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Keeping the Voices Straight
I love to write dialogue. I’d guess that in 87% of my scenes, I write the dialogue first and fill in the narrative later. So, deciding what my characters say is rarely a challenge, but making sure...
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A dialogue with my inner critic
We all have inner critics. Some manage them better than others do. All too often, I tremble under the tyranny of mine. She’s not cute and harmless. Not at all. Think She Devil, like this: I’ll give you...
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Practice makes perfect!
This photo has nothing to do with today’s post topic. I just wanted to share an amazing photo of two of the loves of my life. Awesome! You’ve all been dying to know how my novel editing is going,...
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She said what?!
In this round of novel editing, I discovered a problem caused by rearranging scenes. I was reading merrily along when I said to myself, “Wow, is Renee a bitch or what?” Granted Renee’s a little rough...
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Lo and behold, my novel speaks!
In addition to all the editing I did daily while writing my novel, I have twice printed it out and gone through complete edits. With my third printing, I began audio recording. My purpose is to get a...
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Smiling as I fly?
I scheduled this to post this morning because I am flying to New York City today. First, I’ll be meeting up with my son, daughter-in-law, and two youngest grandchildren in Salt Lake City. So. today’s...
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Whose voice is that?
Yesterday, a friend posted a link on Twitter to an article by Kurt Vonnegut (a fellow native of Indianapolis) titled “How to Write With Style” and in it he gave seven tips to improve your writing. The...
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The art of balance
Anne Lamott says this about dialogue: “Suddenly people are talking, and we find ourselves clipping along. And we have all the pleasures of voyeurism because the characters don’t know we are listening....
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To smile, or not to smile …
Of course, now we all know that Forrest Gump invented the original Smiley Face, but there’s another less familiar one, the Carl’s Jr./ Hardee’s Happy Star. While driving home this morning, I passed...
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The Writing on the … Mirror
When my husband changed clothes after work the other night, he walked out of the bedroom and asked, “Why do you have ‘eyes’ and ‘whole world’ written on the bathroom mirror? The answer, of course, was...
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