The Basic Types of Editing
This post covers some basic definitions of the typical types/stages of editing.
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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 and is often presented as some sort of...
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.
Making a Main Character Likeable
The main character is the thread that pulls the the plot forward. They are the point of view that readers are getting the story from.
The Basics of Plot: Inciting Incident
The inciting incident is where you make the promises to your readers about what is going to happen in the climax.
The Basics of Plot Editing part 2
A good story needs more than a beginning and an ending. The connecting moments make up most of your plot.
The Basics of Plot Editing: Climax
The climax is the most important part of every plot. It should be the moment that everything builds up to from the very first page.
How to Give Feedback to a Writer
It can be terrifying to share your work. Getting feedback can be frustrating and embarrassing, or it can be really helpful and reassuring.
Why Main Characters 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.
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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