Posts Tagged ‘Writing craft’
How to Write a Great Last Line
Don’t you just love it when a line in a book so good, that you just have to stop reading to appreciate it for a few minutes? Me too. I think that’s part of the reason I began writing – to, just once – write one of those sentences. You can find them scattered throughout…
Read MoreHow to Tweak an Unlikeable Character
I admit, odd people fascinate me. The marginal personalities, the walking damaged, the wierdos. When I look back in my life, it seems I’m the Pied Piper of The Quirky (Or maybe it just takes one to know one ;)) They show up in my novels often. I’ve written a New York fashionista transplanted in…
Read MoreAdverb Adverse
I’ll admit to being ‘adverb adverse’. It’s one of my reading pet peeves I’m reading along, immersed in the story when I start to notice them. And once I do, every one becomes a drop of water on my forehead, drip, drip, dripping until I want to heave the book. They irritate me enough…
Read MoreHow to Avoid the Dreaded Dialog Tag
by Laura Drake Okay, I admit it. I’m prejudiced against dialogue tags. Yes, I know they say, ‘He said/she said’ are invisible to the reader. They’re not to me. Even if you don’t share my pet peeve, why settle for something so boring? You write a sparkling line of dialogue, and slap ‘he said’ on…
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