You Need to Write a Bigger Series
The expectations for a book series are growing. There is of course a great reason for writing a series. When you write a standalone novel,
The expectations for a book series are growing. There is of course a great reason for writing a series. When you write a standalone novel,
I hate to say this, but even before you begin writing your first book, maybe you should be thinking about career management. As you begin
I once spoke to a movie producer who has about eighty films to his credit, and he told me a wary story about a child
Today is the 21st day that I’ve been in a self-imposed quarantine. I spent yesterday coughing and hacking. It had nothing to do with the
For some authors, it is enough to try to make big bucks, but most of us would like to deliver a powerful message at times,
If you are producing anything—toy dolls, bread, vacuum cleaners, or novels—there are some variables that you have to work with. Ideally, a publisher would like
Once I was rewriting a scene, listening closely to the sound and rhythm of the words in a passage, looking for ways to strengthen it,
I woke up this morning feeling great. A week ago, I decided to self-quarantine out of an abundance of caution, and pretty much everyone else
This week, the United States is going into a two-week quarantine in an effort to fight the Covid-19 virus. If you examine the data carefully,
1. Dialogue Tags Don’t Match the Dialogue.
Some people in the industry say writers should only ever use “said” and “asked” as dialogue tags. This is because it forces the dialogue itself to do the work. Personally, I’m not wholly against alternative dialogue tags (“groaned,” “cried,” “yelled,” “lamented,” etc.) when used in moderation. I think they can be particularly effective when the dialogue itself, and the context of the story, can’t portray the way that it’s said. For example:
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