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Writing for Children and Internal Dialogue
Internal thoughts can add depth and dimension to your characters and enhance your overall storytelling. Find out eleven ways to use them effectively.
Writing: Style vs. Voice
What’s the difference between writing style and voice?
What to Do About Dull Verbs
Verbs can make your sentence alive, full of action, but it’s important when changing out dull verbs with vibrant ones to make sure it doesn’t change the intent of the sentence.
What Do Fiction Writing and Film Editing Have in Common?
I read an interesting article on editing. Well, not just editing, but how to do it effectively. Did you know that in “Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola filmed and edited thousands and thousands of feet of film. Mental Floss puts the footage at 1.5 million feet.” (1) So, why did Coppola take so much footage?…
Your Children’s Fiction Manuscript and a Ghostwriter
Coming up with a fiction story idea is an amazing thing. Getting notes down or a basic outline takes it to the next level. Then some authors realize they need professional help to bring their ideas, notes, or outlines to life. This is when it’s time to hand it over. With this scenario, the ghostwriter…
Writing Fiction – What is Foreshadowing?
Foreshadowing is a literary device used to make the reader wonder. It gives the story a sense of mystery or anticipation. It can also create tension. According to Literary Devices (1), using this device, “a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story.” Foreshadowing is a great device to…
Fiction Writing – Do It Right
I’m reading a book on writing fiction. It’s “Writing Fiction – The Practical Guide From New York’s Acclaimed Creative Writing School.” It’s written by the Gotham Writers’ Workshop faculty and Alexander Steele is the author of Chapter One, Fiction: The What, How and Why of It. Steele explains, “Promising ideas + hard work = good…
6 Tips to What Makes a Good Story
Contributed by Aaron Shepard Good writers often break rules—but they know they’re doing it! Here are some good rules to know. Theme A theme is something important the story tries to tell us—something that might help us in our own lives. Not every story has a theme, but it’s best if it does. Don’t get…
Children’s Writing and Information Dump
As a ghostwriter and editor, occasionally I get clients who give me a draft of a story that has information dump within the first few spreads of a picture book. This is a no-no. Information dump is when an author literally dumps a chunk of information for the reader to absorb. Granted most new writers…