Tag: writing tips
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Input is Crucial for Writing Output
Where do ideas germinate from? Other ideas. As a writer, it’s impossible to be original, but it’s crucial to be unique. What’s the difference? Being original means attempting something which has never been attempted. Under this definition, it’s difficult to find writing that is completely original because there have been thousands of writers and hundreds…
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Setting: Real or Fictitious?
Choosing a setting for a novel isn’t always an easy task. A writer friend advised me once to chose a fictitious setting for one of my novels, and she was absolutely right. In that case. The advantages of choosing a fictitious setting are many. Such as: The writer can make it look and feel however…
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Writing: About Lengths and Words
I’m a concise writer. I know that. I’ve learned to slow down my writing over the years because at times it can be at breakneck speeds, and there are rumors about that some readers like to stew in the words of a story and not have to gulp them all down from the end of…
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Plotting or Plodding?
Humph! Here’s the real truth about writers: sometimes we have no idea how it’s all going to turn out. I mean, really, what are we doing? What am I doing? What is my plot doing? Sometimes it feels like I’m playing a giant connect-the-dots while blindfolded. Are these two dots really going to connect in…
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Time + Thinking = The Solution to All Writing Problems
It’s not always easy to know which way a story should go. Should minor characters begin to play a more major role? Should a character be killed off? Should I change the setting? Story threads are fragile. Each minor decision can send a story spiraling in a direction that may or may not be good. …
Author Mark W Sasse 