Accuracy in Fiction

Accuracy in Fiction

If you’re writing a novel, does that mean you can just make up whatever you want? Yes and no. If you are writing a completely fictional world where you are creating everything, then yes. But the moment any aspect of the real world creeps in, then you’d better be...
Your Book World—Spread It Around!

Your Book World—Spread It Around!

We authors work really hard on creating the perfect setting for our novels. We agonize over every little detail—is the map right? Is the magic/history/whatever believable? Is it a logical world? The same goes for the cast of characters. And I mean not only the...
More Questions to Ask as You Write

More Questions to Ask as You Write

Last week we looked at some big picture questions you need to be asking either before you begin writing (if you’re a plotter) or while editing (if you’re a pantser). If you missed that post, here’s a link to it. Today, I’d like to cover some...
Five tips to writing great description

Five tips to writing great description

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the...
Five Tips to Adding Depth with Setting

Five Tips to Adding Depth with Setting

“It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents – except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the...