How to avoid overwriting in fiction
A reader needs enough information to enable them to picture scenes within a story: for example, characters and their surroundings. Overwriting can make a story
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A reader needs enough information to enable them to picture scenes within a story: for example, characters and their surroundings. Overwriting can make a story
What are filter words? When writing, we all use verbs to describe what characters are doing. For example, ‘Herbert noticed that Hector had run off
What is an action beat? Action beats are succinct phrases that can be used with dialogue to show which character is speaking and what they
This is the second of two posts on writing good dialogue in fiction. The first part is here. Monologues Conversations involve more than one person,
This is the first of two posts on writing good dialogue in fiction. The second post is here. Why do we have dialogue? In a
What are vocatives? Vocatives are used when addressing someone in dialogue. Examples could include a person’s name, a relation, a formal address, a formal title,
What are adverbs? A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of
What is a dialogue tag? A dialogue tag (also known as a speech tag) is a short phrase that is used to show which character
