by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 19, 2015 | Writing
“If you can take a little slice of the world and a little piece of dirt and really focus on details, you can drive large, seemingly spectacular movements.” —David Baldacci (Writer’s Digest November/December 2015)Note the quote from David Baldacci above....
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 12, 2015 | Writing
“Pacing is a tool that controls the speed and rhythm at which a story is told and the readers are pulled through the story events.” —Jessica Page MorrellWe’d wince at these comments in reviews:Too much description and explaining bogged down the...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 5, 2015 | Writing
“Radio shows of old … Listeners heard simple sound effects and limited descriptions, then filled in the details in their minds. Suddenly they were no longer sitting in front of a radio—they were there.” —Marie LambaLet readers help write our stories? In...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 29, 2015 | Writing
“It’s hard to see a middle ground between marking up your book line by line and doing a complete rewrite. It’s also hard to know what to fix in revision, and even harder to know when that process is finished.” —Gabriela Pereira In the September...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 15, 2015 | Writing
“What’s the first thing acquisition editors look for when they begin reading a fiction submission? … ‘The first thing I do is find a scene with some dialogue. If the dialogue doesn’t work, the manuscript gets bounced. If it’s good, I start...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 8, 2015 | Writing
“I huff and puff and struggle with every sentence, paragraph and page – sometimes every word as well.” — Aidan ChambersAsk these 6 questions about your paragraphs. I’ll use the following paragraph as an example.1Before the fateful telephone call, Ella put...
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