Fantastic Names
I love names in books. They shape the character and how the reader feels about them. Where do you get your names for your writng? Believe it or not, my character name searches started out with baby...
View ArticleReadability
I’m learning a lot more about what makes a book “readable” or not. This is completely unrelated to the plot, characters, and themes. You can excel in all of these things and still not have a readable...
View ArticleSerious Humor
Wha? Serious Humor sounds like an oxymoron. Well, it is, but it’s also a legitimate technique that I love to use. Serious humor is mostly situational. A character is engaging in activities that are not...
View ArticleMotivated Beginnings
What makes a good beginning for a book? This is undeniably the crucial part of the book where the author’s talent needs to shine and he or she needs to draw you in so that you’ll bother reading the...
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