by lauralizbuckley | 15 Sep, 2020 | Writing
I’ve written a little about the benefits and limitations of the first-person perspective before. But that was in a discussion about all of the different narrative perspectives you have to choose from, so I didn’t go into a lot of detail. Recently I’ve been thinking...
by lauralizbuckley | 8 Sep, 2020 | Writing
Sometimes characters are going to make bad decisions, but how to do that without annoying your readers? Nobody in real life makes perfect choices all the time, and we shouldn’t hold our fictional characters to that standard either! Today, let’s take a look at three...
by lauralizbuckley | 1 Sep, 2020 | Writing
Writing compelling character descriptions can be tough. There’s a lot of pressure on the first description of a character! Here in the real world people often say that you don’t get a second chance at a first impression, and that’s true. However, you do get to keep...
by lauralizbuckley | 25 Aug, 2020 | Writing
When setting up an antagonist for your story, you can pull from various types of villain. There are a number of tried-and-tested tropes and archetypes to look to for inspiration. In this post I’m going to cover some of the most common ones! We’ll also look a little at...
by lauralizbuckley | 18 Aug, 2020 | Writing
How to Master Tenses in your Writing As an editor, one thing that I find trips up a lot of writers is tense consistency. They’ll switch from past to present, or vice versa. It’s an easy mistake to make, and when you look at the way we talk it’s not surprising. If I’m...
by lauralizbuckley | 11 Aug, 2020 | Writing
As a writer, it’s a question that comes up occasionally – should you be writing every day? It’s a practice recommended by many, including respected writers such as Stephen King and Anne Lamott. It’s repeated all the time as advice for refining...
