I agree about giving him a soft spot, sort of, but not if loving his kitten or any breathing thing will be inconsistent to the story, as it seems...
I've given this a lot of thought, lately, as my novel parts seem to be trending toward more and more dialog. It's terribly fun to write and...
Do you mean to make them dizzy or to make them say "wow awesome"? Those might be two different and opposite things. To say, "wow awesome" in an...
If I were talking about audio books, that would be true. I am not. I am talking as much about human beings reading out loud as I am talking about...
I agree with most of the logic above. Don't get me wrong - all of my dialogue is written for a reader; always has been. I write novels, not...
Not to beat a dead horse, but let me ask my original question again. We seem to have discussed everything but. Is the golden standard of...
Cogito, thank you for the blog references. Very informative. Manav, I see your point about minimizing distractions. I had no consciously...
I'm also an engineer and I don't think writing is at all like engineering. I wouldn't want it to be! It's an organic process. Editing, on the...
Thank you all for your thoughtful replies. AJ, please let me know what your experiment yields! Islander, That's an interesting approach that...
I read this great article titled "Why You Shouldn’t Explain Your Dialogue, Most Of The Time". It gives some excellent rules of thumb on "he...
I used bios retroactively, and even then I'm not as diligent about it as I should be. I need no bio to get started. The process of writing a...
Hi, I do all my writing on a Motorola Xoom tablet and I love it. I have not produced this much in years. It look a little experimentation with...
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