The purpose of this post is to give you permission to write what you know to be true without getting bogged down with tedious details of exactly how you know what you know. Instead, use creative fabrication to get the point across. (This is not about lying!) When I wrote my book Becoming Conscious, I […]
#1 Skill for Great Writing
The #1 skill of great writing is choosing words that create pictures in your reader’s mind, and evokes emotions in their heart. Great writing makes your readers see and feel as they read. In writer’s lingo it is called, “show, don’t tell.” Oh Lordy. I heard those words of critique at least once every single […]
Is Your Writing Grabby, Hooky, Sticky Enough?
If you want your ideal reader to read what you wrote, take a few ideas from successful fishermen and women Offer attractive bait Set the hook at the first nibble Reel ’em in Your bait is a grabby title. What makes it grabby? Anything that answers the reader’s question “what’s in it for me to […]
Create the Illusion of Reality by Showing (not telling).
Want to draw your reader so far into your story they are living it with you . . . not just reading about it? This is how you do it. Develop your ability to turn words on a page into pictures in your reader’s mind. My writing teacher, Bill Manville, was like a high-flying hawk […]