Staying Connected to the Source
July 30, 2018
“To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination.” – Albert Einstein The rewrite
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Understanding when and how to use active vs passive voice isn’t just a matter of grammar; it’s a matter of...
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The diction you use in your writing is a choice you’re always making, whether subconsciously or not. Writers trade in...
Creating tone in your writing provides a texture to the work. It’s the emotional coloring that shapes how a reader...
Each writer has their own process. Some writers (often called pantsers) believe that outlining their novel limits their creativity, while...
Irony is a comparison which reveals an incongruity. That comparison might be between events and understanding, a statement and fact,...
The first time you experienced the magic of storytelling, odds are it was a personal story you heard in first...
“Prose is architecture, not interior design.” – Ernest Hemingway Our words are in service to our story. When we get...
Picking a perspective is like choosing your weapon before a gladiator match; it limits and defines your style of approach....
Our idea of the story is never the whole story. The act of writing a novel, memoir, or screenplay is...
Every writer struggles with getting the story from imagination to the page. The first-time novelist confronts the special challenge of...
“Drama is life with the dull bits cut out.” – Alfred Hitchcock Story moves as the result of complications that...
Humor in Tragedy
July 23, 2018
(Image from Life is Beautiful, 1997) If you’re going to write a tragedy, infuse your story with humor. Humor pulls us towards the
Building Sentences
July 6, 2018
“You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.”– Anatole France There are no
