Random Writing Exercise #23
This exercise is about revision. Take part of a work in progress or a completed novel or short story to use for this. 1. Wait 2 weeks or more and then read it all the way through, as fast as possible (like a reader who can’t put it down) 2. As you read, take [...]
Point of View – Third Person
The last point of view is third person. This is the most common and most popular of the three. There are also three divisions within the third person perspective: third person close, third person omniscient, and third person multiple. Third person close is almost the same as first person, only using he and she instead [...]
Structuring the Climax, Part 10
This is the last one, folks! The conclusion must be logical. You’ve likely heard before that everything up until the climax needs to tie into the climax, but also the last part of the book needs to logically follow the climax. A twist ending is perfectly fine if you do it right, but nothing new [...]
Random Writing Exercise #22
Write about a color as if describing it to a blind person. You can’t say something like, ‘green is the color of grass’ because this person doesn’t know what grass looks like. Try to describe the feeling of the color, the things it reminds you of, and possible tastes, smells or sounds. Your job in [...]
Checking Your Spelling
The most obvious way to spot an amateur in the publishing industry is less than perfect spelling. Make sure if you write on a computer to use the spell check function, but don’t trust it completely. In certain contexts a homonym (a word that sounds the same as another word, but is spelled differently, like [...]
Structuring the Climax, Part 9
Does your climax leave a powerful feeling with the reader? With books, it’s the last impression that you need to worry about the most: what will readers tell others about your novel after finishing it? The ending, as a direct result of the climax, needs to be satisfying, whether it ends happily or not. Make [...]
