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Dazzling Dialogue—Part X
Posted on March 7, 2018 Leave a Comment
This week we conclude our series on Dazzling Dialogue. We could probably go on forever, and there are many resources you can look to make your written conversations sparkle and gleam. Six more Tools for Talk will make your dialogue sizzle and shine. Click to Tweet #DazzlingDialogue #amwriting
Dazzling Dialogue—Part IV
Posted on January 24, 2018 Leave a Comment
Conflict in scenes and tension between characters you’ve heard of before in writing. This time, we’ll talk about conflict in dialogue. Dialogue is the greatest way to portray conflict and tension in scenes and between characters. Argument and disagreements between even friends and allies helps to create sparkling dialogue. Click to Tweet #dazzlingdialogue #amwriting
Dazzling Dialogue––Part II
Posted on January 10, 2018 Leave a Comment
Dialogue is a compression and extension of action. There are certain elements that are essentials to creating dazzling dialogue. Every character has a “want” in the scene. They’re saying something because they want something, or there is something they want to avoid. Click to Tweet #dazzlingdialogue #amwriting
Dazzling Dialogue––Part I
Posted on January 3, 2018 Leave a Comment
Dialogue is important in every story, because the reader wants to know what the character says, and how they’ll say it. I’ve not spent too much time on dialogue before, so I want to focus in on it, now. I’ve been told I’m pretty good at it, but I know I have room for improvement. […]
Writing Your Story from the Middle––Part VIII
Posted on December 13, 2017 Leave a Comment
How do readers know if the story they’re on with the Lead character actually shows the transformation of that Lead? Based on the “mirror moment” the character changes how they think, which effects their decisions, and alters their course. Click to Tweet #amwriting #writefromthemiddle
Writing Your Story from the Middle––Part VII
Posted on December 6, 2017 Leave a Comment
A “mirror moment” is the middle of your story. Usually, when we think of this, it’s for the Lead character, and it helps to change them from where they started, to where they end up. An antagonist also has a “mirror moment.” When he or she makes a decision to change for the worse, instead […]
Writing Your Story from the Middle––Part IV
Posted on November 8, 2017 1 Comment
We’ve been discussing writing your story from the middle, by pinning down the protagonist’s “mirror moment.” It’s a moment of self-reflection to determine what their next move is. They consider where they’ve come from, so they can plan where they’ll go from here. Click to Tweet #amwriting #writefromthemiddle
Writing Your Story from the Middle––Part I
Posted on October 18, 2017 Leave a Comment
It’s a radical concept. Generally, the middle is the hardest place to write through. I’ve already talked about keeping the middle from “sagging” in your story. But did I once ever discuss this radical concept I’m about to introduce? I don’t think so. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a plotter, a panster, or something in-between. […]
Creating Suspense––Part IX
Posted on November 30, 2016 Leave a Comment
Suspense is in itself, now a genre, but suspense techniques can be used in whatever genre you write in. Suspense helps to create page turners, and as an author, that’s the goal. There’s a lot to creating suspense, and we’ve just scratched the surface here, but hopefully you have enough techniques to help you write […]
Creating Suspense––Part I
Posted on September 21, 2016 Leave a Comment
I’m not a suspense writer, but I love to read it. A few years ago, I wrote Zorro stories on FanFiction, and I learned a little bit about creating suspense, just by doing it. In this new series, we’ll talk about what suspense is, and how to use it for whatever genre you write. Suspense […]
Donna L.H. Smith 