Wednesday, April 29

Are you sure about that? Tips for finding reputable research sources for your fiction

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 Laurel Garver
Not all research materials are created equal. Take anything you find on the Internet with a grain of salt, especially Wikipedia articles that aren’t heavily annotated with cross...

Wednesday, April 22

Beware of committing these Twitter turnoffs

Wednesday, April 22, 2015 Laurel Garver
In the past, I was pretty reticent to join Twitter. The stream design felt overwhelming, and the brevity of what could be posted seemed to favor witty one-liners over genuine...

Wednesday, April 15

Who said? Who did? Dialogue paragraphing

Wednesday, April 15, 2015 Laurel Garver
Writing effective dialogue is tricky, no doubt about it. It can't be pointless and boring. It can't be too fast or too slow. But most of all, it can't be confusing. An important...

Wednesday, April 8

Built for speed: How to use paragraphing to improve flow

Wednesday, April 08, 2015 Laurel Garver
A speedy, lean machine (photo by xenia from morguefile.com)  Over winter break, back in December, I picked up a copy of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel...

Wednesday, April 1

Top Blogging Topics for Writers

Wednesday, April 01, 2015 Laurel Garver
Do you struggle to come up with ideas for your blog, writer friends? Well, never fear, I have a handy list to stimulate your thinking about awesome topics sure to draw a big audience,...
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