Brandon Ballard

Dialect  If one or more of your characters have a dialect or accent that you feel is important to note in your novel, I would suggest that unless you… Dialect in Writing I’m of the mindset that dialects and accents show the eccentricities of the characters and can potentially, make…

Experts will tell you that adverbs don’t belong in a book…but what do the experts really mean?  Why do they hate adverbs so much?  Anytime I read a … 4 Ways Adverbs Can Ruin Your Writing Adverbs have been a part of the English language for a centuries, improper usage…

Google Image Search There’s a lot to consider when writing an underwater adventure.  It gets even more difficult if you’re writing in a fantasy world… 7 Tips to Writing Underwater Fantasy Adventures When writing underwater scenes it’s important to include factual information, but it is equally important to know when…

Read 5 tips to constantly improve your writing. 5 Tips to Constantly Improve Your Writing Constantly improving your writing is the goal of most authors, with each new piece of writing aimed at being just that little bit better than the last. If you feel like your writing could be…

The other day a friend was telling me how his dad, who was a professor in the business school at the University of Washington, wrote books. He’d shut… When I Write Writing using life experiences as the impetus to improve the real world aspects or the tiny slices of a…

Every fiction author will (eventually) find their own method for writing but all fall somewhere on the spectrum between outlining/plotting and … Writing Tips: Outlining/Plotting Vs Discovery Writing/Pantsing – by Joanna Penn… A combination of plotting and discovery writing is typically how I write, it usually helps me to plot…

Anyone following my blog for long knows I’m adept at doing all sorts of writing that isn’t my book. Occasionally I focus and work on “the wolf book” … On Writing The life of a writer is a perilous journey with many ups and downs but trying to measure whether…

Hi SEers! Denise here to talk about the weather and writing. Do you have a season where you are more productive writing? When fall and winter hit, I … WRITING AND THE WEATHER Since the weather can be used as a way to reflect a character’s emotions I sometimes find…

Photo by Dương Nhân Memoirs! I still write fiction, essays, and screenplays. But I take particular pleasure in composing the My Real Memoir posts I … Tips for Writing: Become a Brain Archaeologist Using your own old memories in your fiction can solidify parts of your story since you already…

Renard talks about the never-ending writing that is involved in blogging. The Writing Never Stops You can’t expect momentum towards writing to suddenly just stop halfway. When writing it’s important to know when and where your stopping point is going to be. The reader’s expectations need to be managed alongside…