We will never do well at being someone we are not, but we can learn by from the excellence of others, first by observing, then copying, and finally by adjusting...

Twenty years ago, italics was a popular means to indicate unspoken thoughts. That’s still acceptable, but we now have another approach that can be more engaging. Writing in “deep point...

Rules have changed. At one time, authors were respected for their long sentences and paragraphs that consumed half the page. Not anymore. Today, we want the picture in as few...

Some telling is unavoidable. After all, we are storytellers. The goal of “show, don’t tell” is to move readers from a position of observation to the strongest feel possible of...

Present tense storytelling is challenging. Why? We don’t easily adjust to the every-moment-is-now mentality when our mind is wanting to describe something “as it took place,” not “as it is...

In conversation, we use some words interchangeably, as if they meant the same thing. But if synonyms meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t need different words, would we? If...

In conversation, we use some words interchangeably, as if they meant the same thing. But if synonyms meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t need different words, would we? If...

In conversation, we use some words interchangeably, as if they meant the same thing. But if synonyms meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t need different words, would we? If...

In conversation, we use some words interchangeably, as if they meant the same thing. But if synonyms meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t need different words, would we? If...

In conversation, we use some words interchangeably, as if they meant the same thing. But if synonyms meant exactly the same thing, we wouldn’t need different words, would we? If...