The Cinematic POV
One POV “error” I see popping up a lot in not-yet-published fiction lately isn’t head hopping from POV to POV. Instead, it’s not having any solid POV at all.
Conventional Lies
Conventional wisdom for writers says that, when it comes to writing dialog, you should listen to how people really speak and capture it on paper.
Deus Ex Fabula
Are the myths your people tell about this divine presence actually true? Or are they stories made up long ago that help people try and make sense of the world as it exists?
Place and Character
It was the tree that caught my eye, the way the light illuminated the leaves amongst the shadows of the grove. It is the tree that is in the camera’s focus. But it is my daughter there, in the background, that makes the picture interesting.
Investment, and Fantasy’s Secret Ingredient
If we can’t believe the characters are real, we won’t care about them. If the settings feel fake, and the situations contrived, we’ll dismiss the story as inconsequential.
Text-ure
A favorite digital editing trick among contemporary photographers is to layer a photographed image with textures. A “texture” is a […]
Music Lessons
A while back, we attended an open rehearsal of my daughter’s middle school string orchestra. They were preparing for a […]