Are You Drama or Melodrama, Baby?
carriejonesbooks At its most basic a story’s components are these – a beginning, a middle, an end. The beginning is the situation or set up. The middle are the complications. The…
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Why We Don’t Use Real Life Dialogue in Our Books
This is from when Em was super young and I wrote it all out and saved it because that’s what I do. There is a Halloween Sleep Over at my…
Camper Wisdom and Dialogue Hints
So, I’m back in the camper for the summer because we rent out our hosts to tourists every year. Well, it’s the second year, that almost makes it every year,…
Presidents Don’t All Sound Alike and Neither Should Your Characters – Writing Tip Wednesday
It’s Writing Tip Wednesday and this week, I’m actually going to give a little writing tip. I know! We all pause for a moment of stunned silence. Have you ever…
Talk to Me, Baby! Dialogue Help on Writing Tip Wednesday
It’s Writing Tip Wednesday and today we’re talking about talking. What’s that mean? Dialogue, baby. It’s that magic place where the characters get to speak for themselves. So, the number…