What is Cadence? To me, it’s Like Porn, in that it’s not easy to define, but I know it when I see it. Webster did manage to define it though (which makes me want to look up ‘porn’): Though Webster wasn’t talking about writing in the above definition, he came close. To me, Cadence […]

Rhay Christou   Agents want it. Editors want it. Readers are begging for it. Deep point of view is all the rage. But what is deep point of view? Deep point of view is intense. It not only represents the sights, sounds, and actions filtered through a POV (point of view) character but goes deeper […]

Angela Ackerman NaNoWriMo season is almost here, a time when Plotters and Pantsers set aside their differences to chase a common goal: pounding out a 50K novel in 30 days. If this is your first time, fear not. It can be done! And while pantsers everywhere may start screaming (Can you hear the lambs, Clarisse?) […]

Plotting for pantsers … The plotters out there are laughing, the pantsers are gasping in horror. Trust me … it can be done! I’m a pantser with suspenders. No matter how many times I try to plot before starting a project, I freeze, can’t do it! My writing process is to tighten the suspenders and […]

by Shannon Donnelly I’ve been thinking a lot about story endings, probably because I’m getting close to one in the book I’m working on. But also we watched 2 Guns the other day and it has a fabulous mirror from the beginning to ending—that mirror technique where the last scene echoes the opening scene, but […]