Image by Shutterstock Six Signs of Over-Summarized Prose This common and devastating problem can be surprisingly difficult to identify. March 31, 2023April 6, 2023 by Chris Winkle in Writing
How to Avoid Melodrama in Your Writing You can't create emotional impact by telling readers what to feel. July 5, 2019August 29, 2021 by Chris Winkle and Fay Onyx in Writing
Introducing Otherworldly Elements Without Confusing Readers Get important information across in a way that keeps readers engaged. May 31, 2019May 24, 2022 by Becca Puglisi in Storytelling
Narrating a Close Point of View Bring your readers closer to feeling like the story is happening to them. March 22, 2019October 7, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Six Common Wordcraft Mistakes in Manuscripts We see these issues over and over again during editing. January 11, 2019October 7, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Mastering Evocative Telling How to get fancy with mystery and metaphor—and when you're overdoing it. December 16, 2016August 23, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Seven Rules of Effective Prose How to sharpen up your word craft no matter what tale you're telling. June 10, 2016July 19, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Lessons From the Awkward Writing of The Sword of Truth A lack of focus and a tell-over-show mindset hamstring this fantasy story's opening. December 25, 2015July 23, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Conveying Character Emotion How to make your protagonist's feeling pop out of the page. May 15, 2015July 31, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Shaping the Sound of Your Dialogue How to craft your conversations to sound realistic on the page. April 17, 2015August 1, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
Should You Show or Tell? How far you should zoom your story in—and when you should zoom out. October 31, 2014August 6, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Writing
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