Archive for the 'Voice, Texture, Tone' Category
• July 15, 2009 •
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Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: writing, Passion, writing exercises, voice, writing voice, super power, recall, distinction, secret, photographic memory, remember, childhood, memories, individuality, senses, sensory impression, grandfather, unique, you, emotion, vocabulary, finding voice, reflection, lasting impression, integrity, ebb and flow, wonder twin powers, courtney vail
• May 10, 2009 •
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Posted in Voice, Texture, Tone, Writing Exercise
Tags: box, characters, conversation, dialogue, faux pas, nothingness, people, point, sharpen, skills, talking heads, tone, voice, volley, writer, writing
• April 16, 2009 •
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Posted in Advice, Editing, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: writer, writing, Kings & Queens, novel, words, voice, prose, book, edit, finding voice, narrative, courtney vail, music, dialogue, song, sing, zing, listening, symbolism, resonance, syntax, zingy, fresh, bursting, alliteration, assonance, personification, inanimate object, hyperbole, voice and texture, compulsion, satanism, wicca, chess, checkmate
• January 5, 2009 •
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Posted in Advice, Baiting Readers, Building Characters, Creativity, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: writer, Kings & Queens, novel, story, sensory impressions, characters, plot, life, courtney vail, critters, visceral, 18 seconds, wicked lovely, melissa marr, george d. shuman, sense, scents, readers, description, realistic, captivating, five senses, intuition, spiritual sight, mind, deja vu
• January 2, 2009 •
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Posted in Advice, Building Characters, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: author, characters, chatting, chimera, conflict, conversation, courtney vail, details, dialect, dialogue, discuss, info dump, pacing, plot, propel, speaking, talk, talking, teens, texting, thrust, tone, writer, writing, yada
• December 8, 2008 •
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Posted in Advice, Motivational Boosters, Voice, Texture, Tone, Writer's Tools
Tags: author, characters, circumstances, college, courtney vail, deeper, family ties, funny, growing pains, Kings & Queens, kirk cameron, laughter, michael j. fox, music, pink floyd, private jokes, rafting, Red Sox, spinning, writer, writing
• November 21, 2008 •
6 Comments
Posted in Advice, Editing, Motivational Boosters, Personal Notes, Voice, Texture, Tone, Writer's Tools
Tags: ability, bleed, celebrity vampire, courtney vail, Editing, ink, kill your darlings, Kings & Queens, rhythm, tone, vampire, voice, writer, writing
• September 16, 2008 •
4 Comments
Posted in Advice, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: abortion, battle, christian, Christianity, cloning, convictions, courtney vail, death penalty, evolution, fiction, God, God's grace, grace, gun control, hunger, invisible, moral lessons, not preaching, novel, opinion, point, preaching, prose, redemption, show, stones, story, tomatoes, world view, writer, writing
• August 16, 2008 •
2 Comments
Posted in Advice, Creativity, Editing, Motivational Boosters, Voice, Texture, Tone
Tags: big fix, big idea, climax, end, fixing your story, middle, reassessment, Red Sox, story, trash to treasure, writing
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