Weak intensifiers are thieves stealing power from your writing. They’re also sneaky little squealers telling the world you lack confidence. Before you can understand why weak intensifiers are bad, we’ll need a quick grammar lesson. I’ll keep it simple.…
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From many decades of creative and commercial writing experience, find posts on writing, editing, style, grammar and related topics of interest to writers. Anyone’s free to give the category a read, of course, but most of this is straight-up “if you don’t write, it probably isn’t going to interest you much” stuff. Just sayin’.
Should new writers pay reading or submission fees just for a shot at having their work looked at by a professional publication? The simple answer – no. Submission fees create a barrier between the writer and the literary community, not…
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Pirates, All You Need Cheat Sheet, another one of my famous (infamous?) lists. Well, perhaps not “all” there is to know, but should help you get by. This is a bit of a mish-mash of terms, reference about ships, armament,…
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Fantasy magic stories are high on my “love it” category as a reader and consumer of books. At the same time, I love science of all sorts and cut my teeth on the sci-fi greats Robert Heinlein and Arthur C.…
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Self-editing and the indie writer-publisher It’s always easier to see the errors in someone else’s writing and miss the obvious during our self-editing. For an indie writer-publisher, aside from making sure you produce quality work, your presentation can be the…
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Narrative voice, one of the things that arises with the creation of your story, is the perspective from which the events in your story are observed. What does that mean? It’s the point of view, dude. It’s also much more.…
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(and could possibly make them want to light you on fire) I know I’ve mentioned most of these grammar usage pet peeves peppered throughout other articles, but they keep happening. In view of that, seems that some of these big…
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20 Pieces of Practical Advice Writing tips are something you can never have enough of, especially when it’s practical advice. You’d think a lot of these writing tips don’t need to be said, but I think it’s important they are.…
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Targeted Editing – Editing for Awesomeness – Part 4 In review, again, here’s the list of each area you want to focus on during your targeted editing. Ares of Focus for Your Targeted Editing Passive voice Summary narration Unnamed characters…
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Character Development – Give Characters Your Soul Character Development is the single most important thing you can put energy into for your character-driven story. “What? Is it over? He can’t die!” That reaction? You should aim for it with every…
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