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A Writer’s Greatest Crime
by Shannon Donnelly There are a lot of crimes a writer can commit—the torture of sentences, the mangling of meaning, the wrecking of words through using the wrong one at the wrong time. However, the greatest of these is the … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Shannon Donnelly
Tagged shannon Donelly, show don't tell, writing emotion
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What’s the Visual? Adding Power To Your Writing.
Margie Lawson is back with another can’t miss blog! AND, a giveaway. Read on! Writers know SHOW DON’T TELL, but some know it cognitively. It’s rote. They know SHOW DON’T TELL the same way they know i before e except … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging Guests, Craft, Margie Lawson
Tagged Craft, Margie Lawson, show don't tell, Writers in the Storm, writing, Writing Craft
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Worse Than a Cliché
Welcome to the last Friday of the month with contributing word wizardess Tiffany Lawson Inman. We look forward to Tiffany’s magic to transform mundane writing to the realms of marvelous. And she’s donating a three-page edit to a very lucky … Continue reading
When to TELL the Story
By Monthly Contributor, Shannon Donnelly We’ve all heard “show, don’t tell” and there is value in that advice. If all you do is tell a story, how does the reader participate with his or her imagination? However, a book is … Continue reading
13 Ways To Show (Rather than Tell) in Your Love Story
by Charlotte Carter When romance writers create a Happily-Ever-After tale, there has to be more to the relationship than simply LUST between the hero and heroine. As many a woman has discovered in real life, lust doesn’t last forever. (Shh, … Continue reading
Posted in Craft
Tagged Charlotte Carter, fiction, Happily Ever After, romance, show don't tell, Writers in the Storm, writing
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World Building-Part 2: Social and Cultural Aspects
by Fae Rowen As exciting as it is to create a physical setting, my favorite part of world building is the cultural aspect. Out of the world’s culture comes the social customs, which can really show life on the planet. … Continue reading
Posted in Craft
Tagged Amanda Quick, Building a culture, Building a Society, C.J. Cherryh, Cleopatra, Elizabeth Craig, Elizabeth Spann Craig, Fae Rowen, George Lucas, Harry Potter, Hogwart's, J.K. Rowling, Jack Whyte, Jayne Ann Krentz, Julius Ceasar, Mystery Writing is Murder, Riley Adams, Rules for World Building, science fiction, show don't tell, Star Wars, Star Wars Prequels, tricks to show don't tell, WKB, World Building, Writer's Knowledge Base, Writers in the Storm, writing, Writing Craft
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World Building: Part 1- Physical Setting
by Fae Rowen I was shocked when Laura, Sharla and Jenny suggested I write a craft blog on world building. Before you read any further, I need to confess something. I’ve never taken a world building writing class. But after … Continue reading
Posted in Craft
Tagged District 12, Dune, Fae Rowen, Frank Herbert, Jenny Hansen, Katniss, Laura Drake, laws of physics, Mayflower, paranormal, Pilgrims, Rules for World Building, Sci Fi, science fiction, Setting as Character, Sharla Rae, show don't tell, Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games, World Building, World Building-Physical Setting, World Building-Social/cultural, Writers in the Storm, writing, Writing Craft, YA fiction
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Writing a Deeper Story
By Laura Drake ANNOUNCEMENT: Writers in the Storm is kicking off the summer with a series of guest blogs and we are so excited! First in our Summer Line-up is social media guru, Kristen Lamb. Not only is she the … Continue reading
Posted in Craft, Inspiration
Tagged Are You There Blog It's Me Writer, Craft, dialog, dialogue tags, editing, fiction, guest bloggers, Kristen Lamb, Laura Drake, Margie Lawson, Sharla Rae, show don't tell, social media guru, tricks to show don't tell, We Are Not Alone, write a deeper story, Writer's Guide to Social Media, Writers in the Storm, writing, Writing Craft, writing lessons
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Dialogue Tags: How to Kill Off Some Of The Little Buggers
by Sharla Rae In Laura Drake’s recent blog My Editing Peeves, here at WITS, she points out dialogue tags. I have to agree that too many “saids” on a page or even in a chapter are annoying. Sure there are … Continue reading
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