Florence Witkop's Blog, page 40
July 8, 2018
How do you write fiction with memorable dialogue?
You make the dialogue short, simple and to the point. You cross out, delete, or otherwise remove anything that’s extraneous. When you finish, you go back over the dialogue and mentally check that it truly does say what you want your character to say and not one single word more. In other words, your characters… Continue reading How do you write fiction with memorable dialogue?
July 6, 2018
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July 4, 2018
How does one begin writing a fantasy novel?
Fantasy requires building a world that doesn’t exist but must live full-blown and realistic in the mind of the reader. So the first thing a writer of fantasy must do — after creating the story and the characters, of course — is to create the world that the story and characters will live in and… Continue reading How does one begin writing a fantasy novel?
