How To Make the Most of Punctuation
How to Properly Use Punctuation in Fiction I love the saying, There are five rules for writing fiction. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. As aspiring writers, we all want to know…
stylistic choice
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Finding the Right Word
Struggling to Find the Right Words in Your Writing? Finding the Right Word – Taking the extra time to construct your sentences with just the right words is worth the effort. Using…
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What is an Adverb? Part 3
The Dreaded LYs When discussing adverbs in regards to writing fiction, the kind we’re usually talking about are the ly words, like clearly, dearly, and madly. Many high-brow critics complain that the use…
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What is an Adverb? Part 2
Some words can serve as both adjectives and adverbs. Examples: He swung hard with a right hook. Here, hard serves as an adverb which modifies the verb swung. When he fell, his head hit…
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What is an Adverb? Part 1
An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Some examples of adverbs: adjective form – adverb form happy – happily clear – clearly close – closely dear…
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Overwriting With Too Many Unnecessary and Unneeded Superfluous Words
For those of you who didn’t notice, (and I hope most of you noticed), only one or two of those words were necessary to properly and clearly convey the topic of my discussion….
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Sentence Fragments – Stylistic Choice?
Should I use sentence fragments in my novel? Is it bad writing or style? Sentence fragments. Who cares? You? Me? Anyone? Depends. Writing nonfiction? Probably wouldn’t. Work, that is. Writing fiction? Could be….
