Today regular guest writer Alex Limberg is back with a post that will make any of your dialogue scenes sound so much smoother. His piece is about body language. Raise your eyebrows and drop your chin in delight, because Alex is about to help you get under your readers’ skin with your dialogue. Also, you …
Tag: writing tips
Sep 02 2016
Writer's Block? How to Get Your Novel Unstuck
We’ve all been there. When we started off with this brilliant story idea we just simply knew this was the one. This story we would finish. This time would be different. *insert screeching breaks* (pun intended) Then we hit a wall. We simply can’t seem to move forward no matter how hard we try. We …
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Aug 31 2016
Mastering Conflict—Hook Readers & Never Let Them Go
We should strive to never ever leave a logical spot to slip in a bookmark. No, we want to torture our readers and keep them up all night and sleep-deprived. We do this with conflict.
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Aug 15 2016
Description—The Good the Bad and the Just Please STOP
Can we be really honest about our description? Is it really remarkable or simply filling space? Are we weaving a spell that captures readers or are we boring them into a coma?
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Aug 12 2016
So You Wrote a First Draft—Dear God! What NOW?
If we add too much of the wrong thing, we can spoil the entire novel. If we cut too much of the right stuff we can collapse the story.
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