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The Perspective From Inside a Character
A writer and I were recently exploring ways to write from a character’s point of view, as if the writer were on the inside of the character looking out through the character’s eyes and experiencing...
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Know Your Character’s Language
Today’s topic comes courtesy of a book I recently read. The author is well known, the publisher a long-established publishing house, and yet still there are distracting miscalculations in word choice...
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“And” in Action
The subject of this article comes courtesy of a conversation (e-mail variety) with a writer. We’re going to look at the word and and its use as a coordinating conjunction joining two actions performed...
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Saving the Day, Solving the Problem
After readers have followed your protagonist through the adventure and events you devised for your characters, after readers have laughed at, wept over, feared for, maybe even dreamed about your main...
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Showing and Telling Particulars
A writer and I were talking about showing and telling this week, about the differences between the two ways of presenting information, details, and action. And so I thought I should write up my...
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Finish What You Start
This is the time of year we’re filled with excitement over new projects, new possibilities. We make resolutions and plans, determined that this is the year we’ll write that novel, that we’ll submit a...
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When the Familiar is Too Familiar
The subject of this article falls under the broad category of fact-checking, but it covers a specific area that could use some extra attention when you’re working through a manuscript. Whether you’re a...
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Hold Off on Polishing
The next article I had lined up focused on a grammar issue, but I was reading a thread in a Facebook writing group and wanted to weigh in on the subject. Contributors to the discussion were debating...
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Get Skilled
You’ll find a lot of articles at this blog that encourage the new writer. Writers come to writing for many reasons, and not all will have a background in writing, fiction, or literature. And while I...
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Readers Notice and They Care
Readers care about story details and they care about characters. Both last night and this afternoon I had conversations with readers upset about the way authors had portrayed a character. The first...
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