What’s your point of view? I’m currently reading The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory, and the thing that struck me right away, on page one, was the author’s choice of narrative point of view: first person. In writing, there are four narrative points of view: First person or “I”: This tells the story from one [...]
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Writing Tip #42
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged baby grand novel, Fiction, first person, First-person narrative, Narrative mode, Philippa Gregory, point of view, second person, The Red Queen, third person limited, third person omniscient, Third-person limited narrative, Third-person omniscient narrative on July 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Writing Tip #41
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Grammar Girl, Grammatical person, Independent clause, Pronoun, pronouns on July 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Pronoun primer. Let’s face it: I’ve got nothing on Grammar Girl, whom I go to all the time when I have a question about word use, but I thought I’d take a bit of time to talk about pronouns. When I edit my own writing, one of the first things I usually take a look [...]
Writing Tip #39
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Brandt Dodson, character, D.P. Lyle, Jonathan Hayes, Michael Palmer, plot, Stefanie Pintoff, ThrillerFest, Vladimir Lange on July 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Plot versus Character? Character wins every time. I attended a panel at ThrillerFest on Friday titled, “Scalpel, Please: How Do you Find the Heart of Your Story?” The panel master was D.P. Lyle, MD, and the panelists consists of a diverse group of thriller writers: Brandt Dodson, Vladimir Lange, Michael Palmer, Stefanie Pintoff and Jonathan [...]
ThrillerFest VI
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, NYC, ThrillerFest, Writers Resources on July 7, 2011 | 1 Comment »
What happens when a bunch of thriller writers gather together to discuss how they do what they do? I’ll find out tomorrow as I’m off to ThrillerFest in NYC. It’s my first time. And I’m totally psyched. The fun starts at 9 a.m. when I’ll be attending a panel titled, “How Do You Channel Lilith?” [...]
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