Posts Tagged ‘tip’
Here are the best tips on how not to write;
Check email…a lot. Don’t just check it once, you should check email every so often just in case someone sent you a forwarded funny. Its not like those email alerts can tell you when. Check for yourself. Spam and those forwarded jokes may delete themselves later [...]
I use the Internet extensively when I write, but too often I find myself distracted by email, movies, and that accursed StumbleUpon toolbar that can amuse me for hours on end. At times, you’ll need to simply shove everything to the side and focus just on writing.
Characters are more than just the surface appearance of hair and eye color. Like real people, they have mannerisms, quirks, and style in both the physical as well as personality that should make them unique. How they cut their hair, how they talk, or even odd little habits like smoking or twitching can reveal pieces [...]
An idea folder is just that; a folder you maintain on the computer, or a text file you keep adding to, or even a physical notebook or folder you pack full of ideas, titles, characters, plots, and just about anything else related to writing. I even keep a small tape recorder to blither into whenever [...]
As a mother of a homeschooler, I get little in the way of time to actually write without interruption. If not my son, then my husband or even my dog or cat will persist on wanting to know at odd times ‘what are you doing?’. I can shoot out a 300+ word article of crap, [...]
Making an evil character takes a good understanding of how the human mind works. Being evil for the sake of being evil is not realistic, and generally not good reading. A good book, after all, has more to do with the human element and our place in the universe. This leads into [...]
http://menwithpens.ca/fiction-writing-hurt-your-characters
I was inspired by this topic I discovered today in my travels online. I agree wholeheartedly with inflicting pain and anguish on your story characters. Life is about problems and solutions, of crisis and overcoming obstacles. Pain also offers the best teaching tool, with tempering the character with strength. (both inner and outer)
I also found [...]
Having characters speak to one another in a story offers a interactive dance of thrust and parry with words. You may not realize, however, that dialogue also provides another means to reveal points of your story, expands on your character, and allows a writer to use conversation to tell a story.
Of course, you should try [...]
This week’s writing prompt is to write a short memoir on one or more of your characters.
Your work can take the form of a short ‘back story’, or a journal entry, or a basic synopsis. The goal is to flesh out your character by providing them some history.
Remember to explore flaws as well as perfections, [...]
I found myself ‘tagged’ the other day by Dailywritingprompt and felt the idea very interesting the way to market one’s blog. Not to say a blogger shouldn’t consider the general routes of marketing such as the link sharing web sites like StumpleUpon.com or Technorati.com. But this tagging exercise sounded fun, linked to me other blogs, [...]
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