Know Your Destination
London, Sydney, or Tokyo? As we stood by this directional sign on a small island in the middle of the South Pacific, my husband and […]
Tag: fiction writing advice
He Said / She Said / They Said
Dialogue Tags It has been suggested that said is the most beautiful word in the English language, and that is certainly true for writers. Said […]
Feeling All Alone?
Your characters are balking. You don’t know how to begin the third chapter. That perfect bit of dialogue you thought up while falling asleep last […]
A Promise Made
A promise “to love and cherish” is one often made at weddings as the bride and groom gaze lovingly into each other’s eyes, no doubt […]
Good Bones
Just as your body needs a skeleton to give it structure, your novel needs a framework for its story. If you start with a solid, […]
The Research Iceberg
Despite the literary license we fiction writers supposedly hold, readers expect a certain amount of realism and accuracy in stories that are based on the […]
Art or Elephant Ears?
Have you ever written a chapter, scene, or page of dialogue or description that you thought was truly excellent then reviewed it the next day […]
Know Your Destination
London, Sydney, or Tokyo? As we stood by this directional sign on a small island in the middle of the South Pacific, my husband and […]
Your Heart Knows
I must be a born rebel. When it comes to fiction-writing rules, I just can’t seem to help but break them—at least some of them, […]
A Promise Made
A promise “to love and cherish” is one often made at weddings as the bride and groom gaze lovingly into each other’s eyes, no doubt […]