Part 3 of my writing series is on the relationship between authors and their readers! And…. well… the extent of this relationship should be very very little. And this is why… Readers want to get into a book. They want to see the world, live in it for a few hours… meet the characters, and […]
Author: Lara Whatley
Show and Tell
You’ve probably heard the age old warnings about showing vs telling at least somewhere along the way. But this issue really is a huge one, and it’s important to stress, so I thought I’d post 2 in my writing tips series on showing and telling. Without further ado… I’m not talking about show and […]
Never Use These Five Words in Your Writing
Ever wonder why some stories just grabbed your attention, held onto it, and wouldn’t let it go, even long after the book was done? Those were the books that you couldn’t put down at three in the morning. They made you laugh and cry, and desperate to get the next one in the series. You […]
The Truth about Good and Evil
In an earlier post, The Myth Around Evil Villains, I talked about how villains shouldn’t be flat characters in your writing, and should have thoughts and motivations like everyone else. Reading my post, however, I realized that I hadn’t specified one very important point: Just because villains have thoughts and motives, and even a likeable […]