How to Turn Good Dialogue into Great Dialogue
We fiction writers want to write terrific dialogue. After all, dialogue is the “make or break” element in a story….
We fiction writers want to write terrific dialogue. After all, dialogue is the “make or break” element in a story….
Guest post by Mariia Kukkakorpi. Have you ever considered how places influence storytelling, shape the atmosphere, or evoke the reader’s…
Strong pacing is critical in a fictional story, but it’s one of the hardest elements to understand and master. That’s…
It’s the golden rule of fiction: show, don’t tell. But it’s easier said than done. Show too much, and you’ll…
You’ve spent hours, maybe months, developing a rich background for each of your characters and the world they inhabit. As…
Every writer has to work on strengthening the construction of their sentences and paragraphs. No one’s writing is perfect, but…
Openings are a science unto themselves, be they openings for an entire book, for a chapter, or for a scene….
Repetition. Redundancy. Useless words. All fiction writers fall into the trap of overwriting. We’re lured by the desire to be…
Our goal as writers is to get readers to go on an emotional journey. Readers read to care, to feel,…
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