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Characterization, Goal, Motivation and Conflict, Plotting, Showing vs. Telling
 By Teri Dawn Smith, on November 13th, 2009Creating Emotion in Writing Almost every writing class or craft book will tell you the same thing: fiction must create a compelling emotional experience. The problem is these teachers also let you know that if your character cries, the reader probably won’t. So how do you build this emotion? Simply writing highly emotional phrases such as her heart [...] Language usage, Showing vs. Telling
By Lynn Dean, on November 6th, 2009Sensory Writing is Sensational! Reading and writing are by nature very visual activities, but most people have five senses: sight, smell, taste, hearing, and touch. The more sensory perceptions you are able to engage in your writing, the more your reader will be able to experience your story almost first-hand. That’s a very good thing! Stories that seem [...] Showing vs. Telling, Writing in Active Voice
By Naomi Musch, on October 23rd, 2009Show, Don’t Tell If there’s one thing you will be told as a writer over and over again, it’s Show, Don’t Tell. So, if you haven’t heard that said before, allow me to be the first. What does it mean to show and not tell? It means to let the reader see, hear, taste, smell, and feel [...] Characterization, Showing vs. Telling
By Melinda Evaul, on October 16th, 2009Creating Unforgettable Characters, Part 2 One goal as a writer is to create characters that become like full-fledged humans living and moving inside your story world or setting. They possess the traits and beliefs expressed by people in everyday life. You don’t want them to appear like cardboard dolls you move around in the story. In the last [...] |
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