Welcome to First Lines Given! If that sentence confuses you, here's a link to where I explain what this is. Today's first line is by Danny Beattie! He said: I like the tone of this one. Here's the result: Of course Marko would say that. He always does. But that was the thing about Marko: … Continue reading First lines given – #6
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First lines given – #2
Welcome to First Lines Given! If that sentence confuses you, here's a link to where I explain what this is. Today's first line is by Yogesh Mali! He said: Such a simple but good one. Here's the result: Trains have poor memories. Much poorer than you'd think they would have honestly. I met a train … Continue reading First lines given – #2
Common writing mistakes #2
#2 — Vagueness for tension A novel I edited recently kept saying him and his death for about twenty pages before actually explaining who he was. Instead of feeling a sense of curiosity, I was confused. I kept wondering who he was and why he mattered. I’ve run across this type of vagueness before. Some … Continue reading Common writing mistakes #2
Writers are magical
Even in a room full of editors, I was an incognito writer. It's easy to tell a writer from anything else. We think a bit...differently. Our minds stretch in directions that no one else can see. We see the way the world works, turn it a bit, and then write that down. We see a … Continue reading Writers are magical
Book review – Log Horizon (Spoiler Free)
"In other words, there are at least thirty thousand people here-"Shiroe intentionally avoided saying gamers."-but no government and no laws." Title: Log Horizon, The Beginning of Another World Author: Mamare Touno Genre: YA Fiction Pages: 768 pages Publication date: April 21, 2015 Publisher: Yen On Years ago, I watched Log Horizon and fell in love with it. … Continue reading Book review – Log Horizon (Spoiler Free)
Book review – What Editors Do (Spoiler Free)
"Being an editor is a lifelong apprenticeship: the books you read, the jobs you have, influence your approach to any given text. Yet in a sense I'm the same editor I was at the beginning of my career, an idealistic former literature student who took pleasure in books whose form and content I understood to … Continue reading Book review – What Editors Do (Spoiler Free)
Book review – Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet (Spoiler Free)
"It was easier to know it than to explain why I know it. If you were asked to prove that two and two made four, you might find some difficulty, and yet you are quite sure of the fact." Title: A Study in ScarletAuthor: Sir Arthur Conan DoyleGenre: MysteryPages: 123 pagesPublication date: November 1887Publisher: Ward … Continue reading Book review – Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet (Spoiler Free)
Battles with the word “said”
Many writers love the word said. They use it for every dialogue tag they can. But writers can overuse it. Said gives the reader nothing about the story. But there are other words that expand upon it, letting the reader know more about the characters and plot. These other dialogue tags include: Announced Boasted Commented … Continue reading Battles with the word “said”
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