3 Important Tips if You’re Planning to Write a Memoir
Author Toni Morrison said, “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then…
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Start the New Year with a Comprehensive Scene Outline
I wrote this post a year ago, and since I did this series on scene outlines, I’ve had dozens of…
Masterful Setting Description Part 3
Masterful setting description teaches us an important lesson: writers need to take the time to paint enough of a sensory-rich…
Masterful Setting Description Part 2
Setting description in most novels is the weakest element. As with character description, many writers don’t want to bother describing…
A Look at Masterful Setting Description
Masterful writing must seep into every corner of a novel. We looked briefly at the description of characters in the…
Masterful Verbs and Adjectives Part 2
Last week we looked at some of the creative usages of nouns, verbs, and adjectives by my favorite author Patricia…
Masterful Uses of Verbs and Adjectives
One of the adages I learned from my whacky high school English teacher was this: use strong nouns and verbs….
Character Wounds and Emotions: The Danger of Digging Too Deep
Today’s guest post is by Becca Puglisi. With the release of our latest book, Angela and I have been flitting…
A Look at Masterful Character Description Part 4
We’ve been looking at masterful character description over these last weeks, and I hope you notice one thing in particular:…
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