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Tag Archives: writers workshop
Writers Workshop – Oops, My Participle Is Dangling
This Writers Workshop post is covering a pesky, irksome thing called the dangling participle, or dangling modifier. Now, I can just hear some of you grumbling…you hate grammar classes. Hello, you’re a writer so you need to get this right … Continue reading
Writers Workshop – Repetition, Repetition
This Writers Workshop post is about repetition in your prose. I decided to post about this because of a show I recently saw called Bamazon. A piece of the writing I found quite annoying and it bears on our writing … Continue reading
Writers Workshop – A Great Ending And The Godfather
I’m wrapping up my Writers Workshop series with a focus on a great ending. I’ve been using The Godfather as an example and this post is no different. I wrote a post about how the critical the beginning of a … Continue reading
Writers Workshop – A Great Beginning And The Godfather
In this Writers Workshop post I am focusing on a great beginning (if you missed it, read my last post, Writers Workshop – Editing And The Godfather). The first line or two (or possibly paragraph) can make or break a … Continue reading
Writers Workshop – Editing And The Godfather
As I continue my series on the writers workshop and The Godfather, I’m going to take a look at editing. Ah, editing, the one thing many writers hate. And for good reason. It’s not fun to see your words get … Continue reading
Writers Workshop – Show Don’t Tell And The Godfather
I love The Godfather – both the book and the movie. For a variety of reasons, both are near perfect examples of storytelling. I thought since it’s the 40th anniversary of the movie release of The Godfather, I’d use the … Continue reading
Writers Workshop – Character Development in Fiction
Character development in fiction is a critical part of making a story come alive. Create great characters and readers will keep turning pages. Create poorly developed characters and you risk your readers throwing your book away. So what are some … Continue reading
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Writers Workshop – How To Avoid Writing Cliches
I was recently reading some reviews on a book by an indie author and I was struck by how many reviewers said the author was writing clichés. This was a mystery novel and many pointed out that clichés throughout the … Continue reading
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Tagged indie authors, mystery novels, mystery series, writers workshop, writing cliches
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Writers Workshop – Writing Lesson on Passive Voice
If you’ve been following my recent posts, you know I wrote one called Indie Writers Miss Golden Opportunity. I talk a lot about learning to write, so I thought I would do some posts about this topic because I am … Continue reading