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WriterStrong: Is Your Dialog Doing Double Duty?

Guest Blogger — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 09:00:22 +0000

Writers In The Storm welcomes back award-winning author and RWA RITA-nominee, Shannon Donnelly. Today she’s talking to us about the difference between dialog that is -- mediocre, and dialog that *sparkles* By Shannon Donnelly TECHNICAL CHALLENGE: DIALOGUE When I first began writing, one thing stood out like a big old red light—in any story, there’s […]

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When to TELL the Story

Guest Blogger — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:00:29 +0000

By Monthly Contributor, Shannon Donnelly We’ve all heard “show, don’t tell” and there is value in that advice. If all you do is tell a story, how does the reader participate with his or her imagination? However, a book is not a movie. While a movie requires everything to be shown (or an often awkward […]

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What Makes a Good Book Cover?

Guest Blogger — Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:50 +0000

We're so excited here at WITS. The amazing teacher and writer, Shannon Donnelly, has agreed to be a monthly contributor! Read on - you're going to be excited too! Here's Shannon: The great thing about ebooks is you can keep changing the cover. The bad thing about ebooks is you can keep changing the cover. […]

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