Finding Your Author Voice
Your author voice is one of the most valuable things you bring to a manuscript. It is infused into every line and word of your writing.
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Averbs: To Use or Not to Use
Adverbs get a bad rap in writing circles. Unfortunately, this is one of those writing "rules" that doesn't provide enough detail
Handling Multiple Points of View
Using multiple POV characters is very common and not hard to do. Here are a few tips for writing multiple POV stories well.
Deep Point of View
Deep POV is meant to be as close to the POV character as possible. You combine the narrator's voice and the POV character's voice into one.
Dialogue and Character Motivations
Dialogue can be tricky. Instead of being told by your usual narrator, dialogue lets each of your characters speak for themselves. The...
Keeping Your Speakers Straight
Here are some tips for using simple mechanics to help readers keep the speaker straight.
Show, Don't Tell
Every writer has heard this advice: Show, don't tell. It's all over the online writing communities. But the advice is a flawed rule
Said is NOT Dead
When writing dialogue, it can feel like you are writing an endless stream of names, pronouns, and dialogue tags. It can be a delicate...
Using Showing to Write Compelling Dialogue
A conversation which doesn’t effect the story, no matter how dynamic, realistic, and well-written, will feel like an unnecessary aside.
Filtering the World through a PoV Character
One common mistake that writers make is to describe the character sensing or thinking about things, rather than to describe them directly.
Why Protagonists Matter
Books are fun because they can get inside other people’s heads. You can experience another life through another person.
Beginning Your Book
Whoever you’re trying to impress (an agent, a publisher, or even a reader), the beginning of your book is your one and only chance.
A New Perspective on Point of View
Every scene, every line, every word is from a point of view. This is how you draw your readers in and make them connect emotionally with the
Writing Resources
If you don’t see the topic you’re looking for on my blog yet, I have made a list of some of my favorite writing advice.
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