Author Create

Don't become a part of the ING Dynasty in your writing.

He said, she said. How to use, or avoid, attribution in dialogue.

Just keep writing until you finish your book. Remember, you must be present to win.

What's the difference between location and place?

One thing new writers struggle with is the context they create for characters. Every writer is a world-builder, and she needs to create a consistent world so her readers don't get lost along the way.

Learn about writing by deconstructing the work of your favorite authors.

When you sit down to write your book, have a working title in mind. The title expresses the book's essence as keeps you focused as you write.

Replace empty words in your writing with visual cues that fire a reader's imagination. Add descriptions and make your writing sing. To help you get the hang of it, review passages from your favorite writers to see how they create pictures with words.

Who will tell your story? You will write it down, but someone else will tell it. Will it be a narrator or a first-person account? Writers refer to this as point of view ("POV"), and it is a basic building block of your writing. Are you a head-hopper?