Finding Theme
Alida helps you find the theme of your work in this week’s Flash Tip.
Flash Tip: Group Projects
I've noticed in several manuscripts recently that writers are sometimes afraid to show the reader what the hero and her team are planning to do, especially when our hero is about to go into the climactic battle. When you need the group to...
Flash Tip: Frypan to Fire
In today's Flash Tip, I discuss a common pitfall we writer's face and offer an easy trick to avoid it. Aum... Join the conversation at the Story Works Writers Facebook group and share your personal pitfalls and how you avoid...
Reader Empathy
Alida explains why your story will fail if you don't write in such a way that you engage reader's empathy. Watch the Embody Your Character video here. Have thoughts, comments, or questions? Post them below in the comments section or...
Flash Tip: Verisimilitude
Alida discusses the importance of verisimilitude in your fictional world. She draws an example from Robert Scanlon’s novel, Constellation.
Flash Tip: !!!!!
In this week’s Flash Tip, Alida addresses gratuitous punctuation and offers an easy solution to overusing exclamation points.
Flash Tip: You Only Get Two
Alida discusses pet words and how they can damage your prose. The answer? Kill them. Kill them all…but two.
Writers Retreats
Alida discusses the benefits of a writers retreat and ways to make one affordable. Enjoy pictures of beautiful Lake Superior and get inspired!
Hooks & Endnotes
This week, Alida discusses the common problems of writing past your hooks & killing your endnotes. Not sure what a hook is or why you need one? Watch & learn!
Trite & Hackneyed
Alida discusses two often-used phrases you should avoid. They’re trite, hackneyed, and at this point, cringe-worthy. Watch & take the pledge!