Today we are exploring dialogue. While researching for good advice to include, we came upon this Huffington Post article. For this exercise, we will use that article as a guide. From that article: [quote] Four key qualities of good dialogue are that it...
Tiffany B
Adding dialogue to a story is one of my weaknesses. I can write the story, but now making the characters talk to each other, that's another level of writing. It's also a challenge depending on what point of view you are writing in (eg. first person etc.).
From Writer's Digest are some good tips about writing your settings for your stories. These tips from author David Morrell should help you write more realistic settings for your readers. In line with that article, let's do an exercise regarding settings....
The definition of Plot, from Wikipedia is: [quote] Plot is a literary term defined as the events that make up a story, particularly as they relate to one another in a pattern, in a sequence, through cause and effect, how the reader views the story, or si...
We started with this exercise and now have some characters to choose from for this next exercise. Please use this article again and go to the section Emotional Triggers. Take at least one of your characters from the first exercise and fill in the emotio...
Great characters that come to life for the reader are essential for the success of your book or short story. The reader needs to form some sort of bond with the character in order to want to read through to the end to see the final outcome. They want some...
Where does your writing fit? Is it Horror, Mystery, Erotica, etc? When you write, having a main genre of interest does help to focus your writing and establish you as an author of "x" genre. However, you don't have to be stuck ...
Tiffany BI haven't written in so long. If I was to start writing a novel, it would probably be mystery/suspense/light romance, however, what I enjoy reading are books like Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy. I also think I would love to write horror-light-... moreI haven't written in so long. If I was to start writing a novel, it would probably be mystery/suspense/light romance, however, what I enjoy reading are books like Clear and Present Danger by Tom Clancy. I also think I would love to write horror-light- a story with a good background.