幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 Comments on: 4 Pieces of Well-meaning Writing Advice to Beware of!

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Nicole M

Nicole M — Tue, 15 Mar 2016 05:55:00 +0000

I hate “write what you know.” How very mundane my books would be.

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: darkocean

darkocean — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 15:33:00 +0000

Don’t forget the setting or the characters are floating in midair to the readers. We can see the world and they can’t. xD Try not to over explain things, to the point readers feel like they are too., find more organic ways to add that Oh-so important info in. I hate mirrors, alarm clocks, and characters thinking about their golden waves of hair that wind around their shoulders, or god help me tendrils that is used way to often. Go to Wattpad.com and you’ll see what I mean. Oy.

Also, instead of making their dialog stand out along with using body language as needed, the dialogue is in full caps lock. Whee! My favorite bad advice I’ve gotten is a person trying to convince me that I should be using other dialog tags then said … Oh, something like He ejaculated? Seriously? I don’t think so, that’s telling in my book and not the good kind. I do like some telling it cuts down a boring travel scene into one quick sentence or sometimes two words. Boom, done back to the story. 🙂 Great blog, I’m going to add this to my bookmarks.

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Writerdeeva

Writerdeeva — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 05:12:00 +0000

With all you rebels out there I fear we are losing sight of what is important…the skill of writing. Yes, rules are meant to be broken, and there are many times you should override them. But the rules are there for a reason. They make us good writers! Everyone has a story to tell and thinks they should write a book. They are storytellers. What makes good writers is their ability to use words in harmony, creating imagery, imagination, evoking emotions through the art of words, with the accuracy of writing. There are so many books out there that I scoff at the horrific writing! Our expectations have lowered! Let us not forget that at the heart of all these “rules” is the precision of our words and their ability to move your reader, but we should do this with respect to the artistry of writing.

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Danielius Goriunovas

Danielius Goriunovas — Tue, 25 Nov 2014 19:37:00 +0000

In reply to Shan. Add some zombies into that (or some alien world) and that would be bloody awesome!

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Shan

Shan — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:28:00 +0000

In reply to J.c. Wordsmith. JC wordsmith, I would love to read a story like that. What a great idea.

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Shan

Shan — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:23:00 +0000

In reply to Scotch Jameson. I have nothing to add to this comment. I haven't heard of those writers, but I agree with your points.

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Shan

Shan — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:22:00 +0000

In reply to Krithika Rangarajan. See? She stands out. That's a perfect example of what I'm talking about. Those very voicey writers don't care about being found by Google as much as they care about being found by other writers. :-)

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Shan

Shan — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:20:00 +0000

In reply to Catherine North. Great point. Sometimes we need the summary. We need to be told. And if I want scene after scene with no exposition, I'd go see a play.

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Shan

Shan — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:20:00 +0000

In reply to Erica Bennett. Erica, I love this. That's perfect.

幸运飞行艇官方开奖记录查询 By: Shan

Shan — Sun, 16 Nov 2014 14:19:00 +0000

In reply to Kate Eaton.

Kate, that one rule provokes SO MUCH RAGE in me when I hear it. Why take a perfectly useful tool away from a writer? It takes ten minutes of research to figure out how to use a semicolon correctly. Then you have it forever, there as another arrow in the quiver in case that’s what’s called for.

Ugh. Nonsense.