It Was Raining, You Know? Did I Tell You It Was Raining? A Nor’easter If Ever There Was One Rehashing what the reader already knows. Definition: Hanging on a plot …
Crafting your First Chapter for a Suspense – Application
The first chapter in a suspense novel is the most important. You want to introduce your characters, create sympathy for the, hint at the stakes or danger, and hook the …
Ten Common Author Mistakes. #4
You do realize these common author mistakes I’m blogging about are my opinion only and not subject to any known or award winning authors. I formulated these ten things while …
Ten Common Author Mistakes. #3
Hi! How Are You? I’m fine! Good, Good. So, What’s New? Using dialog to as filler. Letting prose do the heavy lifting. Dialog is the gas to your story. It’s …