tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post130577982196923322..comments2023-09-27T03:56:54.678-05:00Comments on As We Were Saying....: More Of The Best Writer's TipsRuby Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01030839859107760855noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post-65230453186289088822011-06-24T13:32:50.892-05:002011-06-24T13:32:50.892-05:00Forget what other writers are writing. Be yourself...Forget what other writers are writing. Be yourself. Don't be afraid to use your voice-don't put it in a box, don't bind it with rules, don't water it down to imitate your favorite writer. Be you! <br /><br />You can get so caught up in following rules and trying to make sure that you dot all your i's and cross all your t's that your story loses that uniqueness that makes it engaging. Fall back in love with the joy of writing and focus on the story itself.Sonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05522421553629482482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post-60660780132770574332011-06-23T01:10:47.195-05:002011-06-23T01:10:47.195-05:00Be careful when you use adverbs and adjectives
If ...Be careful when you use adverbs and adjectives<br />If your verbs and nouns are strong, you can get rid of many adverbs or adjectives. Many "describing words" can be deleted.<br />The tall muscular man ran across the street. <br />The tall, tanned rman ran quickly across the street. <br />The reader goes to sleep. <br />Wake up your reader with:<br />The tall muscular man raced across the street.<br />Look out for those words ending with -ly.<br /><br />NoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post-56551029444330643972011-06-23T00:55:41.689-05:002011-06-23T00:55:41.689-05:00Good Advice Donnell. I've heard of using Word’...Good Advice Donnell. I've heard of using Word’s Speech feature to have the computer read the article back. This allows you to catch errors you have missed – especially missing words or words that ’sort of sound the same’ but are spelled differently.<br />Judy, that's 5 years before I will be able to master a novel. I've got six months to go if I live that long.:)<br />I particularly like your point about deep POV. Too many people standing around thinking. We suspense writers like thinking when it involves deciding what the next action/ move is going to be.Rubyhttp://kfwwriters.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post-74590575784442651592011-06-22T14:32:07.018-05:002011-06-22T14:32:07.018-05:00The best advice I've heard lately is read your...The best advice I've heard lately is read your work out loud. Your tongue will stumble over things that don't belong here. And I love the advice of getting to know the character from the inside out.Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post-34560389510938726282011-06-22T14:28:58.291-05:002011-06-22T14:28:58.291-05:00Don't get sucked into following one genre'...Don't get sucked into following one genre's rules (such as romance Deep POV) but write what you love first and last. Good writing is an expression of passion rather than following the rules. And last, just write - it takes 10,000 hours of anything in life to make a master.Infogypsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15598764569161683076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post-28362804096504179602011-06-22T07:57:30.631-05:002011-06-22T07:57:30.631-05:00Thanks for your comment. I'm zipping over ther...Thanks for your comment. I'm zipping over there now to take a look!Ruby Johnsonhttp://kfwwriters.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4543098270794087276.post-28071351812525948732011-06-22T03:08:56.220-05:002011-06-22T03:08:56.220-05:00I just did a post on passive writing that takes a ...I just did a post on passive writing that takes a slightly different approach. <br /><br />mood<br /><a href="http://moodywriting.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Moody Writing</a><br /><a href="http://twitter.com/mooderino" rel="nofollow">@mooderino</a>mooderinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01523337588830695638noreply@blogger.com