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,…
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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…
It’s Not Rocket Science!
After coming across the non-word its’ (with an apostrophe) for the nth time, I decided I needed to make a statement…
Get Your Camera Moving—Zooming In
Camera shots in motion are dynamic and fluid. They can follow the action with the velocity of a train or…
Why, Why, Why?
I do a lot of manuscript critiques. Hundreds a year. I find the best way to get writers thinking about…
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