Feeling unmotivated to write? Doubting that you have any writing talent? Blocked because you don’t know how to move forward with your story? Hopefully one of these articles will get you back …
“Writing is a concentrated form of thinking…a young writer sees that with words he can place himself more clearly into the world. Words on a page, that’s all it takes to help him separate him…
Two ideas closely related to voice are mood and tone.In every story, the author creates an emotional atmosphere – so that a reader might say, “The story felt very solemn” or “Th…
• Passive voiceVerbs give sentences and books vibrancy. When too many of them in a story are passive or weak, the writing sounds drab.• Telling not showingPerhaps the most common mistake among novi…
Among the lesser used yet most powerful of point of views is first-person minor. This point of view occurs when the narrator is in the story but is not the protagonist. It can be identified by…
Unsportsmanlike Grammar: Touch Base vs. Touch Bases
In baseball, after hitting the ball the batter has to touch each of the four bases to score. If he misses a base and keeps running, he must go back to that base before advancing. Runners who m…
Among the major errors some novice writers make is waiting to tell readers a story. Those writers begin their tale with lots of background information, such as the main character’s personality…
Some mainstream media will ignore your release because they deem it as less news than an advertisement for your product. Indeed, an announcement that your book will be released or that it has been …