Anyone Want Some Free Reins?
I come across this from time to time: the mix-up over the homophones rein and reign. Just why is that…
Take Your Reader Where You Want Her to Go
Writing a novel is challenging. It’s tough work and tricky, and here’s one reason. With a movie or TV show,…
Words of Advice from Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong
I imagine this post is bound to draw some criticism, but bring it on! Maybe it’s just me, but when…
Are You a Who or a That?
I sometimes get asked when to use who vs. that in a sentence. These two words are relative pronouns that…
Creating Aha Moments in Your Novel by Pulling Back
In continuation of last week’s post on using Pull Back shots in your novel, we’re going to look at a…
Embracing the Boulder of Discouragement
I would like to propose that discouragement is a good thing. Excuse me? Who in their right mind would think…
Mind Other People’s Business
What’s a writer to do when she needs to make a normally plural word possessive? Words like others, people, children,…
Pull Back for Revelation
In the last two posts I talked about the Zoom shot and how powerful it can be for revealing important…
Be Clever to Be Riveting
Has anyone ever told you how clever you are? No? Or maybe they said that to you but didn’t mean…