While you write, keep a text file open that contains all the story facts you tend to forget. I am the queen of creating character names, ages, occupations and family trees and then totally forgetting them the next time I sit down to write. How old did I make that character again? Did I spell [...]
Archive for January, 2012
Writing Tip #68
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing Tips, tagged Arts, baby grand, FAQs Help and Tutorials, Grammar, Style Guides, Text file, Writers Resources, writing on January 29, 2012 | 2 Comments »
‘Feeling’ Real
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adam Johnson, Asia, baby grand, Entertainment Weekly, Johnson, Kim Jong-il, North Korea, Writer on January 23, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Last night, I was reading Rob Brunner’s review of The Orphan Master’s Son by Adam Johnson in Entertainment Weekly while watching the big football game (yay, Giants!) and came across this line: Johnson has created such a convincing universe [North Korea] that it doesn’t really matter if he’s accurately captured every detail. It FEELS real, [...]
Writing Tip #67
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Grammar, grammar rules, Text file on January 22, 2012 | 4 Comments »
Keep a text file open while you write that contains all the grammar rules you tend to forget. Last week, we featured the grammatical rule that you should always refer to people as “who” or “whom” in a sentence, such as “The writer who penned that book is…” But if you’re the type who thinks, [...]
‘Yes, It Is a Long Process’
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Academy Award, baby grand novel, Editing and Proofreading, Good things come to those who wait (Guinness), Writing & Editing on January 19, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Ah, waiting. My agent checked in with me yesterday. I love getting an email from her. Even when there’s no news. Her name appears in my inbox, and I feel my entire body lift in excitement and anticipation, as in Can this be the email? Should I start preparing my Oscar-acceptance speech for the screenplay [...]
Writing Tip #66
Posted in Uncategorized, Writing Tips, tagged Grammar, Neil Armstrong, word usage, writing, writing tips on January 16, 2012 | 3 Comments »
Never use “that” when referring to a person. This is a common mistake — one that I often find in my own writing during the editing stage. For example: (wrong) The first person that walked on the moon was Neil Armstrong. (correct) The first person who walked on the moon was Neil Armstrong. (wrong) The [...]
Writing Tip #65
Posted in Writing Tips, tagged Characters, Editing, No Pants Subway Ride, writing on January 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Bare your soul. This tip coincides with today’s commemoration of the annual No Pants Subway Ride — an event in which straphangers nonchalantly strip down to their underwear from the waist down as part of a global practical joke. However, in lieu of riding the subway in your favorite polka-dot boxers, bare your soul in [...]
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