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Language usage, Point of View, Showing vs. Telling
 By Lynn Dean, on September 23rd, 2011A guest post by Sandra Orchard Details. Not a hundred of them listed ad nauseum, but key details unique to the POV character that are both fresh and rich in sensory information. Dig deep into the scene. Don’t just say your hero is wearing jeans and a t-shirt. Maybe his mom hung them on [...] Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Language usage, Point of View, Showing vs. Telling
By Lynn Dean, on September 16th, 2011A guest post by Sandra Orchard Do you scratch your head when someone tells you that you need to “show, not tell”? It’s the key to writing compelling commercial fiction, but an often difficult concept to grasp in all its nuances. Today I’m going to share with you some simple ways to… “Show” emotion [...] 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 [...] Language usage, Showing vs. Telling
By Lynn Dean, on March 4th, 2011Filler words are distracting…not to mention annoying. In speech, they crop up when we don’t know quite how to communicate what we’re trying to say. Filler words crop up in writing for the same reason and have the same effect. Annoying distractions, they muddy the message and communicate almost nothing. Exercise: Look for these [...] Editing, Showing vs. Telling
By Melinda Evaul, on January 14th, 2011Last month I posted about “weasel words”—those unnecessary words that sneak into your manuscript. These weasels have companions that accompany them. Their friends are phrases or words that spoil the ‘show vs. tell’ aspect of your work. I’m talking about words like: thought wondered felt knew saw noticed observed realized [...] |
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