Tag Archive | Dialogue
Words, Words, Words
Originally posted on Musings of a Mystery Novelist:
It all comes down to words. Words dispensing dialogue and imparting information (the alliteration ailment returns) comprises the foundation of storytelling. Why it’s so challenging to string together enough words to create the story is a mystery in and of itself. Of course, the trick is to…
Writing Progress: Getting Bogged Down
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Word count: 6350 Today was hard. Really hard. I fought to get the words on the page. It was a struggle much like wrestling an opponent much larger and more confident than myself. I started by writing up the bio on another hero I intended to use later,…
How to write sound – putting an accent on the page
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
The way we use language differs depending on whether we are speaking it or writing it and that difference has to come across on the page. But what about how it sounds? There is a tendency to think that only other people have accents while we just speak normally.…
5 Ways to Reveal Backstory When Writing A Novel
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
For my latest WIP I spent nearly six months designing a rich backstory complete with six habitable planets, four alien races, culture, pre-history, flora, fauna, and loads of other details that may never make it onto the page in any of the several novels I will write in…
Just Between Friends #haiku #photography #dpchallenge
Originally posted on penned in moon dust:
you go round and round your smile seems so phony Botox? you never touch the same place twice you flow through a coppery tube I dance I surf I freeze in winter you got me there Today’s DP Photo Challenge was a…
Writing Tips: Character Beyond the Internal
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
We’ve come to Part 5 of the Character series. To date: Part 1: Creating Character Names Part 2: What to Avoid when Creating Character Part 3: Giving Your Characters Their Character Part 4: Creating Believable Characters ? So far these have been specifically internal or cosmetic developments of character, name being…
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