Here’s an article by my close friend, Melanie, about writing character’s thoughts in fiction.
In quality fiction writing it is often important to tell what your character is thinking. There are multiple acceptable methods for doing this. The method you choose depends largely on the point of view of your story, and the specific publication you [...]
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Fiction Writing: How to Write Your Character’s Thoughts
Writing Fiction: Adverbs Be Gone
When you first learned about adverbs in grade school, you probably practiced writing sentence is such as, “Mary walked slowly while talking loudly to Joe.” While this type of sentence gives information about how Mary walked and talked, it has no place in writing professional-grade fiction. In order to engage the reader and to immerse [...]
How a Writer Can Stop People from Sharing Their Ideas
If you call yourself a writer, you will understand the problem written of in this article. It all starts out innocently enough. You are at a party and someone asks what you do. "I’m a writer," you say. There is one overwhelming response. "Oh," the other person responds [...]
Romance Course – Halfway Through
The romance course I am taking over the internet from the local community college is proving to be a wealth of information. Not only is it giving very specific tips about how to write romance, most of it can be easily translated into non-romantic fantasy and horror genre novels.
My current/future WIP, "The Dream Dwellers," [...]
Two Books on Writing Fiction You MUST Have!
I’ve been writing for well over 15 years and have read a lot of books on the craft. Some are lifesavers, other have a few pearls of wisdom, while a few aren’t worth the time or money. There are even books on writing that leave you feeling defeated and wanting to throw your computer, along [...]
