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How to Knock Out Dull Dialogue In Your Novel Manuscript

How to Knock Out Dull Dialogue In Your Novel Manuscript

Writing / Jody Calkins

How to Knock Out Dull Dialogue In Your Novel Manuscript Sometime during our writing career, most of us learned that we need to write realistic dialogue. We need to have our characters speak like real people. And not only that, but they also need to resemble their corresponding types of character. So, if a character is a

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Do You Need to Lower Your Standards So You Can Write More?

Do You Need to Lower Your Standards So You Can Write More?

Writing / Jody Calkins

Do You Need to Lower Your Standards So You Can Write More? What an interesting concept: lower your standards so you can write more. I can't remember the article I read or which author it was about, but the idea was that if you want to publish a ton of books, you need to lower

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4 Surefire Ways to Make Readers Dislike Your Story Characters

4 Surefire Ways to Make Readers Dislike Your Story Characters

Writing / Jody Calkins

4 Surefire Ways to Make Readers Dislike Your Story Characters There are many components to writing a great novel. Creating dynamic characters is one of them. While we read for many different reasons and at different times, we still want characters with whom we can identify, even in some small way. Whether we're laughing with

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