Tips/Advice
One of my followers on Twitter, @kateblogs asked me for some tips on backstory. I’m not surprised. At writers’ conferences and anywhere published authors and book agents take questions from the audience, there are always questions about backstory: how much to create and how much of it to include in the book. Unfortunately, those are the wrong questions. Effective use of backstory isn’t a matter of finding the ideal amount . The right question about backstory, is “How do I use backstory to create compelling characters?”
Show Some Character! -- Six tips for using backstory to create compelling characters
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© by Holly Lisle All Rights Reserved{*style:<b> Practical stuff - notes about the nuts and bolts of writing fiction. So you want to write fiction? Okay ....
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This free online software tool calculates readability : Coleman Liau index, Flesch Kincaid Grade Level, ARI (Automated Readability Index), SMOG.
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By 3G1B DH: A list recently published in The New York Times by a noted restaurateur gave 100 rules for what service staff should not do.
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Janet Fitch is the author of "White Oleander" and "Paint it Black," and she teaches writing at USC.
Janet Fitch's 10 rules for writers
WRITERS ON WRITING; Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle
These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story. If you have a facility for language and imagery and the sound of your voice pleases you, invisibility is not what you are after, and you can skip the rules.Top 10 ways to write an Anticlimax
An anticlimax is personally one of my most feared nightmares – it means you have to revise a major part of the novel, or at least put the climax on hold until you can figure out a way to make it bigger, better, more twisted and more shocking than anything you’ve thrown at the reader so far. Here’s my top 10 list of successfully writing an Anticlimax – found mostly through trial and error. 1.If you think you have an interesting life story to tell, LoveToKnow Freelance Writing is here to offer tips on writing a memoir. Even if you're a novice writer , our advice will help you get your project off to a promising start. Memoir vs.
Tips on Writing a Memoir - LoveToKnow Freelance Writing
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