by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 18, 2019 | Writing
image by Sponchia Tailor Your Fiction Manuscript in 30 Days is designed to shape a not-yet submitted, rejected, or self-published manuscript with low ratings into a book that shines. The method can also be a guiding resource for writers starting a manuscript. See...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 25, 2019 | Writing
image by jhas Tailor Your Fiction Manuscript in 30 Days is now available. See details below. Writers may think characters should talk and act like real people. If a movie showed actors doing that, the theater would soon be empty. That’s why films cut to the important...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Nov 16, 2017 | Writing
A speaker attribute is a way a person says something, such as he said, asked, whispered, or yelled. A beat is an action connected to dialogue. It reminds readers people are talking, not solely their heads. The main job of speaker attributes and beats is to let the...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jun 15, 2017 | Writing
Aphorism A truth that is said in a quick and witty manner is an aphorism. Aphorisms don’t have to be humorous, but that’s half the reason we like so many of them. And aphorism’s brevity makes their truths easy to remember. An example of this literary device is...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Oct 20, 2016 | Writing
What you can learn about dialogue from actual conversations is amazing. Exercise Recall a discussion you’ve had that contained conflict. Write the dialogue down as close to what was said as you can. I had this dialogue with my husband this morning: Me:...
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