Pre-halloween

Writer's tips

1.Fragments are okay and sometimes used for dramatic effect as long as you use an introductory sentence to the fragments.  Ex: The moments were beautiful:Sarah's music playing on the element's sound system.

2. Don't use use Big references if your novel doesn't even have anything to do with the topic. Ex: Using the Book of Revelations when your novel doesn't have anything to do with the Apocalypse.

3. Its often easy to employ our interest into the novel, although sometimes it can be distracting.  For example employing names of New Orleans musicians.  Instead direct contrast between the appeal of the music and a character's ongoing frustration and how the music is relaxes the character.

4.If your reader is able to draw up a list of questions they want answered by chapter 2, means that your novel is well on its way.

     

Writer's tips

Writer's tips

1.Best writer's advice:Look at your first page in your book you wrote and then scrap it and start your book on the second page.  The first page may never gauge the writer's interest like the second page might.

2.If there is a character in your story with authority make sure the character's underdogs are showing  respect to that character and its consistent. Ex: responding "Yes sir" to commanders.

3.Be careful in using generalizing adjectives like: The character was paralyzed: without explanation of what paralyzed looks like.

4.When describing a setting that is scary, you can't just write: She went through the dark tunnel, she couldn't see any objects, she wished she had her lover by her side.  How is the tunnel scary if there is nothing in the tunnel to suggest its scariness?

5.Its okay to have an abundance of characters as long as readers can come to understand each one of them.

6.You don't need to give the same action verb throughout multiple paragraphs.  For example, He is swimming the channel, he continues to swim even though his heart is racing.   He swims harder and faster than anyone you know.  Readers can assume the action is in continuation without you repeating it.

7.Best writers advice:If you seem to be having trouble continuing the plot, try to hash out everything you can about the main character.

I've made it to 10,000

I've made it to 10,000 views. Thanks and much appreciation and shout-outs go to all my readers of my blog.  It took quite a while to get to this level.  But I take nothing for granted.  They always say count your blessings and look for something positive in everyday and today I'm looking at this achievement.  Thanks once again.

I like the opening of poison tree novel by Erin Kelly. its fast pace beginning reminds me of the fast paced summers of my past.  immersed in walking the streets of downtown. faster and faster rippling through the skyscrapers through their tunnels and up the elevators and paths that I have never touched before. I can escape I can move. Laurie and i had a conversation of greatness about people with multi personality disorders.  they cannot stop.  one in particular she remembers, had to pace, had to move had to talk. talk fast fast, yell, had to clean, talked nothing but of the perfection of cleaning, talking talking, moving their lips just for the sake of moving. eating skittles moving. drinking tea, moving, moving, doing pushups, listening to music, moving, setting up for the next day and moving, fast with great great energy. moving.  i remember those summers and not sleeping, i remember those summers and listening to music that traced my same patterns of thinking that i had in my mind. 

I had another good day.  There is something that makes a day special. like summer mixed with two friends outings.  i love meeting with two friends in one day...there is something so great in perspectives between the two friends and sharing and then talking about my dad.  My dad is like me- he is a free spirit. I think to myself...i could be a happier self if could enjoy my life more -if i were like him.  If i wasn't bogged down by work or took life wherever it took me, on the streets into someone's life, walking everywhere, laughing with someone random when i saw them. meeting any amount of people.  it sounds glorious.  I picture my dad sitting in my house and we catch up on a million things, just listening to his voice and sharing in some story that he never heard because he missed out on my entire life.

Seen Betty Boop today!

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