As You Know, Bob…
Perhaps your name isn’t Bob, but this post could still be for you, if you’re a beginning fiction writer. One of the difficult parts of writing is creating believable dialogue, and one of the easy...
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Show and Tell
Did you have Show-and-Tell in elementary school, where you brought in some object of interest, showed it to the class, and told them all about it? The shown object gave something for the class to look...
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Just Thinking to Myself
The title of this blog entry is a little joke to remind me not to ever do that in my fiction–state that a character is “thinking to himself.” How else would he be thinking? But the broader question...
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Coming to Your Senses (in Your Writing)
If Poseidon’s Scribe suggests you incorporate an appeal to all five senses in your writing, that’s not exactly original advice. But why are writers told to do this? And how do you go about it? The...
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All Depends on Your POV
Every story has a point of view, and because POV is a basic element of story-telling, it’s important for beginning writers to understand the term. There are some choices to make, and you’ll want to...
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Sorry, New Rule. You Can’t Do That!
In the original Star Trek TV series, there’s an episode where Captain Kirk invents a card game called Fizzbin in which he makes up the rules as he goes along. The comic strip Calvin and Hobbes...
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Giving and Receiving…Critiques
‘Tis the season for giving and receiving, so I thought I’d discuss critiques of fiction manuscripts. Last time I did so, I said I’d let you know how to give and receive critiques. My experience is...
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Details,Details…
When I said I’d blog about choosing details wisely in writing fiction, I meant it; I just didn’t say how soon I’d get around to it! Writers often have to describe scenes, characters, or objects in...
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Keep Up the Pacing
Today we’ll tread through the topic of pacing in fiction. If you’d like readers to maintain interest in your stories, you might want to step along with me. The term ‘pacing’ refers to how fast the...
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