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 […]
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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 […]
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT: NOW you can read Wanderer Come Home in its entirety FREE on this blog. Just use the new “READ WANDERER” button in the top menu to find the Table Of Contents and links to all of the chapters. Thank you. Dale
Trick Or Treat!
Since it’s Halloween, I thought I’d give you a slice of old writing of mine just for fun. This piece was all I wrote of this story. I titled it— Expect Bill On Thursday On Saturday, Harry the mailman delivered a strange package to […]
Talk Write — On Dialogue
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 […]
Talk Write — Watch Movies And Improve Your Voice?
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: […]
Talk Write — The Write Garbage Advice
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 […]
Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 3
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 […]
Talk Write — The Axiom, Part 2
The Axiom — Part 2 So the axiom we are discussing is: “It takes ten years to master any skill.” Some time ago I asserted that I thought this axiom was true to a family member of mine. He is a fairly young man […]
