There are serious pitfalls in adhereing only to "show don't tell" when it comes to character descriptions because there's so much more you can do than simply catalogue a character's appearance. The goal with any character description should be to … [Read more]
How To Discover Your Author Voice And Why You Probably Already Know It
One of the things many writers get hung up on (and I did too) was finding their writer or author voice. It feels like this elusive, ethereal thing that you chase and have about as much chance of catching as netting the wind. You never feel like … [Read more]
3 Ingredients You Need To Make Readers Feel
I get so many writers telling me that what they want is to make their readers feel something. Their goal is to make a reader laugh, cry, shake their fist at the sky--whatever, either to cheer on the character or cry in sympathy with them. Deep point … [Read more]
How To Find Time To Write
Finding time to write when you're already crazy busy is a challenge. I've been writing (with a mind to being published) since I was 27. I've raised three kids in that time, launching a journalism career, begun teaching writing online, and written … [Read more]
How To Get Inside Our Character’s Heads And Make Readers Care
Getting readers to care and have an emotional connection to our characters is the gold medal run for most novelists. If readers don't care, if there's no emotional pull, it gets easy to place a bookmark in a page and walk away. *womp womp* I'm … [Read more]
Using Deep Point Of View Without Dragging Down The Pace Of Your Novel
Deep point of view is a great writing technique when used well, but if you’re not careful, deep POV will bloat your word count and tie an anchor to the pace of your story. Pace Must Be Strategic I’ve met very few bestselling authors who, when … [Read more]
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