Avoiding Underwriting-Induced Magic
This month our editors are tackling Fatal Flaw #9—Underwriting. We looked at the perils of overwriting early in the year,…
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Don’t Jump to Conclusions: The Perils of “Underwriting”
This month our editors are tackling Fatal Flaw #9—Underwriting. Too often necessary information is left out of a scene, leaving…
Telling the Whole Story: Fiction and the Problem of Underwriting
This month our editors are going to tackle Fatal Flaw #9—Underwriting. We looked at the perils of overwriting early in…
How Writers Can Seek and Destroy Banal and Obvious Dialog
This month our editors have attacked Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. Dialog is a tricky component to master in…
Unnecessary Discourse, Talking Heads, and the British Butler Syndrome
Today editor Christy Distler tackles further pitfalls of dialog in our month-long look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog…
How to Write Dialog That Sounds like Real Speech
Today editor Linda Clare tackles further pitfalls of dialog in our look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. If…
Dialog Writing 101: Conversational Mechanics
This month our editors are taking a hard and tough look at Fatal Flaw # 8: Flawed Dialog Construction. Dialog…
4 Key Ways to Ramp Up Tension and Pacing in Your Fiction
This month we’ve been looking at pacing and tension, the fiction writer’s Fatal Flaw #7. This isn’t always easy for…
Layering Tension in Happyland
This month we’ve been attacking Fatal Flaw #7—Lack of Pacing and Tension. Tension is crucial in a story. Without it, readers…
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