When people laugh, we almost always pick up what’s behind their laughter. We pick up nuances that add interest and depth and power.

Writing coach Margie Lawson shows how fresh writing can heighten and deepen your story's moments of silence.

Margie Lawson Hmm…  Cold hard stare. Have you read that descriptor before? Maybe more than once? More than a dozen times? What about variations on these lines: She narrowed her eyes to slits. His eyes popped open as wide as saucers. She scowled. He arched a sardonic eyebrow. What happens when readers read phrases or […]

 Margie Lawson How often do you get fresh…on the page? Writers are beyond crazy busy getting their story on the page, developing goal-motivation-conflict, deepening characterization, sharing subtext with body language and dialogue cues, making choreography work, as well as covering the 3756 other dynamics they need to consider to make their writing strong. Sometimes writers […]