Format: PaperbackPublished: January 1st, 2012Age: AdultGenre: Nonfiction – Reference – Writing Rating: 3/5 Stars This is a writing guide designed to teach you how to write dialogue – it’s not as simple as merely mimicking the way people speak, and it’s a very tricky area of writing. I think Weinman does a good job ofContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Write Great Dialogue by Irving Weinman”
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Book Review: Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines By Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, Sue Viders
Format: PaperbackPublished: June 19th, 2000Age: AdultGenre: Non-Fiction – Reference – WritingGoodreads Rating: 2/5 Stars There have been more recent editions of this book since the one I own was published, and I really hope these editions have updated the way they handle the ‘archetypes’ as, to be frank, I found the descriptions and way theContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines By Tami D. Cowden, Caro LaFever, Sue Viders”
Writing the Other – Nisi Shawl & Cynthia Ward [Books]
There have long been discussions surrounding representation in books, and those discussions have increased recently. Fact: We need more diverse people in publishing, in various roles, including as agents, editors, in marketing, in buying, in selling. We need people who aren’t going to tell Black men and women they didn’t connect to the ‘voice’ ofContinueContinue reading “Writing the Other – Nisi Shawl & Cynthia Ward [Books]”
Unwrapping Words 