One of the most important decisions you will make in writing your story is choosing which point of view to use. The point of view is the “head” or “camera […]
If the first rule of writing is Show, Don’t Tell, the second should be Keep It Active. Active voice is what puts us in the middle of the action and […]
Giving life to a character is one of the most rewarding parts of being a writer. It is also one of the most difficult. Too many times in fiction we […]
Have you ever read a court transcript? It accurately gives a word-by-word report of exactly what is said. But it is interesting? Uh-uh. If we wrote verbatim the way we […]
“Just be like that,” she pouted. “Oh, come on,” he groaned. “Not this again.” “You don’t love me,” she replied. “Right,” he snarled. “That’s why I bought you an eight […]
