Are You Reticent or Reluctant to Read This?
Here are two words that get mixed up at times—reticent and reluctant. If you’re reticent, it means you are reserved/restrained…
Writers: Beware of Body Parts Behaving Badly
This month our editors are tackling Fatal Flaw #10 – Description Deficiencies. Too many manuscripts are lacking essential description–of characters,…
The Glorious Insanity That Is NaNoWriMo
Today’s post is by H. E. James: Na-No-What-Mo? For the last seven years, from this month through November, I’ve been asked…
Don’t Raise a Ruckus about Rise and Raise
Here’s a little grammar lesson. Some verbs are transitive. This means they take a direct object. Writers often run into…
Tricks to Writing Descriptions in First-Person POV
Today editor Linda Clare continues our look at Fatal Flaw #10: Description Deficiencies and Excesses. Knowing how, when, and in…
Talking Heads Avoidance Device
Back in August, we spent a month going over one of the fatal flaws in fiction writing: Flawed Dialogue Construction….
Hale, Hardy, and Hearty
If you’re hale, you’re well. And some people like to use the expression “hale and hearty.” That sounds right, doesn’t…
Writing “Personal” Description through Your POV Character
This month our editors are tackling Fatal Flaw #10 – Description Deficiencies. Too many manuscripts are lacking essential description–of characters,…
10 Steps to Nail Your Story
Today’s guest post is by best-selling author DiAnn Mills: I’m all about ways to ensure stories delight our readers. That’s why…