We’ve been discussing the so called Writing Multi-tool in this Tool Series. Basically, the idea is to develop several writing strategies with which you can switch back and forth smoothly when writing scenes. I use these four basic writing strategies as my multi-tool; they are […]
Month: November 2022
Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 3
So we’re still discussing the so called Writing Multi-tool in this Tool Series. I mentioned in Part 2 that what we are talking about is a writing skill which you can develop and adapt for yourself—customize it—so that it fits your needs specifically. […]
Just Reading Fun!
For today, I give you some reading material just for fun. It’s fiction, of course. I had a dystopian setting in mind when I wrote it. This piece comes from one of my old writing files of several years ago. It’s a single scene. […]
Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 2
Yesterday I named the four basic writing strategies which make up my Writing Multi-tool functions and which I use constantly while working. They are: Description Dialogue Narrative Action Description and Action, as I said before, each have two sub-functions which I discussed when talking about […]
Tool Series #2 — Writing Multi-Tool
What Is A “Writing Multi-Tool”? It’s an idea I use in the course of writing but did not have a formal name for so I made one up—Writing Multi-tool. Have you seen those foldable tools that are several tools in one? The functions […]
Tool Series #1 — Observation
Perhaps the most basic tool in the writer’s tool chest is that of observation. Everyone, whether or not they are a writer, has and uses this very powerful tool. But what exactly do I mean by observation? you might ask. Do I mean taking […]
Introducing A New Series
The Tool Series Writing Tools I know “tools” is a hackneyed metaphor but the reason it is overused is because it is widely understood and it works. So rather than trying to explain the concept in some new and original way I’m going to […]