Tag Archive | writing tips
How to select the picture you want for your post
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Are you frustrated with Facebook? Irritated every time you click the share button and Facebook chooses the wrong picture to post? Me too! What’s this all about? Apparently, from what I’ve been able to find out, Facebook controls this in an effort to stop people from changing legit articles…
How to select the picture you want for your post
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Are you frustrated with Facebook? Irritated every time you click the share button and Facebook chooses the wrong picture to post? Me too! What’s this all about? Apparently, from what I’ve been able to find out, Facebook controls this in an effort to stop people from changing legit articles…
6 Key Differences Between Storytelling and Writing – by Gordon Long…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on Indies Unlimited site: Lately I’ve been working on a project recording people’s personal stories and editing them for publication. While creating these transformations, I have gained a new appreciation for the difference between a work told by a storyteller to a live audience and…
How To Write A Scene That Works: The Story Grid Way – by Valerie Francis…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
on The Creative Penn: Intro by Joanna Penn: It can be easy to assume that writing a story is just about getting words on the page. After all, we’ve read and watched and listened to so many stories that creating one can’t be difficult, right?…
123 Ideas for Character Flaws – Infographic…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
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To prologue or not to prologue that is the question… with @Marjorie_Mallon #Sundayblogshare
Source: To prologue or not to prologue that is the question… with @Marjorie_Mallon #Sundayblogshare
Tension and Conflict. What’s the Difference?
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Tension and conflict will keep your reader engaged in every scene. Knowing the difference and when to use each will drive your story forward. Tension Tension is the threat of something bad happening. This creates suspense. Tension can be subtle or in-your-face. Subtle Tension: Imagine one character is hiding a secret that…
How to make a character more real to a reader
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
Now that you’ve decided on a terrific name for your characters, what next? Real or imagined. Memoir or fiction. Doesn’t matter. Same rules apply. Turn flat into fabulous! ? The characters must come alive in a manuscript and jump from the page into a reader’s heart. If not, they stop…
8 Elements of Tradecraft: Is Your Writing Plumb, Level, and Square?
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
by Gordon A. Long on Indies Unlimited: Over the holidays I was talking to my brother, who is a carpenter in Fort McMurray in the Alberta Oil Patch. Because he spends a lot of time living in camp, he is a voracious reader, so when he…
Write like a professional, get the chapters right
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
By getting the word count right. How? Scene by scene. I’ve written in the past about the word count for books but a book is made up of chapters. And chapters are made up of scenes. A mixture of really short and really long chapters may give your reader…
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