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Language usage, Point of View, Setting, Showing vs. Telling
 By Melinda Evaul, on March 18th, 2011Readers of my book Grow Old With Me often comment about my descriptive writing style. I love to pull the reader into the scene and the story world by showing them what my characters experience. Benjamin looked over the valley as he retrieved tools from the back of his truck. That gets the message [...] 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 [...] Research, Setting, Showing vs. Telling
By Naomi Musch, on April 2nd, 2010. . . Or Don’t Know! When I was a teenager starting to pursue my writing passion, I was constantly bombarded with the adage: write what you know. I found this a little bit frustrating, to say the least. After all, I was about fourteen. What did I know? Very little, I’ll tell you. [...] Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Plotting, Setting
By Teri Dawn Smith, on September 4th, 2009Planning Your Story’s Setting The Importance of Your Story World If you’ve finished Lesson 1 and discovered the goal, motivation and conflict for your story, you need to think about the setting. The setting plays an important role in the story since it anchors the reader in a time and place and provides [...] |
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