📖 Writer’s Tip: Writing a Sentence
The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is ‘What am I trying to do?’ ~ Stanley Fish
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The first thing to ask when writing a sentence is ‘What am I trying to do?’ ~ Stanley Fish
“I need only walk for 15 minutes or so and in that space, I will likely discover something. I just have to be looking and listening.” ~ Kayo Chingony Source
Write down ideas, all the time. Keep a little notebook handy (Nabokov carried around index cards) and write down ideas for stories or articles or novels or characters. Write down…
Becoming the best writer you can be isn’t easy, I won’t lie to you. It takes hard work. But it’s worth the effort. And if it seems like an insurmountable…
Create real characters. Make your characters human—give them nervous tics, phobias, a funny way of messing up clichés. Some of the most memorable stories have three-dimensional characters that readers can…
“Always carry a note-book. And I mean always. The short-term memory only retains information for three minutes; unless it is committed to paper you can lose an idea for ever.”…
“Introduce your main characters and themes in the first third of your novel. If you are writing a plot-driven genre novel make sure all your major themes/plot elements are introduced…
A good way to help bring your characters to life and to establish a back story for them is to develop answers to a set of questions about them. Where…
Know what your characters’ wants are Interesting stories come from characters who want something. Romeo and Juliet want each other. Harry Potter wants to beat Draco Malfoy and Slytherin in…
Be a storyteller. No matter what the message, we humans are drawn to stories. Consider Pixar’s guide. Once upon a time there was ___. Every day, ___. One day ___.…