Tip Tuesday — Contractions
When you are writing it is important that you pay close attention to your use of contractions. If you do not use …
Tip Tuesday — Read Your Genre
I’ve often heard the advice that when writing a book a writer shouldn’t read anything in the same genre. I think the …
Tip Tuesday — Write What?
You know that old saying “Write what you know”? Well I say PHOOEY! How boring would your writing life be if you …
Tip Tuesday — Say What?
“Hi,” Ben said. “Hello, Julie replied. “I wasn’t expected to see you here,” Ben said. “It was a last minute decision,” Julie …
Tip Tuesday — Use Your Common Senses
All five senses are essential to drawing readers into the world that you are creating. It rounds out what you are writing …
Tip Tuesday — Move that Body!
When telling a story, odds are your characters are going to move. Walk around, get in and out of cars, maybe even …
Tip Tuesday — To Outline or Not To Outline
One of the ongoing debates in writing is whether or not you should outline. The answer? Sure if you want to, but …
Tip Tuesday — The Name Game
Ah, writers. We do get attached to our characters’ names, don’t we? So much so that sometimes we want to use them …
Tip Tuesday — Sentence variation
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. But several together become monotonous. Listen to what …
Tip Tuesday — Say What You Mean
Ah word usage. It is ever changing. Like, LITERALLY. But this is something that you can’t rush. So when writing, you want …