“The moment comes when a character does or says something you hadn’t thought about. At that moment he’s alive and you leave it to him.” – Graham Greene Last week we started the process of creating a character. Hopefully, this is a character that you can use for your […]
Monday’s Writing Tips by Karen Kelly Boyce
I have decided to spend the next few weeks sharing my thoughts on character creation. Writers tend to concentrate on plot, language, and style. All of these are important, but without interesting, distinctive, and sympathetic characters you will lose your readers. After all, the story you are telling is about […]
Monday’s Writing Tips by Karen Kelly Boyce
As I mentioned last week, today’s blog will be about metaphors and similes. Why? Because as a writer these little tools can either enhance your writing or disrupt it. The thing about metaphors and similes is I seldom use them. I feel a little unsure of myself when I include […]
Monday’s Writing Word by Karen Kelly Boyce
Last week we dealt with adjectives. Taking a few pages or a chapter we removed all the adjectives and adverbs and made a two column list. The first column was the adjectives and the second column was the adverbs we removed from the text. Afterwards, we picked unique adjectives and added those […]
Monday’s Writing Tips by Karen Kelly Boyce
How do you make your writing tight, crisp, and masterful? How do you grab your readers? There are many ways to improve your work and I would like to share some little tips and tricks of the trade. Over the years, I have picked up some great suggestions from books […]