Strong Words
Hi everyone, and welcome to your creative writing tip of the week!
I make a habit of reading books of the age we publish for at Dernier Publishing, for research. It’s amazing how much you can learn from what other people have written. I thoroughly recommend it (if you’ve been receiving these tips any length of time you’ll know that!).
One book I’ve been reading recently has frequent use . . .
What One Thing Does Your Protagonist Need?
At the beginning of your story, your protagonist may or may not want or need nothing, but if something doesn’t happen that will jerk him or her into action, you won’t have much of a story.
We all have physical needs – warmth, shelter, clothing, air, medical help, food, clean water, safety. We also have emotional and spiritual needs – we need to love and be loved, to matter, to use the gifts God has given us.
Your protagonist may . . .
Are You Going To Tell?
This week in the Write for a Reason course we are looking at “showing” instead of “telling” and I thought I’d share a bit with you! Those of you who have been with us for a while may have seen this before, but there’s never any harm going over the basics. Hope you find it useful. 🙂
How do you spot “tells” in your . . .
Twists and Surprises
This tip isn’t just for writers of Christian fiction, so do share with your writer friends!
Most stories benefit from a twist at the end of the tale. We all like a surprise ending! Perhaps the girl decides to marry the best man, the auntie is really the child’s mother, the baddie wasn’t . . .
Cut It Up!
Good morning everyone. Hope you all had a lovely weekend. We managed to have a BBQ with family yesterday and it didn’t rain, although the black clouds rolled over thick and threatening more than once (well, we do live in England!).
I’ve not long come back from a holiday in the mountains, with a fabulous view from the guest house window. Looking over the photos reminded me of a writing . . .
