Posts Tagged ‘writing tips’
Use body language to tell a better story. [Writing Workshop]
Use body language to tell a better story. It’s not about what you say. It’s about how you say it. This is just as true in your day-to-day interactions with friends, loved ones, enemies, and sentient sponges as it is in your fiction. To add a layer of spice, depth, and subtle realism to your…
Read More6 Tips for Telling a Story That Kills Them with Suspense [Writing Workshop]
You don’t have to be a great writer to tell a great story…but it certainly helps. By great writing here, I’m not talking about your ability to craft elegant sentences, or to convey poignant, other-worldly thoughts. No, I’m talking about what some of the all-time great suspense writers have learned. That is, to tell the…
Read MoreHow to Win Friends and Influence People [Book Review]
Since it first hit the shelves in 1936, How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, has been the definitive text in the world of influence and interpersonal dynamics. The only other book even remotely in the same league as How to Win Friends is perhaps Robert Cialdini’s Influence: The Power of Persuasion.…
Read MoreRothfuss vs Sanderson Style [Writing Workshop]
Rothfuss vs Sanderson Style I found myself in a particularly heated debate the other night (which shouldn’t come as a surprise considering I host a podcast alongside some friends that is entirely focused on the fine art of debate/argument) about the relative merits of two distinctive camps of writing style. If you’ve already glanced at…
Read MoreCriticism is an Anal Probe. (Writing Workshop)
Into the Digital Catacombs We Go I went full Indiana Jones on my writing hard drive this morning. Plumbing the depths of your old content never fails to enlighten. It’s also good if you’re in need of a good cringefest (gotta keep those facial muscles nice and tone, after-all). They say good writing is good…
Read MoreKill your darlings. Kill’em dead. (Writing Workshop)
My hard-drive is littered with carcasses. It’s a literary graveyard. Overflowing with the remains of sweet, beautiful little darlings cut down in the prime of their lives. And with every darling I’ve ever butchered, I died a little inside. Some of you will understand my murderous tendencies. Others are edging their way towards the door/back…
Read MoreFinding Your Author Voice (Writing Workshop)
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″] [et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Fasten your seatbelts, Buckaroos! Today we’re talking about voice (or perhaps more specifically, STYLE), which is a slippery eel of a topic if ever there were one, so we’re gonna have to come at it all sneaky like from a couple different angles and hopefully one of…
Read MoreThe Power of Voice
Barbara from the Reading Experience blogged about the power of voice and how it can make all the difference for a reader. She goes through and mentions some of her favorite “voice” authors (and you know, might have mentioned somebody we both know. *cough cough* just sayin’). Barbara is a crazy avid reader, so if…
Read More[GUEST POST] Take Your Writing To The Next Level With The Power Of Music – Ernie Luis
Ernie Luis is a college student down in Miami studying sports and fitness. He loves drinking beers andgrowing beards. Hobbies include adventures and road trips with friends, obnoxiously yelling at his favorite sports teams whether they’re doing good or bad, and eating. When he’s not doing any of those, he’s probably writing and chasing his…
Read MoreWhat Sense 8 Can Teach Us About Characterization!
I’ve got to get something off my chest. Earlier this year I wrote a blog post about 5 Reasons Mr. Robot is the Best Show on T.V.. But I have to confess…there’s a new love in my life. It’s a little show called… *drum roll* *more drum roll* *cymbal splash* Sense 8! Wait, what do…
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