Sarah Barra's Blog, page 4
January 26, 2015
10 Easy Ways to Improve Your Dialogue
As a writer, dialogue lets you:
Show rather than tell – when characters act and speak, they become real to us
Build tension and drama, furthering the plot
Reveal character in what’s said (or what isn’t said)
Create white space on the page – attractive to busy readersBut many writers list “dialogue” as one of the key things they struggle with. I love writing dialogue, and I still have to work hard at it – though thanks to the wonderful Lorna Fergusson from fictionfire, I’ve definitely improved.
So what makes for good dialogue?
"Write to your heart’s content and by all means, have fun with your creation. It’s your moment to do..."
- Jennifer Murgia (via maxkirin)
January 25, 2015
Como vivir con estres sin hacer nada
Han oido hablar de la ansiedad? Esa horrible sensacion que te da cada vez que debes hacer algo y te queda poco tiempo, o ese momento en el que hasta un hola te estresa y te quedas sin aire por pensar en las 100 mil cosas que no podrian pasar ever!
Bueno, la mayoria del 2014 estuve que un severo caso de ansiedad que llevo a una depresion (currently working on it), y la verdad es que pude…
January 20, 2015
theartofnotwriting:
sarahenni:
kdhart:
So You Want To Get...
Click through for resources that will help you with all these steps!
She’s brilliant!
This is fantastic.
did-you-kno:
Dr. Seuss’s first book was rejected 27 times. He...
Dr. Seuss’s first book was rejected 27 times. He was ready to give up, but bumped into a friend on the street who’d just begun working in publishing. Seuss said if he’d been walking on the other side of the street, he probably would never have been a children’s author. Source
January 12, 2015
cecilyjeanne:
stunningpicture:
Moving out of the...
Moving out of the apartment
This is, without a doubt, the saddest photo I have ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE.
