Vivid Writing
A picture is worth a thousand words. So what to do if you're a novelist and can't collaborate with an illustrator or cinematographer?
You write vividly.
Deep Point of View
Up Close and personal. Let’s get Intimate. Go Deep.
Uncomfortable yet? I want to shout Back off, get out of my face! Yet, I encourage this exact feeling of intense intimacy between reader and protagonist. Because emotion is everything!
Active & Passive Voice
Everyone's raving about getting active. And it's not just the gym buffs. With editing in mind, I'm thinking about Active and Passive Voice and how writers seem obsessed with keeping Active.
Telling over Showing
Show don’t tell they said. Who said? Everyone! Everyone? Well, perhaps not everyone... Because sometimes as a writer it’s better to tell.
Here’s when and why it's good to be a tattle-tell author.