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…
Altering Time and Perception in a Novel
Films have so many fascinating ways to alter time and perception. They can use techniques to make action slow way…
Advice I Wish I’d Been Given When I Started … Part 3
This continues our series asking some seasoned, experienced authors what three key bits of advice they would give new writers…
Acronyms and Periods
Back in the day, it seemed we put periods in every acronym. Much of that has changed from when I…
Shapes to Shape Reaction in a Novel
Shapes are probably the last thing on a novelist’s mind when constructing a scene or an image system for a…
Advice I Wish I’d Been Given When I Started … Part 2
This continues our series asking some seasoned, experienced authors what three key bits of advice they would give new writers…
Abbreviated Details
We writers occasionally use abbreviations in our writing, so there are a few fairly intuitive rules that apply to these…