Movies that Play in our Characters’ Heads
In novels, we are almost always in our characters’ heads. An entire story is told from the viewpoints of the…
Getting to the Core of Character Motivation
Today’s guest post is the first of two from author Becca Puglisi. With her blogging partner, Angela Ackerman, she has written…
A Word about Dumb Spell-Checkers
I’m of the opinion we should do away with spell-checkers. For one thing, they’re a bit like calculators (except flawed)….
The Sound of . . . Sound in Novels
Sound may not be something writers pay much attention to when they work on their novels. Of course, there usually…
Advice I Wish I’d Been Given When I Started … Part 5
This continues our series asking some seasoned, experienced authors what three key bits of advice they would give new writers…
Share and Share Alike
Would you say “This is Joe’s and Sally’s car” or “This is Joe and Sally’s car”? This type of question…
Show, Don’t Tell, How Time Is Passing
“Show, don’t tell.” Novelists know this mandate. But there are many different ways to “show,” and now that we’ve spent…
Advice I Wish I’d Been Given When I Started … Part 4
This continues our series asking some seasoned, experienced authors what three key bits of advice they would give new writers…
Messy Plurals
Plurals can get messy. and the rules even messier. The Chicago Manual of Style tends toward logic, but in certain cases…