This month marks the anniversary of when I first published Hound Dog Confidential. Oh my, how time zooms by and how things have changed. … More 25 Lessons Learned From Writing My First Novel
2019 Writing Goals … More 2019 Writing Goals
I’ve read a number of blogs sharing the advice bloggers would give their younger selves if they could travel back in time. I’m grabbing my laptop, shanghaiing a TARDIS and diving into the blogosphere time warp to post advice to my younger, even cuter, pigtail wearing self. … More Advice For My Younger Self
Merry Christmas! A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement Clark Moore … More Merry Christmas
There is no magic formula to create the perfect first line. What is considered a great opening line is as varied as the novels that contain them. 4-Opening Paragraph Tips: Read the first page of novels in your genre. Knowing what other authors did will help you avoid clichés and see what works and what … More What Makes For A Great Opening Line Of A Novel?
What makes a character memorable is that they battled great external hardships, faced internal struggles, and had unique personalities. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Create Memorable Characters
Character profiles are helpful for novels that are part of a series, novels which involve several main characters and for stories which use multiple points of view. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Go Beyond Physical Description
Readers like to be given some physical description of a main character, in order to help create an image for themselves. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Character Description
The purpose of a character profile is: to help writers create characters that are as lifelike as possible and to help with continuity issues in the story. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Acquainting Yourself With Your Characters
No matter how action pack and intriguing the storyline, a novel will not succeed without believable characters. … More Questionnaire for Writing Character Profiles – Ways To Create Characterization In Fiction
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