Heinlein’s Rules of Writing
If you don’t know who Heinlein is, you obviously don’t read SF. I regret to say I have yet to read any Heinlein, which could be considered blasphemy by many. In any case, he was an influential writer and he had a few little rules that even to this day seem to be rather relevant. […]
Punctuation: A Writer’s Worst Enemy — Semicolons
It has come to my attention that one of the things I should really address in my blog is punctuation. I was recently reading work from a lady in my lit. class and it occurred to me that the semicolon is the most misrepresented punctuation there is. George Orwell once shunned it because he considered […]
Subplots: How Much Is Too Much?
It has occurred to me as I attempt to catch up on the novel posting that something I should discuss is subplots. I have been lax on the whole writing thing, and that is partly my fault and partly the fault of fate, which will be in another discussion of course. As for subplots, I […]
Aging Characters
Mr. Bramage brought up an interesting point about the main character for WISB–James. James, it seems, no longer feels like a child, and I began to think about this. It’s true, James is no longer a child in any sense of the word. Children are essentially ‘innocent’. They generally know what death is, but at […]
A Writer’s Friend–Music
I’ve had this idea floating around in my head for a while now. What exactly is the affect of music on writers? Are some inspired by listening to certain forms of music? Or do some not listen while writing at all?In my case it can be either/or. Depending on the type of mood I am […]
A Discussion of Changes – “Show, Don’t Tell”
Firstly, some notes of changes you might have noticed in the blog itself. 1. Chapter Quick Links: Mr. Bramage, my never failing and unrelentingly supportive fan that tells me how much he loves my work in comments (which I greatly appreciate by the way) had asked me a while back to put back links to […]