Or, thoughts upon stealing character details from real people and giving them to fictional characters.

I made a short post on my LJ, trying to figure out how narrator, voice, pov and character all play together in fiction. A few people commented and pointed out fascinating things about how one can go about, talking about pov and narrative voice. There's no "rules" there, just thinky thoughts about writing. If you're interested, you find the post ( Read more... )

THIS POST CONTAINS ADULT MATERIAL AND DISCUSSION AND IS INTENDED FOR READERS AGES 18+

The perennial question of R versus NC-17 came up in HD Writers Chatzy this morning, and I thought it might make a useful writing post. Please note this post contains graphic language and graphic descriptions of sexual activity. Those offended by NC-17 material or ( Read more... )

As Fest Season seems to be so busy no one stops to Britpick.

In six parts:

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WRITING DIALOGUE

Let's start with the very basics.

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We're starting a new feature where we'll be posting about different elements of writing a few times per month, give or take. We're starting this feature with a post on adverbs.

Roy Peter Clark, author of Writing Tools: 50 Essential Strategies For Every Writer and writing teacher, tells us adverbiage (the excessive use of adverbs) reflects the ( Read more... )