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Motivation

making your characters make sense
Appeared 2010-02-21

Pronoun/Antecedent Confusion - Who Dunnit Mysteries

Keep the mysteries in your plot, not your narrative and dialogue tags.
Appeared 2010-01-14

Past Verb Tenses

keeping the past (tenses) in perspective
Appeared 2009-12-12

Resist Repetition

Avoid overuse and repetition of words and phrases.
Appeared 2009-11-15

Do You RUE?

Resisting the Urge to Explain
Appeared 2009-07-22

Write it Again, Sam

Welcome to the Wonderful World of (re)Writing
Appeared 2009-03-21

Using Speaker Attributions Correctly

Attributions are one of the least understood little devices used in writing, I think. I see them misused all the time, and have done so myself way too often.
Appeared 2009-01-23

Descriptive Verbs

Using descriptive verbs instead of –ly words.
Appeared 2009-01-01

Tuck, Don’t Dump

what to do when you feel the urge to infodump your readers
Appeared 2008-03-28

Say What, er, I Mean, How?

beats, attribs, and dialogue tags
Appeared 2008-03-21

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