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Category: Discuss Writing Craft

Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 3

November 9, 2022November 9, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Literature, Writing Tools — 8 min read

  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.  […]

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Tool Series #2 — Multi-Tool, Part 2

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Literature, Writing Tools — 3 min read

  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 […]

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Tool Series #2 — Writing Multi-Tool

November 3, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Literature, Writing Tools — 4 min read

  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 […]

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Tool Series #1 — Observation

November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Literature, Writing Tools — 4 min read

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 […]

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Introducing A New Series

November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Literature, Talk Write — 3 min read

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 […]

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Talk Write — On Dialogue

October 30, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Literature, Talk Write — 5 min read

What’s So Important About Dialogue? Have you ever attended a staged play?  If you have you understand how limited the stage is.  I’m not talking about the huge Phantom Of The Opera type productions; I’m talking about the sorts of plays your local Civic […]

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Talk Write — Watch Movies And Improve Your Voice?

October 29, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Literature, Movies & TV, Talk Write — 4 min read

As writers, we sometimes think that time spent watching a movie is wasted time.  Maybe not. I remember vividly that first line of Isak Dinesen’s Out Of Africa, narrated by Meryl Streep, at the beginning of the movie with the same title.  It goes:  […]

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Talk Write — The Write Garbage Advice

October 27, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Literature, Personal, Talk Write — 4 min read

What is the “Write Garbage” advice? If you’ve been writing for any length of time, you’ve surely gone online and read content offered by the mountain of writing advice websites and blogs; I certainly have.  There seems to be hundreds of them.  (This was […]

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Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 3

October 26, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Literature, Personal, Talk Write — 4 min read

The Axiom — Part 3 Several years ago, I read an interview given by a famous novelist (can’t remember which one, not Stephen King, however) in which the novelist said that it takes ten years to master any skill, including writing.  The wisdom behind […]

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Talk Write — Good Morning Monday!

October 24, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inArt of Living, Discuss Writing Craft, Literature, Personal, Talk Write, Wisdom — 3 min read

The Axiom — Part One Well, today is Monday and I’d like to begin with a bit of “housekeeping” as they say.  I’ve decided to change the name of this writing discussion feature of my blog from “Writing Talk” to “Talk Write.”  In English, […]

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Writing Talk — Using The Stick-pile

October 22, 2022November 4, 2022 — Posted inDiscuss Writing Craft, Finish Your Book, Literature, Personal, Writing A Novel — 5 min read

What Do You Mean By “Using The Stick-pile”? Many years ago, I was writing my first, first novel (which was never finished nor published).  Every free day I had, I’d visit my favorite coffee shop, find a comfortable nook, and continue working, with my […]

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Writing Talk — The Moving Goalposts

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Finish Your Book, Literature, Personal, Write A Novel — 3 min read

What Are “Moving Goalposts”? Good Morning!  Well, let’s get right to it, shall we? Here in the United States we have a saying:  “They keep moving the goalposts” by which we mean that what we think are the criteria at the beginning of a […]

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Writing Talk — A New Feature

October 21, 2022October 21, 2022 — Posted inBecome A Better Writer, Discuss Writing Craft, Finish Your Book, Literature, Personal, Write A Novel — 2 min read

  Writing Talk, What Is It? Writing Talk is a new feature of this blog with the aim of encouraging fellow writers who are engaged in the daunting process of writing a full length book.  With Writing Talk, I will share some of what […]

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