After teaching writing and critiquing many chapters for the past several years, I’ve come up with a list of the common mistakes I see in manuscripts. [...]
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Characterization, Editing, Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Language usage, Point of View, Writing in Active Voice
 By Teri Dawn Smith, on October 22nd, 2010Characterization, Personal Motivation, Research
By Naomi Musch, on October 15th, 2010What if you’ve got a time to write and a great story idea, but still the words won’t flow? Here are several ideas for jogging the story loose. [...] Characterization
By Melinda Evaul, on October 8th, 2010To write a character-driven story, the writer must understand what makes people, in general, and characters, uniquely, behave as they do. [...] Characterization, Language usage, Setting
By Melinda Evaul, on September 10th, 2010Whether you write historical, contemporary, or fantasy, a variety of research techniques can help you create a vivid story world. [...] Characterization, Research, Setting
By Melinda Evaul, on April 30th, 2010Many of my posts this year focused on character development. In this lesson, I want to touch on research. Get to “know” your characters through research… In a character driven novel, the writer must learn what makes the character act a certain way. By the time I start a novel, I know my character [...] |
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