Writing tips: Review 101 (Would you pass this…)
Write,write,write, and leave me a comment,please.
Here are some basic ideas about writing, which sometimes can be a great review. There are so many, it will take 2 blogs.
http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/JANKEJ/writing/tips.htm
The shorter the story, the more important each word becomes.
Descriptions and technical details must be authentic; when the reader suddenly realizes that the writer made a mistake, the reader is jarred out his or her temporary acceptance of the story as reality, i.e., author intrusion.
Avoid overused words.
Success breeds success. The more published you are, the easier it is to get published again.
Every word can be used appropriately somewhere in some story.
Don’t tell what happened; recreate what happened.
The beginning of a story must be interesting. Readers can be lost on page one.
Scorning the work of a writer does not make that writer a better writer.
A Final Observation
Whatever rules or tips you read about writing you will be able to find some published work that violates them. Sometimes the violation is glaring and amounts to author intrusion. Other times the violation may actually help the story. Usually the latter occurs when the writer actually is an excellent wordsmith and deliberately, with great specific purpose, violates some rule or tip.
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Hope this helps you with your words.
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