Information Dump
Exposition is a powerful and oft necessary tool for the fiction writer. Whether you’re writing a novel, movie or short story, exposition is an effective means of conveying necessary facts and background information. This can be achieved through a diary, a note, newspaper clipping, a picture, message on a phone, through the narrative or any [...]
My Personal Challenge
Of all the poems, short stories, screenplays and even the two “novels” I’ve written, there are a few things I have never done and a few areas I consider myself very weak in. One, I have never written a romance. Probably because I hate them. Two, I really, really struggle to effectively write women. Struggle [...]
Showing vs Telling
Many writers have trouble with this. I don’t want characters in a movie, or book for that matter, to tell me how they feel. I want to see how they feel. Give me visuals. I want to see what they see. Feel what they feel. Hear what they hear. Jane can say: “Patty showed me her [...]