by Tom Corson-Knowles |
Holden Caulfield, Jay Gatsby, Sherlock Holmes: These are just a few examples of great, memorable character names. A strong name can start your character off on the right foot, but coming up with great character names can be surprisingly difficult. You want names that...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
If you’re a fiction writer, writing dialogue is a lot like death and taxes. It’s inevitable—and it can be really difficult, if you’re not prepared to handle it. Because humans are such social and communicative creatures, the way your fictional characters talk to...
by Tom Corson-Knowles |
Much of the challenge of fiction writing comes down to the inherent difficulty of rendering situations realistically using only words. And while it can be difficult enough to conjure real-world scenarios in a believable fashion, the task can get exponentially harder...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
If you’ve had any exposure to crime fiction—or the work of director M. Night Shyamalan—you probably have at least a passing familiarity with twists in fiction. A plot twist is a literary device that introduces some new element into a work of fiction that either...
by Melissa Drumm |
In this blog post, I’ll teach you two great ways to create a glossary for your book using Microsoft Word. When done correctly, these alphabetized lists of defined terms can be very useful tools for readers—but there’s more to creating a good glossary than you...
by Tom Corson-Knowles
Blond or blonde: which one should you use? The short answer: they’re both correct. You Can’t Go Wrong with Blond or Blonde Both forms of blond can act as both nouns and adjectives. A “blond” (or “blonde”) is a person with hair that...
