I’ve been reading manuscripts lately and one thing keeps jumping out at me: dialogue that is too Continue Reading
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2 Dialogue Tips from Studying SitComs: Just Spit it Out
I learned that Sit-Coms just spit it out. On one episode of Everybody Loves Raymond, Raymond's Continue Reading
May 11, 2012
8 Dialogue Mistakes to Avoid
Housekeeping note: I've updated all the pages for my books, so if you see a stream of them in an Continue Reading
January 9, 2012
Subtext: What is this Story Really About?
I'm on a 4 day streak, after messing up a 36 day streak of writing daily on 750words.com. Sigh. Why Continue Reading
December 11, 2011
3 Christmas Season Projects for Writers
Writing during the Christmas holidays can be difficult. There's too much to do, too much living to Continue Reading
October 12, 2011
Dialogue and Exposition
Here's a question from a reader: Is it ok to use dialogue to tell the main character about the Continue Reading
November 26, 2010
SCENE 26: All Dialogue Scenes
30 Days to a Stronger Scene Table of Contents Featured Today in Fiction Notes Stores Teen Continue Reading
July 12, 2010
3 Ways to Show, Don’t Tell
Classic advice to beginning fiction writers: Show, Don't Tell. I taught several sessions to teachers Continue Reading
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Give Me Your File Drawers and I’ll Give you Cash
A Gold Mine Awaits in Your File Drawers Take a good look at the files in your file drawers! You Continue Reading
