Some people seem to think that to tell a story, you just start talking and to write a story, you just start writing. Simply string two or more words together to make a sentence and repeat until you have a book, right? If you’ve tried your hand at writing, you know it’s not that [...]
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Characterization, Dialogue, Editing, Language usage, Pacing, Plotting, Showing vs. Telling, The Writing Industry, Writing in Active Voice
 By Naomi Musch, on December 17th, 2010You may have heard it said that good writers are those who read. Chances are you already love reading. Each of us has our own tastes and preferences when it comes to reading. Some love action books, others prefer a sweet romance. And within each book genre there are many flavors, so that one [...] Plotting
By Naomi Musch, on November 12th, 2010There are two primary types of writers out there. With affection, we call them plotters or pantsers. Plotters like to know where their story is going and usually use some type of outline to keep them on course. Pantsers launch in with only a vague sense of what is going happen next. They know [...] Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Plotting
By Lynn Dean, on October 1st, 2010All stories are based on a few basic formulas that make very good sense. [...] Personal Motivation, Plotting
By Lynn Dean, on June 28th, 2010Randy Ingermanson says: I’m a physicist, an author, and probably dangerously disturbed. I write about “The intersection of Science Avenue and Faith Boulevard” because that’s the corner where I live. This neighborhood doesn’t have many lights, so you see a lot of accidents around here. Be careful of the flying glass! My job in [...] |
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