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He Said, She Said The primary purpose of speech tags (he said, she yelled) is to tell the reader who is speaking. Tags should not be crutches for poorly written dialogue. Sometimes writers use creative tags because they think it adds to the scene. Other writers use ta... 802 Hit(s) | Read more... So You Want to Be a Writer?             The good news is that the only thing you need to do to be a writer is to write on a regular basis. The bad news is that it’s harder than it sounds. You should set aside at least an hour... 803 Hit(s) | Read more... Who Should Tell Your Story-Point of View 685 Hit(s) | Read more... Plotting and Scheming Your first step along the path to a plot is to figure out the main character’s goal. How is he or she going to solve the crisis? A man whose wife disappears will solve his crisis by finding his wife. A gambler who loses his wife’s life... 901 Hit(s) | Read more... Pace Yourself   Certain books are leisurely and reflective like an evening stroll, while others are more like jogging. This difference is created mostly by the pacing. 731 Hit(s) | Read more... Correctly Using Narrative  You should be wary of narrative. For the reader, narration often feels like the writer is popping his head into the story to give information, which slows down, or stops the action. Since narration is by nature telling instead of showing, th... 873 Hit(s) | Read more... Mechanics Of Dialogue If your dialogue doesn’t follow the basic guidelines for dialogue, you risk look like an amateur. So get to know them very well.  Here they are: 715 Hit(s) | Read more... Get to Know Your Characters Do you know your characters as well as your closest friends? If you don’t, take the time to get to know them. Sit down and ask each one the things you would ask someone you just met. “Where are you from?” “How long have you... 947 Hit(s) | Read more... Knowing All-Point of View The omniscient point of view is all knowing. The author can take the reader all over town and in and out of every single person’s head if she wants to. Omniscient point of view can be divided into two categories; intrusive and neutral. ... 664 Hit(s) | Read more... Keep Your Character's Heads On If you have extended scenes of dialogue you should add in physical descriptions, such as “she turned her head sharply” or “he fiddled with the photo.” These physical descriptions give more detail and layer to the scene and ... 531 Hit(s) | Read more... The Three Thirds-Point of View   As you read in the title, there are three types of limited third-person. The most common one is third-person limited. It is much like first-person as the story is told from one person’s point of view. The author is limited to the ins... 592 Hit(s) | Read more... The Three Criteria of Conflict A good conflict needs to fit three criteria. First, it should be appropriate for the genre of your novel. If you have decided to write a mystery, than your central conflict shouldn’t be about the break up of a marriage. While the wife leavin... 795 Hit(s) | Read more... Good Dialogue Good dialogue gives the illusion of real speech, but is not real speech. Real speech is repetitious, often boring and frequently has no real purpose. Your dialogue should be none of these things. It should however, mimic the pace and rhythm of eve... 635 Hit(s) | Read more... The Details that Tell One of the most difficult aspects of description is knowing how much to put in. Too little description and the reader is bewildered and unattached to the story. Too much and the story slows down and the reader becomes bored. The best way to discov... 975 Hit(s) | Read more... Description that Moves the Story When an author breaks into a scene to describe the furniture in a room or the cut of a character’s clothing, the forward motion of the story is stopped. While there are cases when this is required, the best sort of description allows the sto... 555 Hit(s) | Read more...

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