Writer's Craft

Writer’s Craft:  word choices, world building, story vs. lyricism, choice of person and tense for story, writing routine choices, filmic structure uses for novels, outlining vs. streaming, inhabiting your characters, incorporating tension, making moments real, and so on. Click on the links below to be taken to Write of Passage posts on these topics.

~ Writing the First Draft 6/11/12
~ Use of Detail in Your Writing 6/25/12
~ Writing the Long Synopsis 7/9/12
~ Openings: How to Grab Readers 7/16/12
~ Strong Sentences; Concrete Nouns and Verbs 7/23/12
~ Finding Strong Metaphors 7/30/12
~ Writing Great Sentences 8/6/12
~ Use of Adjective and Adverbs 8/13/12
~ When and How to Tell, Not Show 8/20/12
~ Novel Structure: James Scott Bell's LOCK System 8/27/12
~ Hopping Heads: Switching POV Characters Mid-Paragraph 9/10/12
~ Finishing Your Book, Getting an Agent and Publisher: Jeff Abbott interview 9/15/12
~ Character Arc: The Hero's Journey 9/17/12
~ Becoming a Better Writer 9/24/12
~ Opening Lines 10/1/12
~ Best Worst Opening Lines 10/12/12
~ Finding Good Words, Priscilla Long 10/22/12
~ Setting and Characterization: Specific Visuals 10/29/12
~ Sound Effects In Your Writing 11/5/12
~ Three Essentials for a Successful Novel, James Scott Bell 11/26/12
~ Three Great Scenes, and No Weak Ones, Make a Successful Story 12/1012
~ Voice 1/28/13
~ Writing a Character's Dark Side 2/18/13
~ Phrases We Love—Where'd They Come From? 2/25/13
~ The Importance of Sentences; Writing Advice from Ann Patchett 3/4/13
~ Reading Poetry Can Improve Your Fiction Writing 3/11/13
~ Your Hero Must Suffer! 4/8/13