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 | 28 Jul, 2020 | Writing
There comes a time in every author’s life (probably) where they have to learn how to cut down on exposition. Exposition, or the narration of background information, is sometimes essential in storytelling. How else are you supposed to explain your character’s...
by lauralizbuckley | 7 Jul, 2020 | Writing
“What does your character want?” Have you ever come up against that question and felt stumped? I have. I can have a good sense of a character, and their story, and still find it hard to articulate what it is that they ‘want’. Do your characters need to have clearly...
by lauralizbuckley | 9 Jun, 2020 | Writing
Most writers have to get reasonably comfortable with it, but how many write honestly great dialogue? The question of how to polish speech in your writing is one that plagues a lot of writers, but stress no longer! I’ve got some handy, straightforward tips for you to...
by lauralizbuckley | 26 May, 2020 | Writing
Ah, foreshadowing, the bane of all students of English literature! If you hate foreshadowing, or think you do, I’m hoping my handy beginner’s guide to foreshadowing can change your mind. And if you’re here because you like it, and want to know how to do it...
