by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 24, 2014 | Writing
“Make every word count.” — Sol Stein. Do you wonder why your sentences seem to lack the power of those of other authors? Here’s three editing fixes that will add power to your paragraphs. Let’s say you wrote: She detested and disliked telephone callers asking...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 10, 2014 | Writing
“It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” — Albert Einstein Do many of your sentences and paragraphs end with words, such as “his,” “it,” “with,” or “was”? If yes, you’ve left your reader with a dull word. It gives him...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 27, 2014 | Writing
“There are three schoolmasters for everybody that will employ them – the senses, intelligent companions, and books.” — Henry Ward Beecher. Do your hero and heroine seldom smell scents, taste flavors, hear sounds, see settings, or touch people and things? If so, you...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 20, 2014 | Writing
“There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.” — Ursula K. LeGuin Have you wondered why in the past few years many movies have received critics’ Rotten Tomatoes ratings of less than 30%? I’ve...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 27, 2014 | Writing
“Find the “hook” or the zinger in every sentence, and have characters react to that.” —Susan May Warren You want your dialog to be real, meaningful, and hold your readers’ interest. Here’s what Susan May Warren calls her “super-secret Susie hint to writing...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 20, 2014 | Writing
When Christine Lindsay said she was willing to write a how-to post for making book trailers, I jumped on her offer. The trailer to her first novel, Shadowed in Silk intrigued me so much that I bought the book. Her new release is Londonderry Dreaming. Enjoy her...
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