an online story headlined “One Man’s Quest to Rid Wikipedia of Exactly One Grammatical Mistake,” I of course had to find out who this…
Write Garbage!
The 7 Tools of Dialogue
By James Scott Bell My neighbor John loves to work on his hot rod. He’s an automotive whiz and tells me he can hear when something is not quite right with the engine. He doesn’t hesitate to pop the hood, grab his bag of tools and start to tinker. He’ll keep at it until the […]
Read More The 7 Tools of DialogueThe Road to Fantasy is Paved with Facts
Originally posted on Traveling Light:
(This is the first of four “themed” posts about research for fantasy novelists.) I don’t really give “Writing Advice”. Oh, sure – I have my opinions, and since I’ve managed to produce two novels and a memoir, I have just enough experience and success to think that, perhaps, I do…
The War on Dialogue Tags
I am not a fan of this current fad to strip all dialogue tags! This is the current wisdom in editing. It’s believed that things that are not “said” or “asked” are distracting and should be cut. It is “justified,” for example, by the conventional wisdom that you can’t “growl” a sentence; a “growl” is […]
Read More The War on Dialogue TagsWhat Makes a $100k Author: 8 Findings Every Author Should Know
This was a very useful article! I will be referring to it for advice in the future! Introduction Last year we looked at authors earning over $5,000 per month vs. lower earning authors to tease out the differences. This year, we compared authors making over $100,000 in a single year vs. authors who earn less than […]
Read More What Makes a $100k Author: 8 Findings Every Author Should KnowScience in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy
Now this was a resource I just had to share! I may, in the future, repost particular articles that are relevant to something I’m immediately writing, but there’s just too much stuff to post the whole series at once! Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy is a blog series for authors and fans of speculative […]
Read More Science in Sci-Fi, Fact in Fantasy10 Tips for Writing Great Fiction
I love Jenna Moreci’s YouTube channel! I’m sharing some of her writing tips because not only do I generally agree with her advice, but I enjoy the way she presents them. (Except that she’s a plotter and I’m a plantser, so we don’t always see eye to eye about that. She likes more planning than […]
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