In practice, writing a realistic fight scene for your novel is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do. That’s because fight scenes can be boring to read. A movie allows the audience to take a passive stance and have the action wash over them. In contrast, reading a fight scene re...
You see, most writers fall into one of two groups: either they hate writing dialogue and try to avoid it as much as humanly possible or they love writing dialogue and fill their entire novel with mostly useless exchanges. But there’s a third group that few writers join. It’s the group...
Thank you very much for this information. I'm in the process of writing a novel with three different points of view, with each playing a role in adding information for the culmination of the overall story. You hear about the other characters when in another's POV. Then things will switch...
When I was a budding writer at primary school, I remember being taught to vary dialogue tags – we had to come up with a list of different words to use instead of “said”. While this is a great exercise for building a child’s vocabulary, it’s a useless one for real writers. Rea...
5 ways using morning pages will help you finish writing a book 'Morning pages' is a concept popularized in Julia Cameron’s book The Artist’s Way. Using morning pages is a system Cameron describes as something that will 'provoke, clarify, comfort, cajole, prioritize and synchronize the ...
When I was young, writing good dialogue was my weakest skill. Not until I’d been out in the world for a while could I capture the essence of a character by placing a few words in his mouth. After years of people-watching and eavesdropping, I now think dialogue is one of my strength...
While the cardinal rule of novel writing is show, don't tell, it's exactly the opposite for script writing. You have to show the audience what's happening through visuals and dialogue, not through narrative prose.If you're a novelist, getting into the tell, don't show headspace may be...
For instance, in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird, the dialogue between Atticus Finch and his children showcases the unique voice of each character, shedding light on their individual perspectives and values. Let’s explore an example: ...
In particular, if dialogue sounds wrong, or stilted, then rewrite it. You may need to come back to it when you know your characters a bit better, and you have found their voices more confidently. 9. Be prepared to bin it This is important enough to be a separate point. ...
With numerous successfulnovelsto her name, guest author and bloggerEve Seymourhas cemented herself as a master of the thriller genre. In this post, Eve shares her secrets for writing a thriller you just can’t put down. 1: Focus On Characterisation ...