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Your novel is a world you’ve created, and every detail resides in your head. Yet if you can’t translate those details to your readers, they’re likely to get confused. Writing Tip for Today: Here are a few tips to keep confusion out of your writing: Be Sensory When your character acts in your novel, […]
Most writers strive for a unique writing voice. Voice refers to not what you write, but how you write it. Developing a unique style or voice takes practice and mastery of skills. Writing Tip for Today: What are some valuable skills for developing writer’s voice? Avoid Wordiness To find one’s writing voice, many writers mistakenly […]
Your fourth grade teacher probably urged you to include details in your writing. “Don’t write about a car,” she may have said, “but a red car, a ’67 Mustang. Be specific.” When do details enhance and when do they hinder? Writing Tip for Today: Writing details requires good judgment. Here are some suggestions for including […]
What’s a modifier? An adjective or adverb. Your fourth grade teacher tried to get you to use them, lots of them, to make your writing “descriptive.” Trouble is, descriptive writing like that usually winds up cluttered with a bunch of words that don’t “buy” the author much. especially adverbs, which are not our friends. Instead […]