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…
Stay Inside the Quote Marks
Unless you are writing British (UK) style, always put commas and periods within the quotation marks in speech. I’m not…
Zooming In on the Details
We’re starting a detailed look at moving camera shots. Moving shots in a movie are crucial in telling the viewer…
Crowdsource Your Self-Publishing Project without Asking for Money
Today’s guest post is by blogger/author Dana Sitar, giving indie authors some tips on how to fund and find support…