Writing Tip: Flashbacks in Fiction
Flashbacks are defined as a scene or piece of a scene from a past time that is interjected into an ongoing story. Flashbacks in fiction are usually presented as a memory of the point of view...
Types of Point of View and Tips for Improving
Point of view, it seems so simple, but it is so easy to screw up, and if you do, all your other hard work plotting and building characters may be for naught as your reader, frustrated with not...
Writing Prompts Memories and Shared Past
Today, I thought we'd use objects from our shared past and our memories around those objects as writing prompts. Below is a list of things to stir your memories as writing prompts. Last Memorial...
How to Write a Romance
How to write a romance? Contrary to what some people seem to think, writing a romance is no easier than writing any other type of book. In fact, if writing romance and relationships doesn’t come...
How to Create A Scene That isn’t Boring
All stories (books and screenplays) have information that needs to be told. Often it is boring information. Too often writers solve this with a big old info dump that no one wants to read. Should...
Microsoft Word Tip: How to save italics!
A while back I did a post on how to format an ebook with Microsoft Word as your starting place. Since writing that I discovered a great tip that makes the process even easier, how to save italics...
