Masterful Narrative Scenes in Novels
Show, don’t tell. Yeah, we know that’s the rule. But there are times when scenes can be masterfully told by the…
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Masterful Setting Description Part 3
Masterful setting description teaches us an important lesson: writers need to take the time to paint enough of a sensory-rich…
Masterful Setting Description Part 2
Setting description in most novels is the weakest element. As with character description, many writers don’t want to bother describing…
A Look at Masterful Setting Description
Masterful writing must seep into every corner of a novel. We looked briefly at the description of characters in the…
Masterful Verbs and Adjectives Part 2
Last week we looked at some of the creative usages of nouns, verbs, and adjectives by my favorite author Patricia…
Masterful Uses of Verbs and Adjectives
One of the adages I learned from my whacky high school English teacher was this: use strong nouns and verbs….
Character Wounds and Emotions: The Danger of Digging Too Deep
Today’s guest post is by Becca Puglisi. With the release of our latest book, Angela and I have been flitting…
A Look at Masterful Character Description Part 4
We’ve been looking at masterful character description over these last weeks, and I hope you notice one thing in particular:…
A Look at Masterful Character Description Part 3
Character description is a crucial part of fiction, yet, it appears that few writers give it much attention. And that’s…
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