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Writers may try to be objective, but it’s hard to avoid generalizations and stereotypes. Writing Tip for Today: Generalizations and stereotypes assume things the writer cannot know. Here are ideas for thought: General Descriptions A generalization can help readers understand a writer’s viewpoint. If you are describing something that’s complicated or varied, condensing to a […]
Novelists draw from their own lives to make their scenes come alive. But too much autobiographical material can sink your fiction. Writing Tip for Today: Let’s discuss ways to keep your fiction (and memoir) from becoming too “I”-centric. Write What You Know We write out of our own experiences—and that’s a good thing. Yet if […]
I read that my blogger-buddy, Angela Ackerman, is holding court over on Query Tracker, dispensing great info about villains, so I thought I’d throw in my two cents’ worth about antagonists in fiction. Writing Tip for Today: How can you be sure your novel’s main antagonist is a worthy opponent? Make Villains Complex. One mistake novelists […]