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.
SWRT 10: Write What You Know
Do you always have to write what you know? And what defines what you know? How do you craft a character based on yourself? What about characters we have nothing in common with? We talk about building worlds based on our own, and where we research in order to create compelling worlds. In need of research assistance? We offer a wealth of resources we find useful, and recommend that you read bibliographies!
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!
I'm Alida
I help people express their gifts to the world.
I do not believe in formulas. I believe that the stories we are compelled to tell the world make demands on us, and it is our privilege to meet those demands in order to reach the most people in the most authentic and compelling way possible.
