Category: Writing Tips

Tribes

How can a tribe help with writing?

Rhyme Time

See information about upcoming workshop! Save Dec 2 from 5 to 7 pm.

Questions

A member of one of my writing groups always asked, “What do you want the reader to come away with?”

Normal

My favorite saying is that normal is a setting on your dryer.

Musicality

The Mirriam-Webster site lists musicality as,
“the quality or state of being musical : melodiousness.”

Linear

So often we are told to make things logical. Predictable. Would that be good or bad?

Join (a group)

As solitary as writing can be, we also long for folks who think somewhat like us.

Images

“Picture this…” a friend begins to set a scene in your mind. As you listen, they build up the setting.

Grammar

Shall we take a short deviation from grammar? NO. There are some folks who think grammar is unnecessary and stifling. I’ll tell you (IMHO) that it is as important as ever.

Fluency

When we ask too much of the reader, they revert to word calling or parsing at best. At worst, they focus so intently on each syllable or phonetic sound that they are taken completely outside the text. Don’t send your reader away!