by lauralizbuckley | 3 Dec, 2019 | Writing
Imagine the scene: you’ve sat down to write, you’re trundling along through your scene, happy as a clam, when you run into a stumbling block. There’s something you realise you haven’t explained—about the world your story is set in, or your character’s backstory, or...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 Oct, 2019 | Writing
How to write descriptions your readers won’t want to skim… We know it when we see it. A character enters a room and spends paragraphs noting the location of each piece of furniture. Pages devoted only to describing every dish at a feast. The dreaded purple...
by lauralizbuckley | 24 Sep, 2019 | Writing
A little while ago I wrote about the dangers of head-hopping in writing, and mentioned that it’s a technique (or, depending on how you look at it, a mistake) often confused with use of a third-person omniscient narrator. Which kind of begs the question: what is the...
by lauralizbuckley | 10 Sep, 2019 | Writing
Head Hopping (verb) – The practice of moving from one character’s perspective to another in the middle of a chapter or scene. Widely considered to be poor writing practice, although it does have some staunch defenders out there as well. If you’re thinking that it...
by lauralizbuckley | 3 Sep, 2019 | Guest Posts
… and how not to. It’s a question most authors have either asked already, or dread having to ask in the future: how to market your book? Today’s blog post is a guest post from the wonderful Eric Sparks, I was fascinated by his extensive insights into...
