Jan 13 minMaster Your DialogueTo write dialogue, invert the reading process. Don’t use dialogue to deliver information. Use it to imply emotions and psychology.
Dec 1, 20234 minDialogue & Building CharacterInvert your craft. Start with the deeper psychology, and then write what they'd say because of the feeling, not to explain that feeling.
Nov 1, 20234 minTop Five Dialogue TechniquesThink about how dialogue affects many other elements of writing all at the same time. Below are my Top Five Dialogue Techniques.
Oct 1, 20233 minBecause I Like ItI gave myself full permission to stop writing. I wasn’t going to write any more that night and I wasn’t going to write any more the next day
Sep 1, 20234 minIt's About StoryThat’s why, to me, the worst Jeffery Eugenides book will always be remarkably better than the best Dan Brown book.
Aug 1, 20233 minThinking 4th DimensionallyThere are less-discussed and less-understood Time factors, such as the past perfect verb tense or the order of phrases and clauses.
Jul 1, 20234 minGrammatical Time TravelWhen you use a verb tense without fully understanding it, you’re essentially sticking your reader into the Delorean and stepping on the gas.
Jun 1, 20234 minSubtracting TimeMany writers add more words in an effort to explain or justify. The more effective solution is to go back to fix. More is not always better.
May 1, 20234 minThe Immediate FlashbackThe most misused and dangerous use of Flashback is – what I have come to call – the Immediate Flashback or interrupting backstory.