Writing

Hey there!   So we have reached Conflict, and you know what the last dialogue post will also be about as well. But, obviously that's for the last post in this series, and not this one. :P   How can you put conflict into dialogue? Isn't conflict all the punching and fighting stuff? Take a moment and think about this. You're a writer. You literally use words. I'm willing to bet that a bunch of you are like me, and better at fighting with words instead of read more

Hey there!   So today, the type of dialogue we're looking at today is Explanation.   During Explanation, a character is explaining something. (Duh) But this can be pretty boring. Usually, Explanation is either a) a character being explained to how to use something or b) the villain explaining their evil mastermind plans. Back in grade 7, in some books I wrote, I noticed how difficult it is to convincingly write in a reason for a villain to start explaining things. read more

Hey there!   So today we're continuing our dialogue series! Today is Realization.   What is realization in a story? It's when the character realizes something, figures out something. When something 'clicks', 'falls into place', or a puzzle piece's place is found. Often times, a character is thinking about it in their head. But sometimes, it's out loud. Take Harry Potter for example. (Don't read on to the following examples if you haven't read the whole read more

Hey there! So we are now back to a post on dialogue! We are starting with the art of writing Regular Conversation. 😉     There is one big thing to remember while writing Regular Conversation. Though bookworms are possibly not human, they are more easily drawn into a story if the characters are talking like humans do. "Well isn't that helpful?" you say sarcastically, glaring at the screen. Just a moment, you've only read 5 sentences! But agreed, it's easier said read more

Hey there! It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I posted a writing tip on a blog about writing.  So today, I’m going to talk a little bit about dialogue. (I’ll do my last tag next week, though :P) Dialogue is when a character is speaking (in case you didn’t know) It can make the difference between a horrible story, and a great one. Some writers like to go through their stories without dialogue, They describe everything in big blocks of text, and whenever someone speaks, read more

Hey there!   Have you ever heard – or thought – about writing in spurts? (Well, you’ve obviously heard about it just now, so yes, you have.😜) Do you write in between your work? 3 minutes here, 10 minutes there…? Or do you sit down at your computer, and write for 1 hour straight? Which one of these is the best way to go about writing?   Besides typing on your computer, what else do you like to do on it? Scroll through social media… Read other read more

Hey there!   Writing the beginning of a book can be easy for some people. For others, not so much. Personally, I’ve always struggled to come up with a good hook up line. It’s awful when you come back to something you wrote – and thought was good – and when you re-read it, you can see how much you need to change it. But what do you change it to, if you’ve already spent forever on figuring it out? Before I talk about how my own book is going, let’s take a look at some good read more