Setting Thesaurus Entry: Bookstore
Setting Thesaurus Entry: Bookstore
Sight Customers: browsing books, scanning shelves, standing in line to pay, tugging a book off the shelf, flipping a book over for back copy, fanning the pages, standing and reading,…
Read more…Seven Deadly Novel Writing Sins: Sharing Too Much Information
Seven Deadly Novel Writing Sins: Sharing Too Much Information
TMI (Too Much Information) We’re all guilty of this sin at some point during the writing process. The trick is finding the correct balance by the time we reach the…
Read more…Expressing Cardinal Emotions: Masculine vs. Feminine
Expressing Cardinal Emotions: Masculine vs. Feminine
We thought since we’ve profiled 130 different emotions and their physical and mental cues in The Emotion Thesaurus, we’d take a look at some of the Cardinal Emotions, and some…
Read more…Emotion Thesaurus Entry: Desperation
Emotion Thesaurus Entry: Desperation
When it comes to emotion, sometimes we need a brainstorming nudge. After all, each character will express their feelings differently depending on their personality, emotional range, and comfort zone. We…
Read more…Pacing Potholes: Common Hazards that Slow Forward Motion
Pacing Potholes: Common Hazards that Slow Forward Motion
Pacing is a difficult thing to master. Like driving a car, there are many things we need to be on top of to keep our story on the road. Are…
Read more…Techniques For Atmosphere and Mood Building In Fiction
Techniques For Atmosphere and Mood Building In Fiction
I thought today I’d take a quick look at how setting description can transcend to convey atmosphere through the deft manipulation of the five senses. First off, what is Atmosphere?…
Read more…Writing 101: How to Show, Not Tell (Part Two)
Writing 101: How to Show, Not Tell (Part Two)
Today, we’re continuing our discussion of show-don’t-tell so we can learn how to find the telling in our work and show those passages instead. (For information on what showing and…
Read more…Emotion Thesaurus Entry: Happiness/Joy
Emotion Thesaurus Entry: Happiness/Joy
When it comes to emotion, sometimes we need a brainstorming nudge. After all, each character will express their feelings differently depending on their personality, emotional range, and comfort zone. We…
Read more…Introducing The EMOTION THESAURUS
Introducing The EMOTION THESAURUS
The coffee on the desk is cold. The doorbell’s ringing. Your dog is making those frantic whimpers meaning ‘I want to go outside and maybe pee on something’ has escalated…
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