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When setting a scene, fiction writers often swing to one of two extremes. Either the writer gives too few clues or else the writer describes the scene in excruciating detail. Writing Tip for Today: Let’s look at how you can set a scene that gives enough information without drowning in details. When and Where Each […]
Many of my novel writing students tell me they hope to educate readers about a topic they feel passionate about. I always cringe when I hear this! I want to yell, “Don’t write with the aim to teach me something! Just tell me a good story!”Writing Tip for Today: What are some of the unhappy […]
The character arc demands that a writer supply the character’s motivation to the reader. One of the easiest, and most insidious ways to accomplish this is with ye olde info dump.Writing Tip for Today: What is an info dump and how can you avoid it? Take a Tip from Secret Agents. Agents in spy movies only give […]
This week I’ve read several student-written scenes where as a reader I was more aware of the author than anything else. Hard to see the story when it’s weighed down by writers preening and displaying their literary chops or a writer who is loading the story with all kinds of useless information.Writing Tip for Today: […]