The stories I write are character driven. So nearly all the story is in dialogue. Is there any way around writing “he said” or “she said all the time? It’s really boring. And it’s boring the readers because people in my writing group say they get tired of hearing it when it’s my turn to… [Read More]
A Traveler’s Lament
When one cannot be traveling, one can always be traveling…through books. Before the age of four I taught myself to read. Each page had one colorful image and four words. Only one page is still vivid in my mind: “I is for ibis.” Above those words was something birdlike. I could not believe such… [Read More]
School’s out…4 EH-vuh!
About a year ago I got serious about writing my memoir. It was a struggle to get it started but by late spring I was feeling pretty good about it and might actually have something to share. Then came summer. My husband’s a teacher so he was off for a couple of months. Then… [Read More]
Finessing Fiction from Fact
I have been hired to develop a story treatment of a book written by a Santa Barbara resident. Her true story takes place in the late 1950s but was written just two years ago and it’s selling well. She would like to turn it into a motion picture because every time she does a… [Read More]
Three Q’s for a Three-Day Weekend
I recently started writing third person and throughout are redundant “she” and “her.” I’m not happy with that. Any suggestions on structure to eliminate most of them? —TJ Dear TJ, This problem isn’t only related to third person. Whether writing in the third-person or first-person POV,* over-use of personal pronouns can become problematic. In editing… [Read More]
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