Tag: Show vs. Tell

On Writing Emotion: Avoid These Common Pitfalls

On Writing Emotion: Avoid These Common Pitfalls

June 16, 2017

In my blog post 6 Tips to Write Your Novel in the Vibrant Way Your Brain Imagined It, my fifth tip discussed implying emotions rather than explicitly stating them. This post will focus specifically on tip #5 and goes deeper into why explicitly stating emotions can weaken your writing. First, let’s talk a bit about … More On Writing Emotion: Avoid These Common Pitfalls

A Few Easy Strategies To Remove Those Pesky Filter Words That Fog Up Your Writing

A Few Easy Strategies to Remove Those Pesky Filter Words that Fog Up Your Writing

May 28, 2017

Have you ever been watching a sport’s game from seats that didn’t give you a good view of the action? Or perhaps your seat was behind a lady wearing a purple, floofy hat that almost touched you every time she shifted. Talk about annoying. Neither of these make for good experiences. Too much distance and/or … More A Few Easy Strategies to Remove Those Pesky Filter Words that Fog Up Your Writing

6 Tips to Write Your Novel in the Vibrant Way Your Brain Imagined It

6 Tips to Write Your Novel in the Vibrant Way Your Brain Imagined It

May 9, 2017

You know those memes that show two pictures – one of what you think you look like when doing xyz and one of what you actually look like when doing xyz? That’s the way I feel sometimes when writing. My story is clear in my mind, but when someone else reads it, the picture gets … More 6 Tips to Write Your Novel in the Vibrant Way Your Brain Imagined It