Tag: writing
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Showing vs Telling In Dialogue
Dialogue is essential often times in creating the necessary conflict in stories. But it is difficult to do mostly because of the easy short cuts that tell a reader everything the dialogue is supposed to convey. Take for example this exchange: “I’m fine,” she sighed even though she wasn’t fine. Nothing was fine. Cool. Okay…
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Monday Memes
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Removing Filler Dialogue
Before diving into repetitive character dialogue it would be important to go over a starting point. I’m dividing dialogue editing into two parts. Personally I like to start with making sure cutting filler dialogue. Filler dialogue looks like this: “Hello.” “Hello.” “How are you?” “Good, how are you?” That basic exchange I have with people…
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Monday Memes
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Diverging Character Voices
In the glorious process of editing, I’ve been re-reading scenes, dialogue, and sentences. Perhaps one of the biggest concerns I’ve started coming to terms with is that I can’t tell if my character voices actually sound different or if they’re all still sounding the same. Part of the problem, is there are a lot of…
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Monday Memes
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Monday Memes
Monday Meme
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#Friday no Saturday Free Write
Whoops forgot to post this yesterday. Enjoy! Catherine was sitting on the hard wooden chair. While it was mighty uncomfortable, the stares she was receiving from the guardians of Cael were worse. When her soul had left her body, she had expected it to instantly be sent down to Cimmerian. Dea knew she deserved it.…
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Updates/Forewarning
Hi All! Short post this Wednesday, next Wednesday I won’t be posting due to some personal/job (not writing or becoming an author) stuff. Back to normal flow after though! Hope your week is going well! And if you’re experiencing a week of 100+ in temps stay cool!
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Monday Memes
Monday Memes!
Camile Grant 