The Two Main Keys to Hooking Your Readers: Curiosity and Care
carriejonesbooks Write Better Now Roundup Have you ever been at a party and someone tells a story and you just don’t care? Have you ever been that person telling the story…
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SIX (ACTUALLY ONLY FIVE) QUICK HINTS ABOUT HOW TO KEEP YOUR READERS READING
We’re talking about hooks here. So, last week I talked about hooking your readers. And I promised that I’d keep talking about it. I am keeping that promise. Hooking your…
Writing is About Facing Out and Facing In
Novelists Are Public Writers, Too, Plus exercise and place to submit May 2023 Raymond Peter Clark has a new writing book out, Tell It Like It Is: A Guide to…
The Power of Silence In Writing
And how to put it on the page Sound. It often surrounds us. But sometimes it is just completely and utterly gone. I don’t know if you’ve ever been in…
Does Your Form Match Your Function?
Thoughts on Writing Action and a Little Bit on Pacing So, I’ve been talking a bit about action scenes lately. And one of the big adages that writing coaches and…