In movies, scene jumps can be sudden, but this doesn't always work for fiction writing. So, what do you do? Here are six different ways.
Category: Writing Advice & Tips
Advice and tips for writing fiction. Topics include world-building, omniscient point of view, how to get started, being original, editing, etc.
Writing Fiction: Can’t please everyone. Solutions?
Are you a writer? Do you ask people if they like the title, character, or the story? Have you had some people saying, "No,
Omniscient Discoveries 4: Dialogue
If you are doing omniscient, how do you do dialogue without head hopping? How do you make normal fiction writing dialogue work in omniscient?
What a struggle.
Because you can't head hop, you either have to integrate the thoughts into dialogue, or put it in your narrative as no-voice head hopping.
Good Sequel, Bad Sequel: What can writers learn?
I read an example of a good sequel and a bad sequel. Might be able to learn something here if you want to write a good sequel. In the bad sequel, the sequel was nothing but filler. The beginning, good. The last two chapters, shocking. The middle twenty chapters were just a lot of filler … Continue reading Good Sequel, Bad Sequel: What can writers learn?
Omniscient Discoveries 6: Double or Single Quotes?
I've talked about commentary, head hopping, point of view, dialogue, and who's story it's about. In this article, I'm going to talk about why I might put something in double quotes or single quotes.
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