Tag: tips
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Scene Wrap Up
Hi all! Trying to get organized for this coming year and I realized I needed to wrap the theme of scene editing posts for a time. But like any writing project coming up with the perfect ending or wrap up is a challenge especially when there’s still room to grow. So for now thinking about…
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Filling Out or Rewriting
Hello! Happy Wednesday! My next step in editing after doing the grammar edit is to usually re-read then fill out the areas where there seems to be something missing. I’m looking parts that might need a re-write or building up. This can take a while usually depending how much I’m reading and not seeing things…
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Grammar, after free writing
Hi all Happy Wednesday! So continuing in our scene editing process (well mine take what you like and leave what you don’t) what’s next? Truthfully this is really a couple different steps. Usually for me I go through periods of avid writing long scenes and multiple scenes then I get stuck so I go back…
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The First Step
Happy Wednesday! And a Belated Happy Halloween. I realized too late I missed a golden opportunity for a Monday Meme that was Halloween themed. Next year! Let’s turn to the meat of writing and editing a scene. If you’ve read the other posts the last couple Wednesday’s you’ve got the tools to just start writing…
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Scene Basics
What parts are there to a scene? If you’re like me, the answer is there’s a beginning, middle, and end. It’s a mini-story within the story. A problem pops up that must be resolved or not resolved by the end of the scene. Some other rules stick in my head but might not necessarily be…
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Said isn’t Dead!
I will admit I am still hung up on the chapter Dialogue Mechanics in Self Editing for Fiction Writers. Mostly on how they address the use of said. For as long as I can remember, said is dead was the mantra of every literature, English, and writing class. To my knowledge, it still is the…
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Said is Dead… isn’t it?
Hi All! I’m reading Self-Editing for Fiction Writers: How to edit yourself into print on editing. Right now I’m in the chapter dialogue mechanics. And the chapter talked about how the use of dialogue tags can be a sign of amateur writing. Then it went on to say how said is usually the best dialogue…
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REVISED: Dialogue in a Scene with a Large Cast of Characters
As promised I said I’d follow up with focusing the scene on the interplay to two characters. Notice I’m focusing on the dialogue it’s self so there’s not much in terms of detail.
Camile Grant 